Example sentences of "what [pron] [is] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opposite style is to assume that the communication should be limited to exactly what there is to be communicated and that all else risks blurring the communication . |
| 2 | You and I , Charlie — we 'd better see what there is to be said and what there is to know . |
| 3 | As with a pair of glasses , presuppositions determine what we see and how we see it , but they do not necessarily determine what there is to be seen . |
| 4 | Figure 10.7 shows an electron micrograph of a synapse from the IMHV marked up to give our interpretation of what there is to be seen . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , let us see what there is to be noted , ’ said Hugh shortly , and turned his back upon the slight , submissive figure standing so warily aside from the event he had himself reported . |
| 6 | If they had the opportunity of er looking at it , seeing what there is to be learned . |
| 7 | We are able to forgive because we know what it is to be forgiven , and the love of God shed abroad in our heart gives us a new capacity to do so . |
| 8 | Engineering recruits are required to show that they know what it is to be exposed to the hard world of reality by gaining direct experience in day-to-day aviation practice . |
| 9 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |
| 10 | I know what it is to be cursed with that temper . ’ |
| 11 | I was always doing landscapes outside ; so I know what it is to be working out in the field in December at six o'clock in the morning . |
| 12 | Data proliferates in the NHS with more and more being collected , but without the same effort being put into asking why it is being collected and what it is to be used for . |
| 13 | It is right that water should be improved locally on the basis of what it is to be used for … |