Example sentences of "things be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rejection of the theory of hylemorphism , according to which natural phenomena and the properties of things are to be understood in terms of form and matter , is implicit in Bacon . |
| 2 | According to it , the properties of things are to be explained and accounted for , not in terms of real definitions of their forms , but by reference to the atoms which make them up . |
| 3 | Gassendi does not claim , of course , that it is any more than a hypothesis that the properties , changes , and actions of things are to be explained by reference to their atomic parts . |
| 4 | Three significant things are to be seen in the story . |
| 5 | Franca thought , he 's sent her on ahead to fix things up , to have things out , to clarify things , to establish the regime , how things are to be from now on . |
| 6 | So if things are to be done quickly , an approach able to look without let or hindrance at problems , even the most deep-seated , is needed : to define them in the clearest terms : to suggest alternative ways to solutions : finally , to seek resources for those solutions . |
| 7 | As the system is made more definitive by the selection of particular physical mechanisms there should be parallel activity in the consideration of how these things are to be used and maintained by the human operator . |
| 8 | Unless some of these things are to be found in it , the relationship is unlikely to be that of husband and wife . ’ |
| 9 | Chapter 9 is about what things are to be done . |
| 10 | We need to find something certain which can function as the unquestioned evidence by appeal to which the probabilities of other things are to be assessed . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't get over how different things are to the way it was when we were young . |
| 12 | If propositions purporting to be about fictional things are to be accepted as meaningful , then it is only on condition that they can be paraphrased into propositions about non-fictional things ; for example , into propositions about persons who are thinking , alleging , claiming , etc. something fictional . |
| 13 | Now in his 60s , the grandaddy of author/illustrators has classics such as Where the Wild Things Are to his name . |
| 14 | This may consist either of views as to the proper policy-making procedures — the way things are to be done — or of particular sets of policies that are perceived to be in the best interests of the nation . |
| 15 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Mrs Hollidaye revealed to Dot how many things were to be done without even having to move from bed . |
| 17 | There was , however , no indication of how all these things were to be reconciled . |
| 18 | The most fruitful feature of Pythagorean teaching was the key idea that the essence of things is to be found in the concept of number , which was regarded as having spatial and also temporal significance . |
| 19 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |