Example sentences of "be [pron] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals . |
| 2 | The mechanics , the in-house mechanics , which are nothing to do with the backbenchers , which they know nothing of and understand even less . |
| 3 | Aye the , many of the reasons for these being over are nothing to do with the efficiency of the design office , they 're due to the efficiency of the s |
| 4 | Who am I to argue with the Bard ? |
| 5 | I put it on the bed where we made the baby that was n't and what am I to put in the water-marked , dog-tooth lining ? |
| 6 | They are yours to enjoy for the rest of your life , to give away , rent to friends , or to sell as you choose . |
| 7 | It had been something to do with a young girl being held against her will on a secluded stud farm , and there had been a mention of witchcraft and drugs . |
| 8 | At first he thought that the flash of light had been something to do with a passing car , possibly a reflection . |
| 9 | The Ballard house was built into the side of a hill , a long , low granite building which had once been something to do with a mine . |
| 10 | She had been right in her suspicion that David 's return had been something to do with a woman , but how wrong she had been over the reason . |
| 11 | What are we to conclude about the implications for his later personality of the way in which a child is treated during his early years ? |
| 12 | Are we to account for the behaviour of the state in terms of the behaviour of its constituent bureaucracies ( and other agencies ) , or vice versa ? |
| 13 | Are we to account for the behaviour of a bureaucracy in terms of the behaviour of the human individuals comprising it , or vice versa ? |
| 14 | Where are we to account for the hints , implicit purposes , assumptions , social attitudes and so on that are effectively communicated by the use of language , not to mention the figures of speech ( e.g. metaphor , irony , rhetorical questions , understatement ) that have preoccupied theorists of rhetoric and literature ? |
| 15 | Are we to continue with the same inadequate medicine for the same old obstinate sickness ? |
| 16 | How are we to judge from an animal 's overt behaviour whether we are observing a well-oiled machine or a creature with some degree of intelligence and creativity ? |
| 17 | A couple of years later , asking ‘ What are we to do with the ‘ Hooligan ’ ’ ? |
| 18 | ‘ Then what are we to do for the best ? ’ |
| 19 | It is this " odd prejudice against his subject " which causes Tindall to move beyond the bounds of " decency " : " What are we to say of a research student who [ sets ] in an ambiguous light the author of one of the greatest books in our language , and one of the greatest religious forces in the life of England ? " |
| 20 | Are we to infer from the texts that the pupils do not understand the differences between inborn and conditioned reflexes ? |
| 21 | Are we to jump to the unlikely conclusion that John 's heart has at last been melted by the love of a good woman ? |
| 22 | How else are we to break through the effects of centuries of compliance and make the Copts erect and independent once again ? ’ |
| 23 | WHAT are we to make of a claim by the Surrey Wildlife Trust that more than a million wild animals and birds are ‘ probably ’ killed every year on the roads of Britain ? |
| 24 | Now , what are we to make of an incident such as this ? |
| 25 | And what are we to make of the claim that the twentieth century has seen no philosophical achievements on the scale of Locke and Descartes ? |
| 26 | First , if restriction on liberty is the defining feature of punishment , what are we to make of the experience of children who have to go to school and adults who have to work for a living ? |
| 27 | The question arises : What are we to make of the equality |
| 28 | In any event , if a negative correlation for siblings implies non-genetic control of dichotic listening asymmetry what are we to make of the positive ( and significant ) correlation for spouses ? |
| 29 | But what are we to make of the very ‘ soft ’ image of the two highly polished leather boots ? |
| 30 | But what are we to make of the evidence which suggests that working class wives rarely knew what their husbands earned , or enjoyed sex , or of the probably greater incidence of violence between spouses ? |