Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [is] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The greatest freedom is to be responsible .
2 A further requirement is to be able to select for execution one out of two or more sequences of instructions depending on a previously calculated numeric value .
3 Obviously the main aim of a racing sail is to be fast .
4 If the hon. Gentleman is to be consistent with his opening sentence in which he quoted AMMA 's report , he must proceed to argue — rightly — that the Bill is confused and inadequate for its purposes and he must tell us what revisions he will seek .
5 I want to emphasise that if the acute care of myocardial infarction is to be effective , it has to be very acute care .
6 This limit is to be obligatory in vulnerable areas which are to be designated over the next two years .
7 If this approach is to be successful there need to be benefits to the wife , the farmer , and the farm .
8 As a rough-and-ready guide , one can think of these gestural usages as requiring at least a video-tape of the speech event if the proper interpretation is to be available from a recording .
9 If this contribution is to be representative of the burial environment within a 30 cm radius , it is best measured in situ , either using small metal capsules containing a highly TL-sensitive material buried for about one year , or using a calibrated gamma ray spectrometer .
10 The basis of lateral thinking is to be provocative with your ideas and to put them forward however bizarre or ridiculous they sound on first hearing .
11 Suggested model memoranda and articles for both limited and unlimited companies are included in this pack and certain provisions in those models ( or provisions to like effect ) are identified in an introductory notes as being necessary if the incorporated practice is to be able to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules .
12 To be the hired help is to be helpless in the face of taunts and insults .
13 Note : Paragraph ( 8 ) , or a provision to the like effect , needs to be adopted if a recognised body is to be able to ensure that shares are not held in breach of the Rules .
14 Note : Paragraph ( 8 ) , or a provision to the like effect , needs to be adopted if a recognised body is to be able to ensure that shares are not held in breach of the Rules .
15 We should be looking at ways of being more selective about treatment , and I think one of the reasons for wishing to study miocenia gravis in such detail is to be able to get so inside the mechanism of production of the disease that we can in fact simply turn off the miocenia disease process and leave the rest of the immune system just as it was .
16 An answer to these questions , if a satisfactory answer is to be possible at all , can not be given except as part of a theory of reality , and my purpose in the following pages will be to sketch out the fundamentals of just such a theory .
17 The ideal situation is to be able to receive a professional aromatherapy massage about once a month , or to have a willing friend with whom to exchange massage .
18 The most obvious possibility is to be able to call up a video window on the screen which can deliver a helpline operator 's face and words and enable you to resolve your problem .
19 His great skill is to be able to hold the ball back without changing his action .
20 Truly , to be always happy and to pass through life without a mental pang is to be ignorant of one half of nature . ’
21 As we have seen , Home thought Macmillan , whom he liked and admired , lax in this respect.143 For Lord Home , in Cabinet ‘ the great thing is to be short .
22 Again , the important point is to be consistent .
23 Any of these methods is satisfactory ; the important thing is to be consistent .
24 I all conscious that the most important thing is to be encouraging , to stimulate rather than to regulate .
25 The important thing is to be able to let your partner know what sort of sex you want and that you want safer sex .
26 The important thing is to be open to the place : let it speak to you until you become aware of its spiritual essence .
27 The important thing is to be open about yourself — both in terms of where you are oppressed and where you oppress others .
28 The important thing is to be aware of these weak points yourself so that you can be prepared with the best positive interpretation of them if the interviewer picks them up .
29 The important thing is to be clear about the distinction between the different types of research work involved .
30 The important thing is to be happy with what you are doing with your life .
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