Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics argued that the government itself had been largely to blame for the country 's economic problems . |
| 2 | In the Scottish tradition , following upon our Scottish theologian Dun Scottas although not representing him properly , it says that righteousness and moral items are just to do with the will of God . |
| 3 | HUNDREDS of new landmarks to help plot journeys through the highways and byways of Essex are soon to emerge with the advent of named roundabouts . |
| 4 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 5 | Many of us will have had the experience at some time or other of finding ourselves in classrooms ostensibly to help individual children overcome their difficulties , but realising that in fact the problems are more to do with the way the lesson is being presented , with the resources and teaching strategies being used or with the demands being made , than with any specific problems our pupils may have . |
| 6 | Eva 's memories are more to do with the excitement of the journey . |
| 7 | The team at St Andrew Square exceeded their annual target by two sales and are confident there are more to come before the end of the year . |
| 8 | The current in Harrogate 's case significant number of major job losses and we we estimate that those amount to between three and four thousand jobs , er many of which we feel are still to come through the system and are therefore not reflected in unemployment figures of yet . |
| 9 | Mr Mike Bennett , chairman of the Metropolitan branch of the Police Federation , said last night : ‘ I just hope that the honourable thing is done in relation to the 18 other officers who are still to come before the magistrate on January 25 . ’ |
| 10 | The court therefore has the power to apportion damages where the plaintiff has been partly to blame for the harm suffered . |
| 11 | In effect these new arrangements are both to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq and Kuwait after the war and to provide a mechanism to redistribute Gulf oil wealth throughout the Middle East and North Africa . |
| 12 | It is understood that councillors who voted in favour of the motion are now to consult with the Department of the Environment over the legality of offering waste collection free of charge to Orange halls . |
| 13 | According to IBM Corp , which is busy trying to salvage and make sense of its core business , we are now to think of the mainframe as the complete server . |
| 14 | But there must be more to say about a fire which caused a national disaster , destroyed part of the British heritage and is going to cost the taxpayer a fortune . |
| 15 | The tradition of large , sometimes very large vases , probably still grave-markers , continues and the spreading of the figure-zones on these leads to drawing on an unprecedented scale ( fig. 9 ) : a monumental art of which there will be more to say in the next chapter . |
| 16 | Thus , cast in bronze , we have an Industrial Elephant , with a factory chimney , belching smoke , on its back , which would seem to be more to do with the advent of the Industrial Revolution than a comment on the British Raj . |
| 17 | This was McConnochie 's third success in his career and he gave a hint that there may be more to come in the Hennessy at Newbury on Saturday , saying : ‘ Gala 's Image should run well as long as the ground is not sticky . ’ |
| 18 | Desertification , caused by over-grazing and deforestation , may be partly to explain for the rise in global temperatures , according to a study by Roger Balling of the Office of Climatology in Arizona State University . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm here to ask for a divorce . |
| 20 | I 'm here to talk about the rule which applies to appeals procedures for members . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I 'm here to learn about the situation on the ground beyond things that I 've known from previous trips and a long-term study of the issues . |
| 22 | And maybe by then it would just be too late , and Yggdrasil would n't be here to deal with the situation . |
| 23 | This occurs where two motorists are held to be equally to blame for a collision and the plaintiff is injured . |
| 24 | It appears that Paris has been liberated and the French Commandos want to be there to join in the celebrations with the citizens of Paris . |
| 25 | And what happens is that if an embryo has the single gene for being male , it happens to have a white chromosome not surprisingly , it turns on thousands of other genes that then make the embryo into a male , but , but that single gene has to be there to act as a switch and that 's that gene is also present in alligators and crocodiles so the point I 'm making is it is just wrong to say that , that all these discoveries about genetics cut no ice with human evolution , because human things can not be influenced by single genes . |
| 26 | He 's , he 's actually going to be there to vote for the bill vote for the amendment |
| 27 | The driver , who was normally employed as a fitter , but had some driving experience with the Corporation , was acting as a relief driver and was found to be principally to blame for the accident , because of his lack of experience , which resulted in his letting the car take the curve at too great a speed and the conductor for applying the hand brake at his end so as to lock the wheels ; he had received no instruction on the proper procedure . |
| 28 | Chairman of the bench Lawrie Wild told vociferous protesters : ‘ We are not here to hear your objections , we are here to look at the site . ’ |
| 29 | You are here to write about the Hacienda de Nieve , the countryside around and the horses . |
| 30 | I am here to act as a … a chairman , an impartial chairman , and I 've let myself be carried away . |