Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] be [to-vb] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My response was to say that the only way he can go from here is down ! ’ quipped Robertson . |
| 2 | So it was quite a simple job and of course , as yard inspector at Street , my job was to see that the s platforms were always When one train left you had to put the other train in to get the shunters to shunt another train into the empty platform you see , for the next the next shunt and that and if a train came in from Carstairs you see , you seen that the pilot and phoned the signalman , let the pilot into number five dock . |
| 3 | My advice is to remember that the short story is about one thing and one thing only , which often reveals itself in a single situation . |
| 4 | Its contract is to guarantee that the doctors consulted by members of the public are properly qualified and will give competent treatment . |
| 5 | Their responsibility was to see that the rosters were properly worked out you see . |
| 6 | . The last one then , erm , C P is the completer. and their role is to see that the team is protected as far as possible from mistakes and they also maintain a sense of urgency within the team . |
| 7 | Its task is to ensure that the national and regional offtakes are all operating within defined quality limits to provide an uninterrupted flow of clean , natural gas to all our customers around the region . |
| 8 | They are the director , who comes from the production company , is in charge of the whole operation , and is the real expert ; the lighting cameraman , whose job is highly skilled and is exactly what it sounds like , and whose expertise will totally influence the visual texture of the film ; and the agency 's producer ( or creative group head ) whose job is to ensure that the director fully covers the brief , and to make any awkward decisions that may be needed . |
| 9 | This was a small group of people who appointed their own chairman and secretary , and whose task was to see that the signs LADIES and GENTLEMEN were posted at all the appropriate places in the many buildings used by the conference . |
| 10 | His intention was to show that the interpretation of Scripture was too complex to be left to whoever happened to be reading it . |
| 11 | Kahnweiler throughout his life was to maintain that the painting was unfinished , and on occasion was even to assert that Picasso himself saw it in this way . |
| 12 | No one could predict with certainty whether or not the King would grant a dissolution in such circumstances , but his inclination was to ensure that the Labour government be given every privilege that previous governments had enjoyed . |
| 13 | His bias is to believe that the general carries greater weight than the particular , and that uniqueness is somehow accidental or incidental to the world . |
| 14 | His mistake was to assume that the Labour party would provide a more receptive political vehicle for his ideas than the Conservatives . |