Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Again , the important point is to be consistent . |
| 32 | Any of these methods is satisfactory ; the important thing is to be consistent . |
| 33 | I all conscious that the most important thing is to be encouraging , to stimulate rather than to regulate . |
| 34 | The important thing is to be able to let your partner know what sort of sex you want and that you want safer sex . |
| 35 | The important thing is to be open to the place : let it speak to you until you become aware of its spiritual essence . |
| 36 | The important thing is to be open about yourself — both in terms of where you are oppressed and where you oppress others . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | The important thing is to be clear about the distinction between the different types of research work involved . |
| 39 | The important thing is to be happy with what you are doing with your life . |
| 40 | Perhaps the most important lesson is to be able to recognise a rock-climber when you see one . |
| 41 | Your eventual goal is to be able to work very hard for a full three minutes , followed after a one-minute active break by a second three-minute workout . |
| 42 | Since the unforgivable primal sin was to be boring , the Victorians gave us intricate wrought-iron work , sculpted columns , mullioned windows , stained glass , mosaic floors , tiled maps , delicate portes cochères , exquisite stone tracery , clock-towers , crenellations , campaniles , wood-panelled booking halls , friezes , glass canopies , triumphal arches , balustrades , gables , chimneys , turrets , spires , drinking-fountains , ornate platform seats , coats of arms , baronial fireplaces , even majestic gentlemen 's conveniences in monumental marble or bold ironwork , a constant and unending source of delight in a craftsmanship at its most complex , painstaking , and delicate . |
| 43 | The most professional approach was to be polite but say nothing . |
| 44 | Does this mean that only this small area is to be subject to the prohibition ? |
| 45 | The general public was to be able to use the royal posts on certain of the roads out of London ; there were to be fixed rates of postage ( to defray the cost of salaried postmasters ) ; and horse posts ( which were to travel at the rate of 120 miles in twenty-four hours ) were substituted for foot posts ( which travelled at the rate of 16 or 18 miles a day ) . |
| 46 | The ultimate goal is to be skilled enough in kung fu to pass the grading examination for the coveted black sash of a master . |
| 47 | A process of constitutional change involving the dismantling of the apartheid system began in South Africa following the announcement by the President in his speech at the opening of Parliament on Feb. 2 , 1990 , not only that the release of African National Congress ( ANC ) leader Nelson Mandela was imminent , but also that the ANC , the Pan-Africanist Congress and the South African Communist Party were to be unbanned and that the 1953 Reservation of Separate Amenities Act was to be repealed . |
| 48 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |
| 49 | The most common fault is to be stuck halfway through the tack , head to wind , the boat 's right in the middle of the no go zone and the sail 's flapping . |
| 50 | If a self-access library is to be effective , you need to spend time viewing every recording , putting yourself in the position of trainees sitting down on their own to make what they can of it . |
| 51 | Amory , a likeable and popular man , had been one of the few Conservative MP 's to be active in the campaign to end capital punishment in the late 1940s . |
| 52 | It helps if you 're articulate , it helps if you can start a sentence and finish it , it helps if you 've got a , an interesting voice and so on , but the bottom line is to be interesting . |
| 53 | The client-server version is to be available in the second half of 1993 ; the terminal-based version early 1994 . |
| 54 | Jacobs felt that progress must be made through the four powers or the UN if the American position was to be viable . |
| 55 | If the single market is to be effective , companies must be able to provide goods or services across state lines without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries where this would be superfluous , and without being subjected to more burdensome rules in the host state than are absolutely necessary . |
| 56 | Those of us who desperately want Czechoslovakia , Poland and Hungary to be admitted to the European Community during this decade , with the transition over by the year 2000 before they are economically ready for it , have to accept that majority voting will be needed if the single market is to be operational in former command communist economies . |
| 57 | As a broad rule of thumb , the more similar the new job is to the old , the more likely the new job is to be suitable . |
| 58 | Collective w worship and religious education were to be compulsory in all county schools . |
| 59 | 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 . ’ |
| 60 | In 1614 the Prince of Wales himself had to be excluded from a dinner at which the Russian ambassador was to be present , since it was feared that the latter would refuse to accept a place on the king 's left if the prince were seated on his right . |