Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind belongs to a genus wholly superior to sense as man is to woman ; unblemished and purged … it is itself the most religious of sacrifices and its whole being is highly pleasing to God . |
| 2 | I 'm going home , you can get on with your profligate lifestyle , marry Nicola Schreider , nip out to St Lucia for sex with the adoring Tara when you get bored , sell off Chester 's to Farthingdales and rake in your hefty slice of profit , and then you can go to eternal hell , for all I care ! ’ |
| 3 | She concludes that women 's views need to be considered and then synthesised with men 's to ‘ find a human whole ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The only thing I want in life is to be a doctor . ’ |
| 5 | What passes on either side of the boundary ‘ shall ’ , Kerr declares , ‘ be both invisible and inaudible on the other ’ ; even encounters in passages are to be avoided . |
| 6 | ( 3 September 1778 ) Mozart made it quite clear to his father that the only reason he was returning to Salzburg was to be with him : |
| 7 | A MOVE to protect Darlington children from being attacked by dogs is to be stepped up . |
| 8 | One of the rarely used facilities enjoyed by QFT is to be able to show films from the National Film Archive . |
| 9 | The main factor to remember about walking is to be aware of as much of your environment as possible . |
| 10 | Stallion is to mare as ram is to ewe . |
| 11 | Ewe is to mare as ram is to stallion . |
| 12 | The highest concentrations of divorced people living with parents are to be found among men whose parents live in local authority accommodation . |
| 13 | A syllabus , a methodology , a plan of work , an outline study drawn up by some central authority , no matter how enlightened , imposed upon teachers is to be rejected . |
| 14 | ‘ I accused Guy of selling off Chester 's to our rivals , but it appears he was planning the opposite … ’ |
| 15 | A TOP-LEVEL investigation into Mark Thatcher 's alleged arms deals with Iraq is to be launched by Swiss government officials in the New Year . |
| 16 | The New Testament knows nothing of a separation of the individual from the Church ; to be a Christian is to belong to the body ; to be baptized into Christ is to be incorporated into his people . |
| 17 | At issue is one small , but key part of the European Commission 's plan for an alignment of Value Added Tax ( VAT ) and Excise rates in the 12 member states , which it considers essential if frontier checks on traders are to be abolished after 1992 . |
| 18 | ‘ R ’ — if only replied to SPRs are to be included , |
| 19 | Exported by Christie 's to Contaloc SA , Breganzona , Switzerland , at £2,011,500 . |
| 20 | Exported by Christie 's to Mr Paolo Sprovieri , Zurich , Switzerland , at £189,975 . |
| 21 | Exported by Christie 's to US purchaser ( name withheld from Report ) at £949,875 . |
| 22 | Exported by Christie 's to a US purchaser ( name withheld from the Report ) for £167,625 . |
| 23 | Exported by Christie 's to the Louvre at £4,250,000 . |
| 24 | Exported by Christie 's to Mr J.B. Davidson , Chicago , at £134,000 . |
| 25 | Exported by Christie 's to Mr D. Tobey , New York , at £61,462 . |
| 26 | Exported by Christie 's to Mr E. Scheinberg , New York , at £78,225 . |
| 27 | Exported by Christie 's to Mr C. Boerner , Dusseldorf , at £44,700 . |
| 28 | Exported by Christie 's to National Museum , of Stockholm , at £38,000 . |
| 29 | Exported by Christie 's to the Getty Museum at £245,500 . |
| 30 | A large number of overseas and international qualifications , such as the International Baccalauréate or the Irish Leaving Certificate , are also accepted : a list of the overseas qualifications more commonly offered by applicants is to be found in the overseas section of this prospectus . |