Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be the [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a former Cabinet minister , George Younger is entitled to ennoblement in the Dissolution Honours , but with 10 fellow Conservatives queuing up for the Lords John Major may decide that Younger should be the one to miss out . |
| 2 | So er I thought I sa I said well Jean 'll be the one to know because she 'll , but she also works for Jean 's friend |
| 3 | There 's a certain irony here in the fact that the world leader in free market philosophy should be the one to try and bring some regulation into this area , because that 's the problem here , almost complete deregulation the use of convenient ships , low skilled , low paid er exploited often Third World workers , used and abused by ship owners the world over to increase their profit margins , with a subsequent lack of concern over both the environment and people 's lives . |
| 4 | But if we 're going to co if we 're going to open it up , we need to consider the sort of gate , perhaps a kissing gate might be the one to put in , rather than a stile . |
| 5 | It is important to make access an integral part of land management agreements wherever possible , but the landowner must be the one to decide on this and enter into a voluntary agreement to provide access . |
| 6 | I know it was a lie , but at six years old I felt that a close relative should be the one to tell him in a quiet way . |
| 7 | She was so vulnerable to him that part of her was already accepting that defeat was inevitable , that only Luke could be the one to end their affair , but at the same time pride was demanding resistance , refusing to submit to the humiliation of a physical surrender to the man who had called her a liar , accused her of infidelity — the man who had hurt her so badly . |