Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 2 | Secondly , is it appropriate to regard the state as bringing companies into existence on the understanding that they are to carry out public purposes , and hence similarly justifying a right of intervention ? |
| 3 | The principal object of the formation of a service company will be to carry out administrative functions concerned with the running of the practice — eg the employment of staff , hiring premises , furniture and equipment and general maintenance . |
| 4 | In general , a reasonably safe procedure would be to prune back main stems by a third during the dormant season plus , with shrubs that are well established , a somewhat vigorous removal of old , spent stems before they become senile . |
| 5 | The next step will be to set up collaborative research projects , under the Science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 6 | However necessary it might sometimes be to put down rebellious non-Europeans , there was no good reason why Europeans should fight among themselves over spheres of influence . |
| 7 | Once manufactured and distributed , the material may always find its way to the hands of others who are less equable , so that its effect may be to stir up racial hatred indirectly . |
| 8 | The Belgrade conference on security and co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) of 1977–8 , designed to follow up the 1975 Helsinki decisions , proved how difficult it would be to break down East-West suspicions . |
| 9 | Part of the school 's work with the press may well be to break down unfair stereotypes about shortages of equipment , dilapidation , neglect and poor levels of morale , though these are serious concerns there are still an overwhelming number of positive aspects to primary education that are worth celebrating and sharing . |
| 10 | I think our ploy on erm recreation would be to bring in private operators . |
| 11 | A week after the operation that took us to Southern Ireland , I was told to take Venturous up the east coast to Hull and from there , after a crew change , we were to carry out extended patrols northwards which would eventually involve us in a complete circumnavigation of the British Isles . |
| 12 | Its instructions were to buy up Polish land and estates for resale to German settlers at massively reduced prices . |
| 13 | The lord had to employ labourers to chop the growth back once every year ; the same men were to fill in large holes and ruts in the highway with stones and boulders removed from flanking fields . |
| 14 | There was concern , however , that half of the Bracamonte Battalion 's 1,000 soldiers were to take up new posts in the army . |
| 15 | A third of services were to take off sick crewmen . |
| 16 | On his instructions , the bombardment was intense but lasted less than a day , its object being to take out selected points in the enemy 's defence , rather than to destroy the Austrian trenches . |
| 17 | Analysis of cells from these rats showed that drug action had interfered with the expression of genes for some of the proteins designed to move sugar into muscle and fat cells , exactly the target tissues which must be stimulated by insulin if they are to take up excess sugar . |
| 18 | Staff at the complex will shortly embark on training in disability awareness and Derry City Council is to carry out extensive renovations to the complex to improve access and comfort for people with disabilities . |
| 19 | The central purpose is to hammer out long-term strategies for the nation as a whole . |
| 20 | The DTI is to set up working groups to examine the scope for change in some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 21 | One idea is to set up alternative decision-making processes for ‘ out-of-area ’ operations . |
| 22 | One of the growing practices in modern legislation is to set up supervisory bodies , or ‘ watchdogs ’ , to monitor the effects of the law in society . |
| 23 | But better still , if you decide you are going to fish the same one or two swims each time , is to set up permanent anchors . |
| 24 | Alan Eastwood believes the the answer is to lock up young offenders instead of releasing them to commit further crimes . |
| 25 | Painting software 's most practical use is to clean up scanned-in photographs to improve the output quality . |
| 26 | The idea is to pick up individual blocks , move them around and drop them next to matching blocks to make them disappear . |
| 27 | What a gyro does do , however , is to damp out unwanted movements and allow the pilot more time to react . |
| 28 | Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads . |
| 29 | The African Development Bank is to draw up new guidelines for funding projects in the forestry sector . |
| 30 | The best thing to do is to put down absorbent floor covering in those rooms . |