Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A set of raw recruits was marching up and down with a new drill instructor , who sounded every bit as determined as the late Sergeant-Major Philpott had been to see that the snow was never allowed to settle . |
| 2 | A committee of the International Olympics Committee ( IOC ) has been to see if the changes qualify the country for readmission . |
| 3 | Some jobs are to go when the Aberystwyth based family owned Cambrian News weekly newspaper places the paper 's printing contract with another company , possibly in Swansea . |
| 4 | Planning and management , if the political and economic will is there to implement them , can effect sustainable recreation and tourism which is essential if such industries are to continue as a source of income in developed and developing countries . |
| 5 | Prior to the conference , the US official line has been to wait until a link between carbon dioxide and global warming became proven . |
| 6 | It was lively enough to marry Bellow to a ‘ stylish Radcliffe graduate ’ of whom Roth had been ‘ enamoured ’ — if we are to assume that The Facts has not imagined the connection . |
| 7 | In general , the project of conservative normativism has been to ensure that the decisions of ‘ inferior tribunals ’ are subject to review by the superior courts applying the common law . |
| 8 | Labour was further incensed because Balfour 's and the Cabinet majority 's crowning blow to Long 's hopes had been to ensure that the Act operated for only three years , the result of government 's unwillingness to accept permanent responsibility for the relief of unemployment . |
| 9 | It seems clear , that is , that we are to understand that a way of being is something possessed by or entered into , say , by us , but not by sticks and stones . |
| 10 | We are to understand that the idea of a usual background is relative : there are different usual backgrounds for different causal claims , or different groups of causal claims . |
| 11 | With this available , the main concerns are to ensure that the tank is large enough and that sufficient head is maintained in the supply line to keep the tank full . |
| 12 | The role of the LEA in monitoring and evaluation should be to see that the work is done within schools and to provide support and expert advice . |
| 13 | To travel to Cologne might well be to find that the battlefront between Germany and the western Allies had already been established just beyond the city . |
| 14 | Others write letters ( in role ) to relatives and friends in other parts of the country telling them what has happened , and ( for the most part ) excitedly proclaiming how easy it will be to visit once the line is built . |
| 15 | A reasonable starting point may be to assume that the process will vary for individuals and for different types of text . |
| 16 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 17 | Perhaps a graphic parallel would be to imagine that a country existed in the middle of Europe which was at one and the same time Catholic , Protestant , Jewish and Islamic , while sharing equally the cultural and economic influence of the USA , USSR , and China ! |
| 18 | One option would be to deny that the events in question do represent audit failures and to roundly condemn those who criticise the profession for the alleged lapses . |
| 19 | Your overall objective should be to ensure that a deal that at first sight looks attractive is not , in the long run , undermined because you have to expend significant additional sums in order to maintain a reasonable life-style abroad and fulfil your duties adequately . |
| 20 | I do believe that one of the best ways we 're going to benefit from the new circumstances I hope of economic stability of low inflation and low taxation , will be to ensure that the provision of capital is made by the principle institutions , namely the banks and the investing institutions . |
| 21 | As the Council for Science and Technology ( CST ) , one of its aims will be to ensure that the Government draws on outside advice when deciding its research spending . |
| 22 | that does n't answer my question , who 's business would it be to ensure that the brochures were withdrawn ? |
| 23 | The challenge for secondary schools in particular will be to ensure that the system reflects the learning , and does not dictate it . |
| 24 | The purpose of this review will be to ensure that the staffing levels and working arrangements are those needed to enable employees to deliver the service in a safe manner . |
| 25 | ‘ Our concern must be to ensure that the Northern Ireland consumer has strong protection in this greater European market , including clear guidelines about systems of redress . ’ |
| 26 | sector , a different sector , we 're only relying on it by analogy they talk about the position of requiring the applicant by guarantee such as the deposit of money or other security , and my Lord our submission is , is very simple , er that , er the , the measure that are seeking to recover under are linked into solvency and the payment of policy holders , there 's a community interest there in the directive , but if , er for any reason your Lordship feels there 's a , a matter that needs to go on and further to , to , to a lengthy trial , that in the interim what would be compatible with the community object would be to ensure that the monies are recovered into settlement fund er so that the solvency and payment policy holders can continue |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the aim of the draftsman must always be to ensure that the lease as executed represents the full intention of the parties . |
| 28 | The first approach for the social worker should be to recognise that the discussions with the client and the family network are beginning to point to residential care as a positive possible option . |
| 29 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 30 | How easy it would be to confess that the baby had survived ; that he had , according to Sir Philip Debrace , grown into a strong , good-looking boy . |