Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are interested in creating a democratic society there is clearly a great deal of work yet to be done . |
| 2 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 3 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 4 | It was such a beautiful day and suddenly he became aware of a surge of relief not to be in London . |
| 5 | Talcott Parsons has proposed the very influential theory that of all other available institutions it is the classroom that above all converts an incomplete person into a member of the kind of society Parsons takes for granted as natural , that is , a kind of society where to be social is to be interested in achievement . |
| 6 | Throughout there was a joyless kind of determination never to be proved wrong . |
| 7 | Hattie was not the kind of woman ever to be troubled by demons . |
| 8 | It seems to me a definite kind of immortality both to be remembered with great affection and to give that feeling ( which I and so many friends have ) that we ca n't believe he has died . |
| 9 | Take advantage of the enormous variety of fruit now to be found in the shops . |
| 10 | The variety of Christologies actually to be found in the New Testament is part of the fundamental witness to the nature of the gospel ; it points to the destination of the gospel in all the cultures of mankind . |
| 11 | Chapter 18 contains a checklist of terms normally to be found in contracts concerning computer hardware and software . |
| 12 | The reason , one supposes , for their usefulness in the wind band rather than the orchestra is no doubt the weight and solidity of tone which overcomes in the former combination any disadvantages which might be caused by the highly individual tone-colour of the saxophones , and thus enables them to enrich the texture and , by their vitality , to add the gaiety and fun which are such marked features of their character , as well as a brand of melancholy particularly to be associated with the alto instrument , hence its occasional use for solo work . |
| 13 | However , Sir Anthony stresses that , almost without exception , those who gave their evidence to the investigation did so with ‘ conscientiousness , care , dignity and with a measure of frankness wholly to be admired ’ . |
| 14 | This is not an unproblematic statement ( as we saw in 1.4 ) , but is sufficiently true of a wide enough range of cases not to be cast aside lightly . |
| 15 | ‘ But in the Government 's view the Department 's handling of the case was within the acceptable range of standards reasonably to be expected of a regulator . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Ridley defended the DTI 's handling of the case and insisted it was ‘ within the acceptable range of standards reasonably to be expected of a regulator ’ . |
| 17 | And what I find interesting is that it 's the sheer vitality of the English sound — it 's not just the Liverpool sound , it 's the English sound — the vitality , the sensuality , the letting one 's hair down quality , that is exactly what the Continentals admired in Dunstable , and strangely enough in a way what Elgar 's got — this incredible sort of desire not to be over formal and to break down certain formal barriers which seems to be so characteristic of English music . |
| 18 | It 's in the nature of monks not to be stupid . ’ |
| 19 | It is the nature of doubt always to be questioning , challenging , inquiring , cross-examining . |
| 20 | Perhaps he was being absurdly English to treat girls like Cora-Beth as precious pieces of china not to be touched . |
| 21 | The moaning combine in the field , the tractor and trailer with grain trickling from the back of it as it rumbled off to the corn drier , the waving haze of barley still to be cut , these things all fell into shade as the sun clouded over . |
| 22 | Sometimes a judge is noted as intervening in requesting certain kinds of identification not to be made . |
| 23 | ‘ Ministers should not prejudice the outcome of proposals yet to be made , or be influenced by a half-baked Monopolies and Mergers Commission report about a tiny acquisition . ’ |
| 24 | who believed that ‘ human sexuality in all its richness is a gift of God gladly to be accepted , enjoyed and honoured , as a way of both expressing and growing in love , in accordance with the life and teaching of Jesus Christ . ’ |
| 25 | The answer to this decisive question resides not in a logic which compels , for example , all questions of law always to be for the courts or the tribunal . |
| 26 | In this case the seller , as a private individual , had no special expertise and the representation made as to the age of the car being traded-in to the dealers , was held by the Court of Appeal not to be contractual . |
| 27 | The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban . |
| 28 | We were warned by the Governor and senior officers of Government not to be extravagant , but to say what we thought would be needed to do an efficient job . |
| 29 | For some of the people who live here this recent trade boom has meant new found wealth … and young people enjoy the fruits of industry like any of their European counterparts … on the few hundred yards of coastline yet to be swallowed up by industry . |
| 30 | Today 's obsession with preventing another round of hostile takeovers is like the habit of generals always to be fighting the last war . |