Example sentences of "to be [conj] " in BNC.

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1 yes the , the commission does n't seemed to of addressed itself to , to , the only question it seemed to of addressed itself to are whether the criteria objective , erm , that there could be reasons when it takes decisions and erm there should be an appeal procedure
2 The principles that the therapist and patient should adhere to are as follows .
3 To the extent that the companies are actual or potential competitors , the agreement will restrict competition and , if there is an effect on inter-state trade ( which there is likely to be unless production is insignificant ) , there will be a breach of Article 85(1) .
4 The uprising had no leader at its helm with a master plan for how life was going to be after the revolution was over .
5 The main consideration ought to be whether the offence is one which makes the employee unsuitable for his or her type of work or unacceptable to colleagues .
6 The main argument seems to be whether he could morally take up the titles of Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith .
7 So the one issue remaining on Woolwich 's writ of summons came to be whether or not Woolwich had grounds for claiming interest on the three payments which they had made from their respective dates up to 31 July 1987 .
8 A crucial distinction turned out to be whether the stimuli were presented only to one side of fixation at a time or simultaneously to both sides .
9 The question for the court used to be whether the applicant had shown prima facie evidence , or a probability , that his legal rights were being infringed .
10 Thus the real question seems not to be whether we should detect the disease but how best we should treat it if it is detected .
11 Indeed , the only question seemed to be whether he should even bother to make a move , or just let her do everything for him .
12 The principal issue is likely to be whether a pension fund transferred is fully funded or the amount that is transferred from the old pension fund to the new one is sufficient to cover the existing liabilities .
13 The test for remoteness of damage in negligence actions was stated to be whether the damage was a direct consequence of the breach of duty .
14 The question in this latest tragedy would appear to be whether those guidelines were followed .
15 It is a more bracing place to be than its rival , but much faded none the less from its days of greatest success in the last century , when it formed one end of the Route Therm ale , a new road system , decreed by the Emperor Napoleon III , which was to link Eaux-Bonnes with Bagnéres-de-Bigorre to the northeast .
16 He would no sooner place his arm where he wanted it to be than his upper body was wracked by a spasm .
17 erm and given the right weather , there is no better place to be than in the Thames and Chilterns .
18 And how ill did you have to be before you died ?
19 they say to me , how many of them do there have to be before you think you 've got enough on your list .
20 There are formal procedures for deciding how large a difference in the ds needs to be before we decide to take the interaction seriously , but these are beyond the scope of this book .
21 It is now very difficult to park a car in Funchal as areas are being made into pedestrian streets and the central reservations in Avenida Arriaga are being restored to walking areas , as they used to be before cars took them over .
22 long it 's going to be before it 's all over and we can go home . ’
23 If you were going to live your life again , how old would you think you 'd have to be before you felt mature enough to make the decision to get married ?
24 You see ads for PCs promoting themselves as ‘ network-ready ’ and you wonder just how ready a PC needs to be before it can be used on a LAN .
25 As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction .
26 However , how long does a period of unemployment have to be before people become disheartened and experience a loss of self worth ?
27 How old do you have to be before you can have the privilege of being murdered ?
28 The question then arises as to how specific the Community legislation has to be before it precludes national legislation .
29 How safe does a drug have to be before it receives a certificate ?
30 Is he arguing — as he seemed to be before he lurched off into the quotation — that no examination result should be made available to Scottish parents ?
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