Example sentences of "[vb infin] is to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |
| 2 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 3 | All you can do is to |
| 4 | But what I wan na do is to , I 'll get you all eventually . |
| 5 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 6 | So what we 'll do is to gi y Thing about this is you need the practice in in actually crunching |
| 7 | therefore , the rate we can grow is to a large extent governed by the rate we can either attract or develop the specialised management staff we need . |
| 8 | What you can expect is to be asked to justify your approach to nursing problems . |
| 9 | ‘ What I 'd really like is to be a ploughshare . |
| 10 | I 've had my health put right so now all I 'd like is to be rich and famous . |
| 11 | The real question that the hon. Gentleman should put is to his own party : how will it keep tax and spending plans going if it does not have the benefit of privatisation revenues ? |
| 12 | Who do you think is to be the most hurt by such a scandal ? |
| 13 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 14 | A method which you may prefer is to pre-record your commentary section-by-section onto a sound tape ; this tape is not cued , and the sections follow each other with gaps of only a second or so between them . |
| 15 | To say aloud that God does n't exist is to thereby negate the Devil . |
| 16 | What does he say is to be done about it ? |
| 17 | And he goes on : ‘ No one is expecting to make big money — all players would ask is to be treated reasonably in line with what they achieve . ’ |