Example sentences of "be [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Aye , I thought , and I wager she does more than just work in the kitchen , but who am I to judge the poor man 's morals ? |
| 2 | In fact , the choice is so wide that your problem may be one of bewilderment — how are you to pick the ideal model from the dozens competing for your custom ? |
| 3 | If you ask two people to go away and do the same job with a degree of excellence , are you to get the same result at the end of the day ? |
| 4 | How else are we to explain the grotesque document which this highly intelligent and normally level-headed man gave birth to the other day ? |
| 5 | How , then , are we to conceptualize the three distinct , yet interrelated , processes apparent in contemporary global politics ? |
| 6 | Formal signals are often grouped together in an induction programme , and so anxious are we to reduce the total uncertainty to something we can understand that we will swallow the formal induction without even a whimper . |
| 7 | Given this context , then how are we to perceive the German case ? |
| 8 | Eliciting and translating meaning accurately is difficult enough with explicit phenomena : how then are we to understand the implicit , inner significance of things whose nature depends on subtle allusions ? |
| 9 | When the star had exhausted its nuclear fuel , there would be nothing to maintain the outward pressure , and the star would begin to collapse because of its own gravity . |
| 10 | ‘ If any harm comes to us , ’ said Rincewind , ‘ then there will be no-one to operate the magic box . |
| 11 | If this were a serious move to protect the environment from fuel pollution , then the Government would have been rather more convincing were it to use the new VAT revenue for a national programme of home insulation . |
| 12 | Had the advance been sustained , perhaps Catalonia would have fallen quickly ; instead Franco — possibly , in the tense international atmosphere of mid-1938 , fearing actual French intervention were he to approach the French frontier — turned south towards Valencia , only to find his offensive halted by Republican resistance . |
| 13 | And for fun-around-the-clock , there 's nothing to beat the good old British holiday park . |
| 14 | In some examples , tracks for various transport modes are distinct and separate , yet in others there is nothing to guide the prospective traveller or vehicle . |
| 15 | For me there is nothing to beat the renowned Norfolk long spade for much of this work . |
| 16 | It is cosily concentrated , with the guild-houses seeming to nudge each other affectionately , and in every narrow street and old square there is something to invite the wanderer to stand and stare . |
| 17 | How is one to measure the net economic impact on Britain of her recent membership of the ERM ? |
| 18 | Is it to set the general atmosphere and mood as Stravinsky did for The Firebird Mysterious sounds of the wind whispering in the trees , the soaring flight of a bird and the heavy tread of an unseen foot are still a wonderful introduction to this magic tale . |
| 19 | How is he to determine the relevant span of time in the interpretation of a particular utterance of ‘ now ’ or the relevant aspects of a character referred to by the expression ‘ John ’ ? |
| 20 | Four years ago there was no-one to defend the accused except state lawyers . |
| 21 | Det Ch Insp Roy Lambert said there was nothing to connect the two men with the car . |
| 22 | Even where there was only one purchaser , there was nothing to identify the particular cases of wine in stock as the subject-matter of the purchaser 's contract . |
| 23 | There was nothing to suggest the two events were linked . |
| 24 | A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said there was nothing to suggest the two men who chased the youth were involved in the attack on Mr Ali . |
| 25 | Mr Patten , speaking at question time in the Commons , told Mr Anthony Beaumont-Dark ( C. Selly Oak ) that there was nothing to prevent the current investigation into the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad looking into ‘ any other matter … if there are grounds for suspicion ’ . |
| 26 | John Saville , chairman of the J Saville Gordon parent group , said there was nothing to prevent the local authorities using their compulsory purchase powers to acquire the site if they so wished . |
| 27 | ‘ How was I to know the goddamn file was that confidential ? ’ she raged . |
| 28 | , head of International 's European Yacht operations , was there to lead the official welcome and congratulations came by fax from Courtaulds chief executive Sipko Huismans . |
| 29 | Despite his later expressed views about the distastefulness of holding the ceremony so close to the death of the Reverend King , and his saying that ‘ movies are n't made for tuxedos ’ , Dustin , in hired white tie and tails , was there to present the best cinematography award with Katharine Ross . |
| 30 | At all events , the great age of Athens , on this reading , was the age of the Persian wars in the early years of the fifth century , a time of supreme political endeavour and a time when the grandest of all tragic dramatists , Aeschylus , was there to provide the spiritual leadership of the city . |