Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way . |
| 2 | Because of its mineral wealth , Namibia is not a poor country by African standards , but the challenge will be to channel that wealth towards internal social and economic development , rather than into the pockets of multi-national and South African mining interests . |
| 3 | The best course must be to acquire some expertise in the procedures ; not only will this be useful in itself , but the knowledgeable haulier may find others in the business who are willing to pay for help on Customs 88 documentation . |
| 4 | The primary purpose of the proposed research will be to acquire detailed knowledge about how the new Act will operate . |
| 5 | The eventual aim should be to include all schools in the authority . |
| 6 | The eventual aim should be to include all schools in the authority . |
| 7 | The conference will be held as part of the European summit in Rome next December and the aim will be to agree far-reaching changes to the Community 's constitution to achieve Economic Monetary Union ( EMU ) as soon as possible after 1992 . |
| 8 | The minimum requirement will be to lodge relevant documents in the Regional Planning Department 's foyer to be available for public inspection during normal office hours . |
| 9 | With regard to the War Department , I quite agree with Panmure , that the best course will be to lodge that Department in an unpretending but suitable manner in Pall Mall , and to carry that arrangement into effect at the same time that a Foreign and Colonial Office are building in Downing and Fludyer Street . |
| 10 | This puts the second family at only just above income support levels and there is therefore a danger that one of the main effects of these changes will be to impoverish second families without directly helping first families . |
| 11 | One effect of this legislation will be to stimulate some degree of intensification . |
| 12 | The alternative and desired emphasis of policy would be to provide more resources to parents caring for their children at home so that they could do their job better , and to reunite with their parents , wherever possible , those children who have been removed . |
| 13 | During the course of the day the Bank 's objective will be to provide enough assistance to the money market ( through outright bill operations and the other techniques discussed below ) to relieve the overall expected shortage , but purchases of bills by the Bank at the early rounds of assistance during the course of the day might only account for a small proportion of the overall assistance provided , for four main reasons . |
| 14 | His older colleague , a veteran IBM-er , notes that the store 's big challenge will be to provide enough information to the inexperienced buyer without expending too much time and effort . |
| 15 | GL suggested that one of his duties might be to provide secreterial support to Computer Users Group . |
| 16 | This procedure is most suitable for bills that do not raise issues on which parties automatically disagree ; to use select committee-type sittings on such a bill would be to provide further time for repetition of standard partisan arguments . |
| 17 | At the first meeting of the Central Authority , Shinwell had told Citrine and his colleagues that a reasonable aim would be to meet full demand by 1951 ‘ if that was at all possible ’ in the light of other national investment demands . |
| 18 | Some think a major step forward would be to establish Grendon-type wings at every prison . |
| 19 | The focus of counselling with older people should be to encourage continued engagement in the processes of socialization . |
| 20 | For example , under the broad aim of fostering a love of reading , an objective might be to encourage greater use of the school library . |
| 21 | The bill 's main purpose will be to encourage non-custodial punishment in the community for less serious offenders , but ministers believe that the opportunity presented by debate on the measure will be taken to promote the cause of hanging . |
| 22 | The worst thing to do would be to impose swingeing increases in personal taxation of the sort advocated by the Labour party , because that would undermine the incentive and enterprise on which jobs depend . |
| 23 | The main priority will always be to find some route to additional funding for books . |
| 24 | " But if I do n't have that name you 'll walk the streets too — and you know how difficult it will be to find another position without references . " |
| 25 | Its purpose will be to inform interested parties about the company 's history , current activities and production facilities , profiles of key employees and financial performance including current position and anticipated future prospects . |
| 26 | Their brief will be to design everyday objects of the kind normally overlooked or treated as necessary evils : plastic bags , scouring pads , floor cloths , lavatory brushes , and so on . |
| 27 | We have seen how useful it can be to define human pain as that state which disappears if the human is treated for pain . |
| 28 | erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning |
| 29 | Play-groups , mother and toddler groups and the teaching of parenting skills to families at risk would all feature in the family centres , but a subsidiary aim would be to explore different models of self help . |
| 30 | But the fundamental principle of prevention must be to replace affected babies with babies that are unaffected , not dead . |