Example sentences of "[conj] to [be] [adj] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather they represent the rational choices of high-ranking employees , acting in the corporation 's interests , to intend directly to violate the criminal law or governmental regulations , or to be indifferent to the outcome of their action or inaction , even though it might result in human lives obliterated , bodies mangled , or life-savings lost . |
| 2 | But the crew agreements for merchant ships involved men in an undertaking ‘ … to conduct themselves in an orderly , honest , careful and sober manner … and to be obedient to the lawful Commands of the Master … ’ .5 Something , somewhere in the story of that series of events in 1839 give us cause to doubt whether the Orynthia 's crew obeyed such injunctions to the letter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In fact , multinational oil companies working in the North Sea had little choice but to be receptive to the attempts to maximise the spin-off for UK industry if they wanted to stay in good standing with the Government when applications were being considered for exploration licences . |
| 6 | The aim in doing this is not to depress yourself but to be open to the possibility of self-improvement . |
| 7 | It was the saloon-bar cliche ; so obvious as to be apparent to the least sophisticated political intelligence . |
| 8 | They are also written in such a way as to be applicable to the most popular makes of computer , by giving variations in programming where necessary . |
| 9 | The major difference is that whereas in Popper the decisions concern the acceptance of singular statements only , in Lakatos the device is extended so as to be applicable to the universal statements that make up the hard core . |
| 10 | They are so restrictive to true Christian programming as to be contrary to the spirit and the letter of the new Act , therefore a direct violation of the will of Parliament . |
| 11 | Since the knowledge required will be prescribed , the tendency will be ( as it has always been in teaching ) to present it in such a form as to be acceptable to the average child . |
| 12 | It appears to me that any articles published in a program probably would n't be the ones with , well shall we say ‘ less than polite ’ , references to other clubs/players … and even if they were they could be censored so as to be acceptable to the general public . |