Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [be] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to be possible to see within reality the presence of that which transcends it — what the Christian theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer called ‘ the beyond in our midst ’ . |
| 2 | The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes . |
| 3 | It has to be able to cope with fluctuating events and changing personalities , and to do this involves a variety of social skills . |
| 4 | In addition , textile effluents are very variable in flow and composition , so that the treatment process has to be able to cope with all the fluctuations that can occur from day to day or month to month . |
| 5 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 6 | As a Central Announcer , Hilary Holden writes her own scripts and has to be able to cope in a crisis . |
| 7 | A project manager has to be able to look over people 's shoulders electronically to check the work is going to meet specification and if not , will it affect the deadline . |
| 8 | In the base camp , 12,000ft below the summit , equipment has to be able to work at -20°C inside tents and — 40°C outside . |
| 9 | The counsellor has to be able to extract from the words being used the feelings and meanings which often lie just beneath the surface . |
| 10 | Where trade-offs are inevitable , the cost accountant needs to be present to advise on whether the given attributes can be supplied at the target price . |
| 11 | Most items can be sent in sealed envelopes or packages , but if you are using the Printed Papers service please remember that the packaging needs to be easy to open for Customs examination and to be able to be repacked without additional packaging — the best solution is to use string or plastic tags . |
| 12 | Though the principles of representative government are important to pluralists as embodying equal rights to vote , express opinion and associate with like-minded people for political ends , the individual citizen of a democracy needs to be able to join with others before an interest can be effectively mobilized . |
| 13 | Furthermore , whilst the audited accounts may provide comfort in relation to the overall financial position of the Business , the Purchaser needs to be able to rely on the past records of the business for all sorts of other reasons — e.g. past levels of turnover , proper recording of information , etc . |
| 14 | Whoever it is needs to be able to see through hype and bullshit . |
| 15 | The moral to be drawn is that if we are to give an account of knowledge which does not include a requirement of certainty , our account should make room for the notion of certainty somewhere ; if it sees certainty as a requirement for a knowledge claim it needs to be able to explain in its own terms why that should be so . |
| 16 | ‘ The individual worker needs to be able to plan in order to work away at meeting them , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Rather than all the rare qualities discussed , the person serving young people in the latter part of the century needs to be able to work in a no-nonsense way with young people , to be a good manager prepared to fight for a fair share of the funds , to ensure that staff are able to devote a generous amount of time to users of the services in groups and as individuals , and to ensure that there is a good stock of books and other materials to explore . |
| 18 | An RFL 's registration will be cancelled where he or she dies , becomes an English solicitor or barrister , and will normally be cancelled if he or she ceases to be a member of any regulated legal profession or ceases to be entitled to practise as such . |
| 19 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 20 | It still appears to be possible to test for market efficiency , for equation ( 3.31 ) predicts that the coefficient of f t will be 1 . |
| 21 | In most cases , however , this appears to be insufficient to account for the amount of subsidence observed . |
| 22 | As no order will have been made in respect of the property at this stage , the defendant appears to be free to dispose of it before the order can be made and thus defeat the object of making the order . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , removing this many cells at the bedside seems to be hard to achieve in the NHS . |
| 24 | Training implies that they do not , yet nobody seems to be able to point to any deterioration in customer care . |
| 25 | At present the airline operates mainly between Florida and Puerto Rico but , if America 's Department of Transport agrees , it hopes to be able to fly from Miami to New York , Chicago , Los Angeles , Houston and New Orleans . |
| 26 | Indian legspinner Narendra Hirwani underwent an eye operation in Indore recently , and hopes to be able to play without spectacles in future . |
| 27 | Personnel Manager , Paul Hartley , hopes to be able to write to all the remaining applicants within the next two weeks , and also to give further details to those who need them . |
| 28 | If written music or AOR/MOR music is your thing , it helps to be able to stay in time . |
| 29 | He suggests that this maladaptive strategy helps to explain the traumatic neuroses which sometimes follow events like bereavement , and which can be contrasted with successful adjustment in which the individual works through grief triggered by indirect reminders and gradually progresses to being able to respond to stronger reminders of the deceased . |
| 30 | There were 850 complaints about computer and software advertising in 1992 , so it pays to be able to read between the lines of an advert . |