Example sentences of "[verb] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We saw evidence of what would later promise to be a riot of butterflies with entire bushes covered by baby caterpillars and chrysalises . |
| 2 | But over the following 24 hours it gradually emerged that late on Thursday night she had undergone an hour-long operation under general anaesthetic for a throat obstruction , which was later disclosed to be a piece of fish . |
| 3 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 4 | To help another major city — chosen by competition — to hold an international trade fair designed to be a showcase of British innovation for the twenty-first century . |
| 5 | The station was consciously designed to be a civic centre with a wide range of rooms including a theatre . |
| 6 | self-chosen evidence of pupils ' thought and action in written , visual and taped form designed to be a self-selected commentary on the pupils ' character . |
| 7 | It was designed to be a troop transport plane . |
| 8 | It is designed to be a place for SATELLITES , SHUTTLES , PLANETS and THE SHIP . |
| 9 | The story is designed to be a modern-day film noir . |
| 10 | Both Jesus and Paul will say that marriage is designed to be a one-flesh lifelong relationship , but they both recognise the human realities . |
| 11 | Designed to be a complete teaching package , Fanfare does not need to be supplemented by any additional material . |
| 12 | It was designed to be a communication between experts , discussing technical issues within their own subject field and hence was not intended for ’ public consumption ’ . |
| 13 | Designed to be a showpiece for the new series , the very ambitious script , even in its final form , called for every stage in Polo 's journey to Peking from the Himalayas to be represented with sumptuous interior sets , exterior sets done in the studio , animated map graphics , and a vast array of costumes , props and backdrops . |
| 14 | Apple 's Macintosh , on the other hand , was designed to be a closed system with a rigidly defined hardware and software core that all developers could take advantage of . |
| 15 | The more functional brace , such as the Lenox Hill Derotation Brace or the CTI/MVP brace , is designed to be a more effective deterrent against reinjury . |
| 16 | And it 's not designed to be a public meeting for anybody that come along and gives support and help would be more than welcome . |
| 17 | It is designed to be a first maths program for the younger user and is suitable for the 3 to 6 years age group , depending on the level of computer familiarity . |
| 18 | The Centre is designed to be a focus for social work research in Scotland . |
| 19 | This project carries out a study of the electorate , designed to be a continuation of the uninterrupted series of academic studies started by Butler and Stokes in the 1960s , taken up by Sarlvik and Crewe throughout the 1970s , and by the present investigators in 1983 . |
| 20 | A further specialized module , scheduled for docking in March 1990 , was intended to complete what was designed to be a multipurpose orbital complex for enhanced research in the fields of astrophysics , space biology , medicine and technology and the investigation of the Earth 's natural resources . |
| 21 | This was designed to be a very generous criterion , minimal examples of correct details could be ‘ We did n't have to wait at the lights ’ or ‘ There were several cars ahead of us ’ . |
| 22 | Fontenoy too was designed to be a watershed — washing away the detritus of the past , opening up a clear future . |
| 23 | Er when development schemes are put before us , or put before districts , it is possible to er to include a scheme which is designed to be a calmer scheme and in fact we have our own advice notes on roads and res residential areas that we hope to advise developers on that . |
| 24 | He will instead seek to be a kingmaker . |
| 25 | His response to a Christian who might approach him with the request to convert to Hinduism would be to urge him to try to be a good Christian since the Gītā could offer him no more than the Bible . |
| 26 | If you know someone with HIV or AIDS , it is important to try to be a good friend to them . |
| 27 | He could n't see that of course poor Jean-Louis liked me , of course he was sexually attracted , but there was this other thing , it was n't really shyness , it was a determination to try to be a priest and to live in the world . |
| 28 | just to try to be a so try to become a society , and then make , make it clear |
| 29 | SAF Bulk Chemicals is committed to be a quality , reliable and versatile supplier to the chemical industry . |
| 30 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |