Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One chooses : to be a depressive or to be creative . |
| 2 | While working in public relations in America is highly respectable , in Britain somehow the idea that someone is paid to plead a special case or to be employed to persuade the public is thought " wrong " . |
| 3 | As Michael Paffard puts it in 1978 : " Not all men [ are ] equally qualified by learning or experience to make value judgements about literature or to be called literary critics . " |
| 4 | His term of detention was decided by police and government authorities and he was not allowed to present a defence or to be represented by a lawyer . |
| 5 | These checks are only justified if the person is likely to be handling large sums of money or to be exposed to the possibility of bribery . |
| 6 | In most cases glucagon is very effective and , being easier to give , is suitable for self administration or to be given by relatives . |
| 7 | Exceedingly self-reliant , each man seemed to be able to do his own thinking and to be purely democratic and independent in his ideas and purposes . |
| 8 | Standards were high , as it was appreciated from the outset that it was not enough for such workers " to have a heart as big as a football and to be able to fingerspell and sign . " |
| 9 | Where you think that one of your disbursements is likely to be challenged you should get the expert to produce a breakdown of how it was that the fees came to be charged , whether on a fixed rate basis or an hourly charge basis , and this should be available to disclose to the opposition and to be used on taxation . |
| 10 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
| 11 | Even if at the time of sale the purchaser does not intend such rationalisation , it will not wish to fetter its discretion to do so in the future and to be able to adapt the business as it wishes to changing market circumstances . |
| 12 | While this is true , we want you to feel in control of your weight and to be able to interpret the minor fluctuations that occur from day to day . |
| 13 | It is useful , therefore , to incorporate as many cross-checks as possible into the methods adopted for a study and to be aware of the limitations of material gleaned from a single source . |
| 14 | In essence , it proposes the introduction of a system of checks and balances into the boardrooms of UK listed companies , to be administered by non-executive directors according to a prescribed code of best practice and to be given force by public disclosure of compliance . |
| 15 | In a letter to my wife I spoke of a whole-day conference about the future of Judson College , in which I pressed the representatives of the American Baptist Mission to make Judson into an ecumenical college and to be ready to be integrated into a University unitary system . |
| 16 | This national computer will enable the police force to prevent crime and to be more effective in catching criminals . |
| 17 | They have aimed to participate in all , or nearly all , of the major fields , and to be net exporters of major electronics hardware items ( TV sets , computers , telephone switches ) ; they also seek to have a major defence and aerospace industry and to be net exporters of television programming . |
| 18 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 19 | Help which involves working directly with the pupil in class or specialist subject room must be geared towards increasing , not reducing , the level of personal independence of the visually handicapped pupil ; this aim needs to be discussed by the teacher and teacher 's aid and to be understood and accepted . |
| 20 | Admittedly , it is an album by an enthusiast for mid-'70s Rolling Stones records and will offer nothing to people who have never felt the sexual tug of an overly-loud Chuck Berry riff , but for anyone else , it is top rock and to be cherished . |
| 21 | BGS has to be ready at all times to supply the wants of the market for geoscience and to be aware of potential sources of income , marketing efforts , public relations and promotional activities will be focused more on the commercial sector . |
| 22 | Our Father says in His Word ‘ Do not ill treat the stranger but to be kind to them ’ Exodus 22 v 21 , which is right . |
| 23 | Lord of the Field , a winner at the Curragh , is an English entry but to be honest it all looks a bit thin on the ground — a bit like the St Leger . |
| 24 | Lord of the Field , a winner at the Curragh , is an English entry but to be honest it all looks a bit thin on the ground — a bit like the St Leger . |
| 25 | The middle-aged mother , however , who has dependants , a job , a mortgage and a car — all the trappings of the standard nuclear family , but without the visible support of the person normally responsible for such things — is generally treated like a rabid dog , something acknowledged as being in the neighbourhood but to be avoided at all costs . |
| 26 | But if attempts to produce this concrete research are doomed to neglect or derision or to be defined as ‘ espionage ’ , then what can be achieved ? |
| 27 | And while computing conversion and specialist students were seeking work in similar proportions , there were marked differences in their propensities to actually be in work or to be carrying on their studies , as Tables 4.8 and 4.9 show . |
| 28 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 29 | This did not require proof of any wrongdoing and involved the defendant undertaking , on pain of a financial penalty , either to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour , depending on how the matter was treated by the magistrates . |
| 30 | There is too much archaeology to be contained in any undergraduate degree or to be taught by any group of teachers . |