Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
| 2 | It is useful , therefore , to incorporate as many cross-checks as possible into the methods adopted for a study and to be aware of the limitations of material gleaned from a single source . |
| 3 | In a letter to my wife I spoke of a whole-day conference about the future of Judson College , in which I pressed the representatives of the American Baptist Mission to make Judson into an ecumenical college and to be ready to be integrated into a University unitary system . |
| 4 | BGS has to be ready at all times to supply the wants of the market for geoscience and to be aware of potential sources of income , marketing efforts , public relations and promotional activities will be focused more on the commercial sector . |
| 5 | Our Father says in His Word ‘ Do not ill treat the stranger but to be kind to them ’ Exodus 22 v 21 , which is right . |
| 6 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 7 | We seemed to wrap ourselves in coil after coil of finely spun logic , to raise our pedestal upon a mountain of phrases and formulas and to be unresponsive to the altered mood of those whose opinions we sought to change . |
| 8 | It is impossible for any glider pilot to make a high cloud climb and to be sure of his position . |
| 9 | Amazingly the EMI Argerich/Rabinovitch Visions de l'Amen I reviewed only in December 1990 has already been deleted , along with the Labèque sisters in the Erato anniversary edition ( 4/89 ) , so there is all the more reason to welcome the Adès issue and to be quick about snapping it up . |
| 10 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 11 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 12 | One person needs to have overall responsibility and to be ready to ‘ nod ’ to leaders of each of the groups when it is their ‘ time ’ . |
| 13 | The species of the genus Atta and Acromyrmex cultivate ( possibly different strains of ) a basidiomycete fungus , Attamyces bromatificus , which allows them to overcome a wide range of plant defences and to be polyphagous in a diverse environment . |
| 14 | But erm what we would like is for any of you who are actually here at that time to attend that mass and to be involved in some way , to do some sort of erm service . |
| 15 | From 1948 when the National Insurance Scheme started , married women were given the option to pay the full-rate contribution for a pension in their own right or to be dependent on their husbands ' contributions and to pay a very reduced rate contribution — called the small stamp . |
| 16 | To be aware that God is at work in a team and to be involved in his work can bring the profoundest joy . |
| 17 | In addition , there has been strong support for the proposal to reduce the scope for intimidation and fraud by requiring strike ballots to be conducted by post and to be subject to independent scrutiny . |
| 18 | Most items can be sent in sealed envelopes or packages , but if you are using the Printed Papers service please remember that the packaging needs to be easy to open for Customs examination and to be able to be repacked without additional packaging — the best solution is to use string or plastic tags . |
| 19 | But it was not a dream : she heard her own voice making promises to worship João with her body and to be faithful to him unto death ; she felt the ring being pushed onto her finger , and found herself looking into her husband 's melting eyes . |
| 20 | Whatever it is , it needs to have been thrashed out endlessly with the top leadership of the business and to be able to be expressed in a single , understandable , clear and unambiguous sentence . |
| 21 | CH 4 production is thought to be fairly constant in individuals and to be independent of diet . |
| 22 | The ability to assimilate information into concepts and to be aware of one 's own learning process and capacity for transferring skills and information is seen to be an integral part of the information skills work done within the Modern Studies curriculum and indeed , all information skills work within the school in connection with information retrieval through the library systems . |
| 23 | Patients were also instructd to eat at 1 pm and 8 pm and to remain upright during the day and to be supine from 10 pm to 8 am . |
| 24 | In this respect we have many things in common with them , but with our mental erm structure , our habits of being tradesmen created the Kuwaiti community to be adventurous , to be erm well co-ordinated with each other , to have erm ambitions and to be wise in the use of their resources . |
| 25 | At Parcelforce , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 26 | At Royal Mail , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 27 | Another is to marvel at the pointlessness of many a sophisticated achievement and to be superior about it , the last , or one of the last , indulgences of a European . |
| 28 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 29 | The police were not to be informed of any of these arrangements or to be involved in the payoff in any way . |
| 30 | I will quote you from long ago if you doubt it : ‘ Life holds no greater sadness than to be blind in Granada . ’ |