Example sentences of "[is] to be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to me to be the minimum information necessary if the order is to be capable of restoring the parties to their former positions . |
| 2 | Objectives must be set if the mission is to be capable of being achieved . |
| 3 | Truly , to be always happy and to pass through life without a mental pang is to be ignorant of one half of nature . ’ |
| 4 | Not to know that is to be ignorant of the whole point of the affirmation . |
| 5 | To survive , a butterfly must get away from it — at least 25cm away if it is to be certain of living until morning . |
| 6 | To see him as the embodiment of irrationality is to be certain of our own rational cause and motives . |
| 7 | To do otherwise is to be guilty of double counting . |
| 8 | To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking . |
| 9 | The architecture is to be reminiscent of Dali 's floppy watches , Venuses with drawers and rubber pianos , while other surrealist props that crowd his paintings will inspire sculptures and park entertainments . |
| 10 | If this contribution is to be representative of the burial environment within a 30 cm radius , it is best measured in situ , either using small metal capsules containing a highly TL-sensitive material buried for about one year , or using a calibrated gamma ray spectrometer . |
| 11 | Probably the best advice is to be wary of any project that is more than a couple of years old , and to be extremely wary of any that were published more than five years ago . |
| 12 | The main factor to remember about walking is to be aware of as much of your environment as possible . |
| 13 | The important thing is to be aware of these weak points yourself so that you can be prepared with the best positive interpretation of them if the interviewer picks them up . |
| 14 | What is important is to be aware of the normal condition of your fish to as to detect any problem immediately , and to check , and if necessary remedy water quality as soon as any trouble is spotted . |
| 15 | The aim is to be aware of the contrast between a voice volume that is too loud in ordinary circumstances and the voice volume that is suitable for ordinary conversation but using feeling instead of ( or as well as ) hearing to monitor the loudness . |
| 16 | It is clear what Mill 's answer would have to be : ‘ Yes , since to see that something is a certain colour is to be aware of the mere resemblance between a present sensation and a remembered past one . ’ |
| 17 | You will have your own way of dealing with these reactions but one of the teacher 's functions in a group playback session is to be aware of individual reactions of this kind and to steer discussion away from subjective comment if necessary . |
| 18 | Th the only thing I mentioned to the crew is to be aware of static , there 's a lot of static electricity at the moment . |
| 19 | Interesting though it is to be aware of the way in which these various theological traditions bear fruit in the mystics ' accounts of their experience , it is important to remember that they can not fully account for this experience . |
| 20 | If we seek a constitutive relation which is to be characteristic of a material but not dependent on its dimensions then the use of stress and displacement follows , for otherwise the behaviour of two differently sized samples of the same material would be seen to be different . |
| 21 | The church is to be free of prejudices ; everyone is accepted as they are , as individuals who are following Jesus as their Lord . |