Example sentences of "[noun pl] be to [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | If financial graphs are to reliably portray the underlying financial events , then certain basic rules of graph design and construction should be followed . |
2 | Apart from making random forecasting errors , the only way to affect real variables is to continually surprise people by deliberately fostering ‘ unstable ’ macro policies ; but this is counterproductive . |
3 | The response to the dilemma by a growing number of schools is to completely abandon the sale of food at breaks and to look to other means to generate funds . |
4 | Trade around this period was approximately 3 million tons per annum and the new dock able to accommodate much larger vessels was to further increase this total over the next few years . |
5 | One of their obligations is to always provide two-way prices on the discount money market instruments which have been considered in this chapter . |
6 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
7 | The answer to such situations is to always say ‘ Yes , sir , of course we can do it , ’ and then put the telephone down , swear loudly and sit down and work how you are going to do it . |
8 | One of McLaren 's favourite ploys was to deliberately fly in the face of convention and logic . |
9 | She-who-Pulls-the-Strings said the bars were to far apart and the dogs would get stuck in them . |
10 | Indeed , the only correct way to read Marx 's reproduction schemas is to firmly grasp the interconnection between the value and use-value aspect of the model and the relationships they seek to demonstrate . |
11 | It was to be 1925 before the downward pressure in wages was to again produce the threat of major industrial conflict in the coalfields . |
12 | Perhaps it is merely to accommodate the moths , but what the benefits are to either sloth or moth in their relationship is still not understood . |
13 | Shame about Batty not being picked for England … after all one of his reasons was to further his England career … |
14 | Girls with extreme youth and high spirits were to boldly claim their patch in a business which was obviously a male domain . ’ |
15 | An effective and economic way of protecting your valuables is to indelibly mark them with an identification such as your postcode or part of your name and address . |
16 | But the way to defeat the bigots is to not let them create hate inside you . |