Example sentences of "[vb mod] be to " in BNC.
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| 61 | One way to cut down on cars in cities might be to be to make this form of travel much less convenient , by cutting the number of parking places available in cities , for the public and companies alike — hardly popular measures . |
| 62 | As she was a devout Anglican , somewhat callously I may have thought that death to her was not the ‘ end ’ it might be to others . |
| 63 | It might be to Jeddah , or to Karachi , or to Budapest . |
| 64 | He must make decisions about what was historically important , not about , let us say , what was theologically or aesthetically important , significant though that might be to a believer or an artist . |
| 65 | The ability of the politician to provide patronage , of whatever nature , was never more than a tool of management , and however useful it might be to the man who could supply it , patronage in itself did not remove the need for active and continuous management of the voters included within the interest . |
| 66 | An alternative might be to just to ask whether some of our membership forms could be put out so that |
| 67 | These might be to : ‘ go swimming for thirty minutes after work once a week ’ , ‘ use the stairs rather than the lift ’ , ‘ walk to the restaurant instead of driving ’ . |
| 68 | " Might be to me . |
| 69 | Local transport agencies should be asked to consider changes in timetabling or re-routing where this might be to the benefit of staff . |
| 70 | I might be to you but it 's this is going to a parent ! |
| 71 | While it might be to your advantage to do so at the earliest opportunity , there is nevertheless no legal urgency for you to make the journey other than at your convenience . |
| 72 | Whatever our personal reactions might be to a production , that is the only real test . |
| 73 | Burgess did n't much like leaving whatever risk there might be to the Inspector , but he did as he was told . |
| 74 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
| 75 | He thought about how it might be to be , say , a fox confronted with an angry sheep . |
| 76 | The one I have chosen is this — brief , informal letters , written from time to time as our work proceeds , in a plain , straightforward style , as it might be to a friend . |
| 77 | … as it might be to a friend . |
| 78 | Attractive he might be to some people , but he was out of her league and anyway , she was n't interested . |
| 79 | Oh I would n't he might be to you but he 's worth it to us . |
| 80 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 81 | But we 'll manage something — he 's going to write — I 've given him your address , Bina — when you get a letter from Spain it 'll be to me from him — you will hide them from your parents , wo n't you ? |
| 82 | Er , as far the these building are concerned I think your point is valid , I mean , I think probably printers , I think that you suggest are left on because you never know when it 'll be to . |
| 83 | When it happens it 'll just happen naturally , and that 's all there 'll be to it . |
| 84 | I think that 'll be to . |
| 85 | If I send one to grandma , one to you and Amy , and then I 'll write one to grandma Lincolnshire , but I 'll wo n't send it off , it 'll be to expensive wo n't it ? |
| 86 | Ah soon you 'll be to your money . |
| 87 | Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage . |
| 88 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 89 | Ideally conversion could be to 100Hz to reduce risk . |
| 90 | First call could be to the CHP Association , an independent body which will send lists of member companies and general information . |