Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] be [adj] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pope and clergy were criticised for instigating men to refuse full allegiance to the civil power and for being unwilling to submit to the jurisdiction of civil courts . |
| 2 | Pupils may lose their reason for working unless they have learned to work for themselves , to value the pleasure that comes with seeing , and with being able to explain to others . |
| 3 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 4 | To do this , and to be able to return to all shareholders the full 100p value of their initial investment , the managers must achieve compound growth of 6.8 per cent — a modest target given their plan to invest 80 per cent of the fund in UK blue-chip companies and the fact that the top 20 Footsie stocks last year accounted for 40 per cent of the total income of the FT-all share index . |
| 5 | But erm you know they do sort of keep a close eye on what they 're working unless of course they they are hoping to erm for their health to improve and to be able to return to full time teaching ultimately . |
| 6 | It seems reasonable to suggest that children should in fact learn to read in more than one way — to be mainly concerned with overall sense when the going is easy , but to be able to switch to a mode where they become more aware of and attentive to the actual text . |
| 7 | The need for greater international collaboration so as to be able to respond to reactor accidents which have no respect for international borders was urged . |