Example sentences of "[noun sg] or 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 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There is too much archaeology to be contained in any undergraduate degree or to be taught by any group of teachers . |
| 12 | Such patients are not in legal custody by virtue of that section since they are not ‘ required or authorised by or by virtue of this Act to be conveyed to any place or to be kept in custody or detained in a place of safety or at any place to which he is taken under section 42(6) … . ‘ |
| 13 | The progress of sport as a ‘ commodity ’ either to be sold to the media in its own right or to be used in order to sell other products was slower and more halting than might be imagined . |
| 14 | From 1948 when the National Insurance Scheme started , married women were given the option to pay the full-rate contribution for a pension in their own right or to be dependent on their husbands ' contributions and to pay a very reduced rate contribution — called the small stamp . |
| 15 | These priorities , for example , might be expressed through a request to teach a different age group or to be given time to take a specific course . |
| 16 | Pledge was impractical on a widespread basis in a developing industrial society , since it requires possession by the creditor — obviously inappropriate for goods in transit or to be sold or transformed . |
| 17 | However , when the market is sharp and clear and there is a need for very strong , talented individuals to fill the position , when the client is looking for someone with outstanding ability to run the business or to be a senior director , then talking to a headhunter may well be the best first step . |
| 18 | Figures about child labour in coal mines in the nineteenth century , or about evacuation of children in the Second World War , do not begin to give any impression of what it was like to work in a coal mine or to be evacuated . |
| 19 | I 'd half-expected the door to be on a chain or to be asked to push some ID through the letter-box before she opened up . |
| 20 | do they want to be part of the mystique of the century of the common man or to be an institutional monarchy ; to ride , as it were , in a glass coach or on bicycles ; to provide the tabloids with a running serial or to live simply and unaffectedly among their subjects like the Dutch and Scandinavian royal families . |
| 21 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 22 | Other things to be observed would be the patient 's appearance , presence or absence of heat and sweat in different areas of the body , his behaviour and mood , what he wants in his surroundings and environment , does he want to be still or moving , if he moves why does he move , does he want fresh air or to be covered , or both , or neither , and so on ! |
| 23 | A sample of urine is usually needed either for simple testing in the clinic or to be sent off to the laboratory for more sophisticated tests . |
| 24 | Students who had studied IT at a polytechnic were rather less likely to be In employment or to be continuing their studies than their university peers , and more likely to be looking for employment ( Table 4.2 ) . |
| 25 | Students studying on specialist IT programmes were less likely than conversion students to be in employment or to be seeking work ( Table 4.3 ) . |
| 26 | Its purpose will not be to make recommendations about sentencing or to be a plea in mitigation . ’ |
| 27 | Most people in Islington , councillors included , were unlikely to have read The Fish Report or to be aware of the arguments put forward in it . |
| 28 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 29 | Some older people may want to move to obtain more suitable housing or to be nearer their children or brothers or sisters . |
| 30 | The aim should be to use clear and attractive signs containing the minimum amount of information to enable the user to find his way or to be able to use a given tool or resource . |