Example sentences of "to [pron] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't think that means we have to adjust our sales structure to them it may mean that we have to look at theirs and decide who 's gon na deal with what , but th but we do n't have to gear all our structure |
| 2 | Er it , it does seem to me it would 've been an enormous problem for the Chinese Communist Party had absolute egalitarianism worked . |
| 3 | Not every employer is willing to give an open ‘ to whom it may concern ’ reference . |
| 4 | There was one small towel , a piece of soap , a toothbrush , an old Bible , and an envelope with ‘ To whom it may concern ’ written on it . |
| 5 | From the same ministry contracts he was able to elicit official references — on departmental letter-heading and addressed ‘ to whom it may concern ’ — to bolster his standing with the suppliers and with other customers . |
| 6 | 10 Downing Street London W 1 21st June 1988 To Whom It May Concern This is to certify that Miss Jane " Alligator " Jones has served the British Government in a number of dangerous situations in recent years . |
| 7 | THE BRITISH COUNCIL OF CHURCHES CHRISTIAN AID CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEER To whom it may concern |
| 8 | TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : — |
| 9 | It could have been , he argued onwards , a fort , or even an early Christian site , or even a pagan place of votive offering , ‘ for there is such a multitude of divinities , to whom it may have been dedicated , that the chance of its being a temple of Anaitis is hardly any thing . |
| 10 | What about the people to whom it will have cost perhaps a third of their lifetime ? |
| 11 | This sense of fair play might well be subdued by consideration of Mr Smith 's genocidal tax rate , at least among those to whom it will apply . |
| 12 | When the private firm is very large , and therefore subject to little domestic competition , and also produces in a sector sheltered from imports and foreign competition , it is quite likely to be a relatively sleepy monopolist unless it has regulators to whom it must account . |
| 13 | As yet , the role of consumer or patient ‘ demand ’ , and the extent to which it may influence variations in surgical rates , has been relatively unexplored . |
| 14 | Partly because it is not routinely recorded , relatively little is known about cohabitation and the extent to which it may become an ordinary setting for childbearing before or instead of marriage . |
| 15 | Reiterating their support for Greek autonomy , they declared that , if the Turks did not accept international mediation within a month , they would enter into commercial relations with the Greeks and " determine the ulterior measures to which it may become necessary to resort " . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by any person on whom a notice could be served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there such information or documents as are specified in the authority , being information or documents that could have been required by such a notice ; but the Bank shall not authorise any person to act under this subsection unless it has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed , tampered with or destroyed . |
| 17 | Over time the Tree — and its fruit — came to be understood as part of the sacred source of life , a manifestation of Mother Goddess , from whose body the whole world sprang and to which it would return . |
| 18 | However , that was a matter which SACHR raised with me only this week and made it clear that it was a subject to which it would return . |
| 19 | The PLO failed to secure a UN-supervised peace conference to which it would send a delegation to represent " the Palestinian people " [ see pp. 38167 ] . |
| 20 | Thus they are doubtful as to whether or not SSE is likely to be superficial ; about whether it is too time-consuming ; about the extent to which it would reveal matters which could threaten professional reputations or harm relationships and whether any evidence produced as a result of SSE would be sufficiently objective . |
| 21 | On the other hand it was necessary to acquire an elementary understanding of the issues involved , examine previous work on measuring the required parameters and in particular learn something about canopy structure so as to assess the extent to which it would need to be taken into consideration . |
| 22 | accept the SSR and specify the range of versions of their package to which it should refer |
| 23 | A question for government is the extent to which it should rely simply on market mechanisms to steer through these changes or whether it should use , as do all large firms , planning mechanisms to handle changes of this likely magnitude . |
| 24 | The Trust will on occasion be faced with a Wordsworthian dilemma over the degree to which it should promote some of its more sensitive properties , but the commitment to providing welcoming access for its members and visitors is an unwavering one . |
| 25 | The consumer body 's report New Metering Technology , published last month , speaks of ‘ an opportunity … that the industry should welcome and to which it should respond rapidly and enthusiastically ’ . |
| 26 | Rearing a child is a formative process , requiring diverse skills and a sense of how the pattern is taking shape , and the extent to which it must grow before it is complete . |
| 27 | The degree of stability to which it could attain remained to be seen . |
| 28 | He opened his recruitment consultancy in January 1991 , just as the recession was revealing the depths to which it could sink . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the tendon developed in the right place even though it had no muscle to which it could attach . |
| 30 | One of the crucial questions emerging for the CNAA during the 1970s was in fact the extent to which it could take initiatives as well as being responsive . |