Example sentences of "[vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We saw evidence of what would later promise to be a riot of butterflies with entire bushes covered by baby caterpillars and chrysalises . |
| 2 | " I did promise to be ready for nine thirty but those blasted animals just wo n't cooperate . " |
| 3 | He will instead seek to be a kingmaker . |
| 4 | Teachers should not seek to be involved in every aspect of the school — administrative/clerical , catering and many aspects of the pastoral function should be contracted out to specialist providers . |
| 5 | At no time , either , did Zacco either seek to be alone with him , or utter a word of reproach about his failure with Famagusta . |
| 6 | The counsellor should seek to be as warm , supportive and caring as possible . |
| 7 | The location of certain family members , in particular women and children , in the private domain in which ‘ the King 's writ does not seek to run , and to which its officers do not seek to be admitted ’ ensures their silence . |
| 8 | In those circumstances the Crown Prosecution Service do not seek to be heard in this particular case . |
| 9 | In those circumstances the Crown Prosecution Service do not seek to be heard in this particular case . |
| 10 | The essay should seek to be an objective discussion ; references to " I " do not lead to that impression . |
| 11 | that in setting and applying our standards , our staff will seek to be open , helpful and polite in explaining our position |
| 12 | Would the House seek to be the authority for such automatic timetabling ? |
| 13 | Generally , the taxpayer will seek to be not domiciled in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | Obviously your personal situation will affect the choices you make but a sound principle to follow was laid down by William Morris who wrote ‘ have nothing in your home which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful ’ . |
| 15 | René Descartes , who attempted to discover truth by doubting everything he could manage to doubt , described the first principle of his method like this in A Discourse on Method , ‘ The first rule was never to accept anything for true which I did not clearly know to be such ; that is to say … to comprise nothing more in my judgement than what was presented to my mind so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground of doubt . ’ |
| 16 | When the Bingham Report recommended a statutory duty for auditors ‘ to report to the Bank any information or opinion which the auditor knows or should reasonably know to be relevant to a bank 's fulfilment of the criteria in Sch 3 of the 1987 [ Banking ] Act ’ ( ie the criteria for being licensed as a bank ) , auditors ' reactions varied from the totally relaxed to the slightly concerned , but no one positively opposed the change . |
| 17 | Well , thanks very much , I had n't realized it had gone , I do n't know to be honest , I bet it 's hiding behind there . |
| 18 | I do n't know to be honest . |
| 19 | I says well I do n't know to be honest , I says I do n't deal with them , but we were talking about Mercury these cross-routing got one of these systems here |
| 20 | I do , I do n't know to be honest . |
| 21 | Oh heck , well I do n't know to be honest with you , something you 'll be able to play games on |
| 22 | The Certificate of Pre-vocational Education would fall to be accredited within this overall scheme , and is an especially interesting innovation . |
| 23 | As previously stated , unless an agreement , arrangement or course of conduct which has a restrictive effect on competition does not have a perceptible effect on trade within the Community , it will fall to be considered under the EC competition rules . |
| 24 | Accordingly , continues a note to the accounts , in accordance with s 275 , CA 1985 , the aggregate provision does not fall to be classified as a realised loss and therefore distributable reserves of the company are £12m ( v £81.5m ) . |
| 25 | This was followed by 22 other conventions , including three with the Baltic Republics which lapsed on the incorporation of those States in the U.S.S.R. ; now that those Republics have regained their independence , and have entered into diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom , the position of the Conventions will fall to be re-examined . |
| 26 | The description of the facts is somewhat exiguous and I can not help feeling that if they had been fully stated the case would fall to be treated as involving a demand colore officii rather than as supporting the Woolwich principle . |
| 27 | In short , where planning consent is given for a development or change of use , the question of nuisance will thereafter fall to be decided by reference to a neighbourhood with that development or use and not as it was previously . |
| 28 | I venture to add a few observations of my own only because I have to confess to having been a somewhat reluctant convert to the notion that the words which Parliament has chosen to use in a statute for the expression of its will may fall to be construed or modified by reference to what individual members of Parliament may have said in the course of debate or discussion preceding the passage of the Bill into law . |
| 29 | If the pecuniary interest is not personal to the decision-maker then the matter will fall to be considered as a challenge on the grounds of favour . |
| 30 | Would it fall to be construed and interpreted in the light of the old case law ? |