Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | It is impossible for any glider pilot to make a high cloud climb and to be sure of his position . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To be aware that God is at work in a team and to be involved in his work can bring the profoundest joy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At Parcelforce , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 19 | At Royal Mail , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I will quote you from long ago if you doubt it : ‘ Life holds no greater sadness than to be blind in Granada . ’ |
| 22 | The Parish Council would be glad to accept ownership of the bench and to be responsible for its upkeep . |
| 23 | Joe had been in the alley for a while already , enough to scout the area and to be sure of his ground . |
| 24 | Members are appointed by the President from those considered to ‘ have knowledge or experience of conditions in the area and to be representative of persons living or working in the area ’ ( Social Security Act 1975 , Sched. 10 , para. ( 2 ) ) . |
| 25 | While it is right , and of some urgency , to look at the global environment and to be involved in discussions regarding pollution of our oceans , the greenhouse effect , the destruction of rain forests in South America and so on , we should not lose sight of what is primarily the concern of the individual : that is , the local environment . |
| 26 | ‘ any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | My father was obviously enjoying the company of the Masons ; like most people he was gratified to be seen with a well-known golfer and to be ever-so-slightly in the spotlight . |
| 29 | It was perhaps these reservations which seem to have persuaded the British government to play down its enforced involvement in the Conference on Political Union and to be economical with information about its stance therein . |
| 30 | And , you know , the queue 'd be all down the stairs and all down the road and to be truthful as a , as , as erm I , in my early married days of course erm I , my money accumulated er because of sort I did n't really need it . |