Example sentences of "be [to-vb] across [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings . |
| 2 | The new reserve ratio arrangements were to apply across the whole ofthe banking system and not merely to the London clearing banks . |
| 3 | It has established diplomatic and trade relations with South Korea and its rapidly growing economy would only suffer if a war were to start across the border . |
| 4 | The technique is to stand across the seat and swing the adze backwards and forwards between your legs removing a shaving every time , without digging into the wood and stopping the tool . |
| 5 | City Councillor Betty Staningford says ‘ the aim is to get across a serious message in a light hearted way ’ . |
| 6 | What he has done , in fact , in this remarkable book is to cut across the basic acceptance of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ characters . |
| 7 | DARLINGTON music groups are to travel across the Channel to entertain German counterparts . |
| 8 | The fourth task was to get across a piece of rope which had been tied around three trees which was set in a triangle . |
| 9 | This was to get across the important difference between a living enemy , which itself is subject to evolutionary change , and an inanimate non-malevolent condition such as the weather , which is subject to change , but not systematic , evolutionary change . |