Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [prep] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of by-passing philosophical misgivings about the materiality of software is to appeal to the broader mandate of science museums to maintain a material record of technological change . |
| 2 | Another method is to grip under the lower calf with the unaffected hand to lift the hemiplegic leg across . |
| 3 | While the main purpose of this article is to deal with the larger of the Cichlasoma species , advice on the basics of establishing a cichlid community can be applied to any of the species , even the smallest ones . |
| 4 | So technology has advanced considerably , and what we 've done is to capitalise on the younger engineers and we 've introduced another phase called neighbourhood engineers and this is where we rely on the er goodwill of the firms to actually sa let their seconder engineers sometimes , but certainly let them out into the er into the schools careers convention work places to talk to the actual youngster itself . |
| 5 | The best method is to begin at the fainter of the two Pointers ( Agena , or Beta Centauri ) and extend a line from it through Alpha Trianguli Australe ; prolonged for far enough this will lead to Alpha Pavonis in the Peacock , after which the other Birds can be sorted out . |
| 6 | Our policy is to recruit at the lower levels and train those staff who show aptitude for managerial responsibility . |
| 7 | Even at the height of NEP prosperity in 1926 , considerable resistance to central patterns and instructions was to linger on the further one got away from Moscow down through all the provincial levels , but in 1922 strong fears of such resistance provoked a siege psychology among those party officials located nearest to the grass roots . |
| 8 | But perhaps the precise reasons for its origin and the timing of its confirmation are not so important ; of greater significance is that it became a key precedent during the ensuing century for those who wished to restrict the outflow of money from the English church to the church universal and in particular to the Roman Curia ; its appeal to the interests of patrons whose intentions were thwarted or impaired by impositions on the houses so that ‘ infinite loss and disinheritance are like to ensue to the founders of the said houses and their heirs ’ was to reappear in the later statute of Provisors . |
| 9 | The main purpose was to introduce to the smaller islands some strong , competitive cricket that would help them to raise their playing standards further and improve their facilities . |