Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [be] to " in BNC.

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1 The firm and repeated instruction of the strike organisers was that passive resistance alone was to be used .
2 The intention here is to essay such an identification and therefore move beyond the empiricism with which the Localities programme has been charged .
3 'P' — if a primary run only is to be done ,
4 'S ' — if a secondary run only is to be done or
5 This colonnade carried a classical entablature and above was a plain wall ( where the Medieval triforium normally is to be found ) and above this a row of small clerestory windows .
6 Her dream really is to be teaching at City of London School
7 Wilko 's error here was to not spot the need earlier for a new full back to be bought to get some pre-season practice in with Strach/Rocky or Wallace .
8 Had Holly ever been to Switzerland , because there was a bank there ?
9 Very roughly , my wanting the window open a moment ago is to be understood not only in terms of the stuffiness of the room ( the stimulus ) , and my subsequently opening the window ( behaviour ) , but also in terms of various beliefs , attitudes , and the like , including certain ordinary causal beliefs about open windows and perhaps attitudes having to do with propriety and the neighbours .
10 You see the plan , of course ; Rickenbacker 's aim here is to cunningly disguise some serious modernisation within an established design , and in doing so retain the instrument 's and the company 's character and identity .
11 Their bark , if bark it was , possessed a highly reflective surface , so that to move forward was to be accompanied by a multitudinous army of distortions of oneself .
12 The world market becomes a residual , a residual market as a result , erm , you know , because we 're dumping cheap products , you know , and the , the only way we can sell European grain right is to , is to undercut the world market .
13 STAFF at Liverpool 's Victims of Violence charity home are to be balloted over strike action in support of a sacked colleague .
14 Greater specialisation can also narrow horizons : ‘ For me , the highest pinnacle of achievement now is to be the director of a broadcast production .
15 Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are acquired during the year , their results or the group 's share thereof are to be included from the effective date of acquisition .
16 Where subsidiary or associated undertakings are acquired during the year , their results or the group 's share thereof are to be included from the effective date of acquisition .
17 Part of the advice one would want to give to any young person today is to thoroughly know your business by working on the factory floor .
18 Quality also is to be addressed with efforts made to increase the number of accredited companies and to introduce a Scotland-wide individual-consultant accreditation scheme .
19 If you ring him you can be certain that your call really is to the Yard .
20 The the object of the operation really was to obviously apprehend er because at that time we believed that he was er a danger to the public and other people .
21 The resemblance here is to the great nineteenth century Reviews , the Edinburgh , the Quarterly , the Westminster , and others , which did include some scientific works among their criticism but were chiefly concerned with literature , history and politics .
22 The practical approach therefore is to group users and potential users so that firstly the members of each group require the same information and secondly the number of groups is manageable .
23 He said : ‘ His loyalty therefore is to Tyneside and not to Darlington .
24 It is considered that the coats will be fitted with better effect agreeable to this pattern on reaching the regiments and for this purpose the fringe etc. is to be sent in materials to each corps ’ .
25 The property here was to be held in trust for his wife and her first son , Maximilian until he was 24 .
26 A major part of the explanation undoubtedly is to be found in the areas of management practices , labour relations and business organisation , which are discussed below [ Chapter 5 ; Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Pratten , 1976b ] .
27 so these local experts , you ca n't believe what they say the only way really is to , the scriptures do n't they say give us an accurate er description of what 's
28 Erm the idea then is to , to swap your project quality plans around the groups and then for each , the leader of each group to critique those plans , just briefly , a few minutes er and present that to the erm t to the group .
29 I had not at that time ever been to India .
30 Your best bet then is to loosely coil the excess cable , secure with a plastic-covered wire tie , and concealed behind the tank , still use the cable tidy .
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