Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you need real financial help . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ The first toast shall be to Hari Morgan , shoemaker extraordinaire . ’ |
| 34 | Equally , to ignore the constraints of poetry would be to ‘ destroy the poetic line as a specific , verbal structure based on those facets of the word which retreat into the background in ordinary speech ’ ( Brik 1978 : 124 ) . |
| 35 | The dance would be to her tune . |
| 36 | In a company , accountability will be to a Board of Directors , if it is a local authority then the Chief Executive is accountable to the full Council and the Principal of your College is accountable to the Board of Governors ( see figure 24 ) . |
| 37 | Where there is coverage of such systems as potential IT-based contributors to improved corporate strategy , the reference will be to systems that are not normally the province of librarians and information scientists ( such as financial market systems , credit-rating services ) ; or it will be to videotex-based systems which most librarians and information scientists would n't be seen dead using ! ( cf. Prestel ) . |
| 38 | The successes of molecular biology are sufficiently striking to show that whatever the true relation of biology may be to physics , it is certainly a subtle one that can not be encapsulated in a single word . |
| 39 | The introduction of new technology is only one aspect of problem solving in marginal areas and the desirable overall policy package may be to a substantial degree indivisible since changing one part may affect one or all of the other parts at a local , regional , national or European Economic Community ( EEC ) level . |
| 40 | The aim of the business leader must be to be the best , for only the best command their own destiny and achieve the sort of rewards that are sought for themselves and their people . |
| 41 | " I know I have n't always been what a husband should be to you — but that does n't mean I do n't appreciate and admire your beauty . " |
| 42 | This contrasts with the racial hatred offence , where the distribution must be to the public or a section of the public . |
| 43 | Such a change would entail the creation of a clearing house , presumably in Brussels , whose job would be to reapportion VAT receipts to ensure that revenue is accrued as now in the country of consumption rather than production . |
| 44 | A nice half-day excursion would be to Monte and Terreiro da Luta , still within the city of Funchal but a bus or a taxi ride up the hillside at the back of the city . |
| 45 | They covered her nakedness with an apron of figleaves , and punished her sexuality with pain and oppression : ‘ In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband , and he shall rule over thee ’ . |
| 46 | The outcome would be to ‘ enhance the academic responsibility of the institutions of higher education ’ , as well as diminishing the administrative pressure on the CNAA . |
| 47 | Technically a showing of such a film in private to members of a racist club or group would fall within the terms of the section , since the showing would be to a section of the public . |
| 48 | I gave him a frown and told him to mind his manners because I was n't sure what the old lady 's reaction would be to my brother . |
| 49 | Erm , over the page , the section , and the session , training needs position , erm , the erm , the work of the consultants has been completed , and we 've still not got a report from Tech or any indication of , of erm , what their reaction would be to the , to the report which comes out . |
| 50 | ‘ I was not sure what the general public 's reaction would be to Swan Lake . |
| 51 | ‘ Our job will be to be flexible . |
| 52 | The most difficult job will be to rehouse and reshape soccer while remembering just who it really belongs to . |
| 53 | Jasminder predicts that British companies will soon be employing people whose job will be to ‘ hold the vision ’ for that business . |
| 54 | In particular , if the general level of prices is higher at , say , P 1 the LM curve will be to the left of LM at , say , LM , and the equilibrium level of aggregate demand will be lower at Y 1 . |
| 55 | I venture to write and enquire if you would oblige me by calling at this Officer , at some time convenient to yourself : I am not at liberty to offer any further information at this juncture , but I think I may say that our meeting will be to your advantage . |
| 56 | but he said er , the man said , and I do n't , now I 'll see what yo your reaction will be to this . |
| 57 | One fairly obvious procedure would be to weight each d by the number of cases it was based on . |
| 58 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 59 | On 10 June I received a letter from Mr. , which made reference to the site meeting I held with you on 4 June , and then said , and I quote , ‘ the volunteers will carry out the resurfacing works on the Canal towing path … ’ ; ‘ after the works are completed … ’ ; ‘ the upgrading works carried out by your organisation will be to the benefit of all canal users ’ . |
| 60 | On 10th June I received a letter from Mr. L. , referring to the site meeting with G. and stating , I quote , ‘ although the volunteers will carry out the resurfacing works on the Canal towing path … ’ ; ‘ after the works are completed … ’ ; ‘ the upgrading works carried out by your organisation will be to the benefit of all canal users ’ . |