Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your instructions , as I understand them , are to sweep up all the pieces , tie the loose ends , make sure nobody goes dancing about the countryside shouting that Rudolf Hess has landed . |
| 2 | A first step in dealing with unwanted stress could be to write down all the factors which you think may be causing undue stress in your life at present . |
| 3 | If you were to smooth out all the material there is in the universe into a uniform sort of sea of particles , you would find that the density was just about one atom in every cubic metre , which is far better than the best vacuum that you can ever make on earth by artificial means . |
| 4 | The first is to strip out all the formatting on the source system and , if possible , replace them with generic codes ; [ B ] for bold on , [ b ] for bold off , etc . |
| 5 | What one has to do where this conflict is between a welfare aim and a conservation aim is to weigh up all the evidence carefully and decide what is , morally , the right thing to do . |
| 6 | It is because goods and services are produced by factors of production that income is created in an economy , so another way of calculating the value of total output is to add up all the incomes ( that is , wages , salaries , interest , rent and profits ) of all factors of production , those producing intermediate goods as well as those producing final goods . |
| 7 | The best way to approach it is to break down all the various costs into three manageable groups ‘ Land Costs , ’ ‘ Direct Build Costs ’ and ‘ Other Costs . ’ |