Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The most important aspect of this work has been to give women the information they need to choose the method they prefer .
2 Our aim will be to give tenants a choice of landlord wherever possible , and make management of both council and housing association stock more responsive to the needs of tenants .
3 The aim of the Thatcherite reforms to the public services is said to be to give consumers the power to go elsewhere if they are not satisfied .
4 Paradoxically , the only way to achieve ‘ very large-scale integrations ’ or a true ‘ computer on a chip ’ will be to make components an order of magnitude smaller than today 's chips .
5 Cloke said his instructions on Vaguely Artistic were to sit upsides the favourite , Market Leader , and not to go to the front too quickly .
6 The emission charges strategy is based on requiring polluters to pay charges related to the amount of pollution they emit , the purpose being to leave polluters the choice to pollute or pay .
7 The purpose of recording interviews is to give students a chance to see themselves in a situation where they ca n't predict the direction an exchange may take .
8 The hope is to give students an insight into them reading process and involve them more in thinking about their learning .
9 The purpose of this approach is to give students the opportunity of developing a range of mathematical skills and strategies which can then be applied in the formal investigation .
10 The idea is to give consultants the chance to run their own departments and to be in charge of their own finances and staffing .
11 The purpose of these breaks is to give learners a chance to catch up with the plot ; to get them to a point where they understand enough of what has happened to make a reasonable stab at following the gist of the next part .
12 It is argued that within the private sector the method by which the firm ensures that individuals behave so as to maximize profits is to pay workers the value of marginal product .
13 The effect of the decision was to give women the choice of an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy if they could find a doctor to carry it out , and it came to have enormous symbolic importance for feminists .
14 And since she had no idea where to go yet , even if she could get off the island , the only course possible was to take things a step at a time and try not to rail against a spiteful fate .
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