Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor claimed the overall effect of the Budget — which included help for business through far-reaching reforms of the company taxation system — would be to support economic recovery . |
| 2 | The Mason , who had been going to protest , saw that his own strong-arm ruffians were among them , and knew that to argue would be to risk public defeat . |
| 3 | The primary purpose of the proposed research will be to acquire detailed knowledge about how the new Act will operate . |
| 4 | A basic concern for Christian formation should be to enable young people to grow as free persons and to encourage personal responsibility and moral maturity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A development of this will be to agree appropriate drug treatment when patients are in hospital to ensure we do not recreate the difference in drug policies shown between United States acute care and veterans hospitals . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The first proposition , that the role of competition policy should be to promote economic efficiency , is explored in section II . |
| 9 | The role of competition policy should be to promote economic efficiency . |
| 10 | The purpose of the ‘ new ’ probation-order team would be to monitor standard operating procedures , research programme strategies , communications networks , command structures , and any other structural factors which might be linked to the corporation 's previous misbehaviour and then make recommendations which the company could not refuse to implement without the risk of revoking the probation licence and returning to court for resentencing . |
| 11 | One way of doing this would be to provide multipurpose teams dealing with all aspects of Council Tax for a particular geographic area . |
| 12 | GL suggested that one of his duties might be to provide secreterial support to Computer Users Group . |
| 13 | One possible solution , he suggested , would be to modify engineered plants so that they are male-sterile and produce either no pollen or pollen that is inactive . |
| 14 | Over a period the aim should be to adjust nursing budgets and thus the number of nurses employed so that each unit/specialty is equally provided fur within the constraints of financial provision . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Some think a major step forward would be to establish Grendon-type wings at every prison . |
| 17 | But this would be to postulate inhuman perfections . |
| 18 | The focus of counselling with older people should be to encourage continued engagement in the processes of socialization . |
| 19 | Most commentators considered that the effect of the decisions would be to encourage other states to reinstate existing laws on parental notification and consent which had fallen into disuse because of previous court rulings . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the final analysis the only solution will be to find alternative access , or buy the whole of the adjoining property , if it comes onto the market . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The first principle must be to obtain good advice . |
| 25 | ‘ But the immediate impact of the yen 's rise will not be to spur overseas investment , but rather to squeeze exporters ’ profits and so dampen their ability to invest abroad , ’ he added . |
| 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 | The more senior the employee the harder it may be to define clear performance standards . |
| 28 | We have seen how useful it can be to define human pain as that state which disappears if the human is treated for pain . |
| 29 | Unless you are attracted to the look of copper saucepans , a better bet may be to purchase stainless steel saucepans with a copper base . |
| 30 | 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 . |