Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless someone has a better solution , can I ask the many thousands of WCM readers who are as infuriated as I am to write and complain to the BBC 's Head Programme Scheduler . |
| 2 | And , of course , a central concern of feminism has been to identify and fight against the kinds of coercion to which women have been subjected , including things like physical violence and economic dependence . |
| 3 | It is essential that we should maintain both our sensitivity and our effectiveness , if we are to protect and watch over the interests of the people we work for and provide the kind of services they need . |
| 4 | In the case of multiple bereavement the main issue would seem to be to try and recognize with the person how many griefs they experience and where they would want to start talking about them , rather than launch into where we think they should begin . |
| 5 | Future Neil Kinnocks — or David Blunketts or Michael Meachers or even Ken Livingstones — will find that their best strategy in their early years in national politics will be to act and speak in a way that appeals to ordinary television-watching , newspaper-reading Labour Party members , rather than to the left 's hyperactivists . |
| 6 | If you could imagine yourself being without the radio , T. V. , or telephone then you just might come close to imagining how difficult it must have been to spread or hand on the message of Christianity . |
| 7 | Their paths were to cross and recross in the years ahead . |
| 8 | Sir Jack Brabham says he 's never been so excited about a new motor car and the challenge is to go and take on the best |
| 9 | The mission of Teesside TEC is to promote and contribute to the economic growth of Teesside and it aims to do this by fostering individual initiative , community teamwork , business development and quality training . |
| 10 | If collective bargaining of this kind is to continue and improve for the benefit of both , it is essential that employees ' organisation should be fully representative . |
| 11 | One is to minimize the significance of possible semantic differences between variants , and the other is to acknowledge and use as a foundation for the analysis the interrelationships between syntax , semantics and discourse . |
| 12 | Most writers of whatever kind know what it is to write and to discover in the process that someone else seems to be standing by . |
| 13 | All we can do is to try and insure against the possibility of ill-judged disposal by some sort of division of labour . |
| 14 | The same principle applies to those whose natural instinct is to try and merge with the wallpaper . |
| 15 | An alternative to attacking the enzymes that catalyse important steps in the viral lifecycle is to try and interfere with the viral genetic material directly . |
| 16 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 17 | And tell Peigi she 's to come and help in the hall . |
| 18 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 19 | Gerstner said at the announcement that he sees ‘ no quick fix ’ to turning the company around — ‘ I have no idea how long it will take , ’ he said , adding that his first priority is to listen and learn from the IBM management team . |
| 20 | The general purpose and scheme of the statutory superstructure is to strengthen and build on the continuing contractual foundation for the greater benefit of all affected — the company , the contributories , the creditors , both secured and unsecured , and the preferential creditors , as well as the public generally . |
| 21 | Southworth et al. ( 1989 ) describe an operational , prototype Real-time Traffic Monitoring and Analysis System ( RTMAS ) whose purpose is to record and warn of the build-up of significant urban population evacuation in times of threat . |
| 22 | As Pawson remarks more generally , The very objective of measurement is to incorporate and embody within an instrument principles derived from theoretical science . |
| 23 | The task for the journalist and broadcaster is to recognise and conform to the valuable discipline of the law , while at the same time understanding it sufficiently to be able to call the bluff of those who seek to exploit it to suppress important truths . |
| 24 | If the problem is to determine and report on the suitability of a particular kind of steel for the construction of a bridge , an elaborate description of the tests carried out and the results obtained is not a full technical report , however excellently written . |
| 25 | Scott 's reply last month did not reassure : ‘ The highest priority for independent living must be given to that group of people for whom the usual pattern is to live and work in the community . |
| 26 | Firstly we still have plenty of midfielders even if Rocastle goes , ( which he wo n't , because he said in the papers yesterday that he is to stay and fight for a place ) . |
| 27 | The ideal is to eat and drink at the Lord 's table . |
| 28 | We realise that if Britain is to improve and succeed in the future then a continued investment and interest in science is of paramount importance . |
| 29 | PART OF the City of Birmingham Touring Opera 's brief is to involve and appeal to a broad community . |
| 30 | Boots are the best footgear on rough terrain and a torch is essential if the intention is to peep or venture into the caves that will be seen en route . |