Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In countries like Burkina Faso and Mali , the only option has been to go south to the plantations of wealthier coastal countries like Ivory Coast . |
| 2 | This Report has already pointed out that something more than singing and playing may lie needed if boys and girls are to remain part of a choir or music group . |
| 3 | The intention has been to stimulate interest within the British Airways engineering community towards AI based solutions to engineering diagnostics problems . |
| 4 | The objectives of the research are to increase understanding of the problems and difficulties associated with implementing performance management in a single government policy area which straddles central government , local government and a range of statutory agencies ; and to evaluate those changing practices across a spectrum of organisations and thereby to assess the quality of approach in order to disseminate best practice . |
| 5 | The point was that the plaintiffs ' interest in Jarrad exceeded their interest in Jesner , and they contended that the object of Jarrad had been to provide money for the family and not to have its assets syphoned off to prop up Jesner . |
| 6 | The primary aim of the Youth Training Programme has always been to provide training with a strong emphasis on the application of skills . |
| 7 | One of the errors attributable to constructivist rationalism has been to view law as a prescription posited by authority ; that is , of equating law with legislation . |
| 8 | The government 's response has been to pump demand into the economy . |
| 9 | But in response to public demand they 're to continue production at the same rate beyond March next year . |
| 10 | I 'm to be governess to a little boy in Edinburgh , and you 're to take charge of an antique loony in Penzance . |
| 11 | Perhaps the greatest contribution which our primary schools have made to education since the war has been to focus attention upon the child as a whole , unique human being . |
| 12 | ‘ Safe , nuisance-free burning is essential if farmers are to win consideration for the difficulties after 1992 , ’ the notes explain . |
| 13 | Edward Topsel , the English naturalist , writing in 1658 stipulated that , to cure blindness , or pains in the eye : ‘ Take the head of a black Cat , which hath not a spot of another colour in it , and burn it to powder in an earthen pot leaded or glazed within , then take this powder and through a quill blow it thrice a day into the eye ’ — the italics were not used in the original , but are to draw attention to the crucial quality of the black cat who is about to lose his head . |
| 14 | The plan had been to leave hospital for a few days , beginning the next day . |
| 15 | LORD Walker , Lord Williams and Lord Donoughue are to give evidence about the Maxwell scandal to a Commons inquiry . |
| 16 | In those countries where the royalty has already been introduced one option chosen by some governments has been to use part of the income from the levy to set up a fund to give special help to the national music scene . |
| 17 | It was not made public because that would have been to give warning to the culprit . ’ |
| 18 | He was quick to point out , however , that one should not therefore equate the law of value with the law of labour expenditure , since to do so would be to lose sight of the specific historical form and character of value relations . |
| 19 | Liberal leader and Premier-elect Ray Groom promised that his new government 's first priority would be to combat unemployment within the state . |
| 20 | A member of the Council of Overseas Research Centers of the Smithsonian Institution , the Academy 's mission will be to support research in the arts and humanities by American and Central European scholars and to become an important part of a new American presence in Europe . |
| 21 | An alternative means of increasing the number of units in the input utterance , and thereby decreasing the number of word paths found , would be to include stress in the lexicon and input utterance . |
| 22 | in some cases , the aim of nursing care may be to promote adaptation to the new situation , as previous function has not been restored completely . |
| 23 | His immediate tasks will be to restore morale on the railways , implement safety measures proposed after the Clapham Junction crash and match BR 's operations to the strict financial regime imposed by the Government . |
| 24 | A main task of party renovation would be to restore confidence in the party as the defender of working class interests . |
| 25 | Whatever the commercial motivations of those engaged in the ‘ farming industry ’ , the ultimate purpose of agriculture must be to provide mankind with a sustained and ample supply of health-giving food . |
| 26 | There is no logical reason why a person ought not to be allowed to represent another in order to protect that other 's individual interests , but in such a case the main function of representation would probably be to provide finance for the action rather than organizational efficiency ; and in most cases there is no reason why one person should not provide another with finance to enable that other to bring an action in his or her own name . |
| 27 | It is planned that the less literate and less articulate will be given the chance to contribute and one of the main aims of the project will be to provide information on the position of poorly-qualified 15-19 year olds today . |
| 28 | He has said one of his main goals will be to encourage promotion of the benefits of membership . |
| 29 | I do not know how easy it will be to find Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow outside Japan . |
| 30 | The only way forward must be to view LMS as an enabling device that will allow schools to plan more effectively and then use their resources more efficiently to meet identified needs . |