Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [coord] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retarded development , disturbed patterns of behaviour , inability to form relationships or to be self-sufficient have been seen as resulting from disease or physiological abnormality . |
| 2 | However , as Reuter pointed out , it is possible to derive rights and to be bound to perform certain obligations without becoming a party to the treaty , an example being the United Nations with respect to its Charter . |
| 3 | Their freedom to pursue careers and to be liberated from child-care and housework depends on the labour of another woman who , although financially independent , is actually struggling and has yet more work to do when she gets home . |
| 4 | This brings us on to the second of Dworkin 's grounds for excluding such background policy issues from the jurisdiction of the courts , for if no one has a right to any particular form of decision-making process — whether a right to a hearing itself , a right to cross-examine witnesses or to be given reasons for a decision -this can only be because such a right can not be derived from the master principle of equal concern and respect . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Six hundred senators chosen for life ruled the city : they had to be married , to have children and to be sons and grandsons of citizens . |
| 7 | Farmers in Ovamboland were reported to be unable to plant crops and to be facing severe stock losses . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is identical to the individual , and the ability of such an enterprise to enter contracts or to be bound by duties or obligations is the same as that of an individual . |
| 10 | He described the National Insurance Act of 1911 as a ‘ vile enslaving measure ’ which compelled individuals to make contributions and to be registered with state agencies which diminished freedom and increased bureaucratic control . |
| 11 | To make mistakes and to be wrong . |