Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [am/are] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 2 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 4 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 5 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
| 6 | Making miniatures from pressed flowers could really be an entire book in itself , as you need different and very particular skills if you are to be successful . |
| 7 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 8 | In the next chapter you will find details of exercises in breathing , relaxation , basic meditation and visualisation — all of which are vital If you are to be healthy in a truly holistic way . |
| 9 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 10 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 11 | But this does n't take into account the capital equipment you need if you 're to be self-sufficient . |
| 12 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 13 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 14 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 15 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 16 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 17 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 18 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 19 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 20 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 21 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |
| 22 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
| 23 | If we are to be able to select the most appropriate selling opportunities , the information on our database must be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 24 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 25 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 27 | The TMI-2 accident now forms an important part of the considerable experience available to us from PWR operations around the world , and this summary shows that the CEGB and NNC must carefully assess and analyse the accident if they are to be certain that all of the relevant lessons from it have been satisfactorily incorporated in the British PWR . |
| 28 | Long-nets have to be set properly if they are to be effective . |
| 29 | All presidents must move carefully and skilfully if they are to be effective leaders . |
| 30 | Nurses working in neonatal units need to be committed to security procedures if they are to be effective , and checking should be carried out diligently according to procedure . |