Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She only had to have the usual amount of arms and legs and to be able to see where she was going . |
| 2 | Helping the sufferer to establish clear goals and to be oriented towards positive action , applying theory to practice . |
| 3 | Both seem to have good cars and to be comfortably off . |
| 4 | Creator God , You have called us to serve the cause of right ; you have chosen us to bring true justice to the nations and to be messengers of your freedom to those who are not treated as your children . |
| 5 | In asserting the supremacy of the Moldavian constitution and laws throughout the republic 's territory , and that " laws and other normative acts " would take effect in Moldavia only subject to ratification by the Moldavian Supreme Soviet , it appeared to go further than the Russian and Uzbek sovereignty declarations and to be closer in spirit to the more radical declarations of the Baltic and Transcaucasian republics , since it did not appear to allow for arbitration in the event of conflict with the USSR Constitution and laws . |
| 6 | This would enable the Institute to produce better embalmers and to be listened to . |
| 7 | Secondly , some of the typical patterns that emerge , those which tend to be more specialized in mission , goals , strategies and functions and to be more oriented towards market relations to handle their functional alignments , for instance , will tend to be a part of a broader economic system in which the isolation of the focal organization makes only limited analytical sense . |
| 8 | I left the daphnia in the tank for three weeks , to eat any parasites and to be eaten , if the Angels wanted to and by then , the fish were eating flake and pellets . |
| 9 | We seemed to wrap ourselves in coil after coil of finely spun logic , to raise our pedestal upon a mountain of phrases and formulas and to be unresponsive to the altered mood of those whose opinions we sought to change . |
| 10 | According to this , the meaning of words and statements lies in the psychological states ( including long standing dispositions ) which they combine to produce in hearers and to be caused by in speakers . |
| 11 | And my Will is that William Moore ( Carpenter if living ) shall make my Coffin and that the same shall be covered with Black Cloth and nailed with White Nails and to be of the value of Five Pounds or thereabouts . |
| 12 | Jack Russells are difficult animals to teach to retrieve — I have only had one that would do it properly — but they can be taught to work nets , drive rabbits into nets and to be thoroughly disciplined in all they do . |
| 13 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to help Celtic win honours and to be part of the club 's history . |
| 15 | In 324 on arriving in the East he felt sure that soon he would go to the Holy Land to see the sacred sites and to be baptized in Jordan . |
| 16 | to make and enter into , on a basis of mutual consent , quasifamilial relationships outside one 's immediate family — i.e. the right to seek and choose guardians other than one 's own parents and to be legally dependent on them . |
| 17 | Thus to be a " bastard " , or the child of what we would call a " broken home " , means simply to have many parents and to be part of a larger , stronger family . |
| 18 | I work in erm family conciliation and lots of parents actually manage to stay parents and to be good parents to their children , but they do n't actually live together as parents . |
| 19 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 20 | It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men . |
| 21 | He announced a US$14,000,000 aid package to be distributed in equal parts between the three states and to be financed under the US budget for fiscal 1991 ending on Sept. 30 . |
| 22 | At the start of the recession , we had to be prepared to have regard to its length , its depth , its breadth and to adapt policies and to be flexible . |
| 23 | And yet it is possible , as with all great art , to see the copies and to be enchanted again and again with the original . |
| 24 | The species of the genus Atta and Acromyrmex cultivate ( possibly different strains of ) a basidiomycete fungus , Attamyces bromatificus , which allows them to overcome a wide range of plant defences and to be polyphagous in a diverse environment . |
| 25 | The World Catholic Federation for the Biblical Apostolate ( WCFBA ) was formed in 1969 , both to co-ordinate Catholic projects and to be the appropriate organ to work in partnership with the United Bible Societies . |
| 26 | Around this time Heather took on a philosophical mood and confided all she wanted out of life was ‘ to be on dry land with a dry pair of knickers , clean teeth and to be able to wash in fresh water ’ . |
| 27 | If you , you know , talk about people moral values and to be able to do that , and just majority of anything you need to you need to have a that allows you to do that without |
| 28 | Matrilineal descent systems seem to develop only occasionally in human cultures and to be associated with female ownership of primary resources such as land ( see p. 205 ) . |
| 29 | They expected workers to have little or no idea of their needs and to be out of sympathy with their interests or attitudes . |
| 30 | It will be impossible for all members of a governing body to absorb all that needs to be known about the vast subject of special needs and to be adequately informed at the same time about all the other endeavours which they have to promote . |