Example sentences of "[verb] is to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 2 | Therefore , if the assumption that the speaker is actually cooperating is to be preserved , some informative inference must be made . |
| 3 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |
| 4 | The capital cost is to be financed from a local property tax . |
| 5 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 6 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 7 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 8 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 9 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 13 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 14 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 15 | You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us . |
| 16 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 17 | What we want is to be working here . |
| 18 | ‘ What members really want is to be got going again and not just towed off to a garage . |
| 19 | The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ . |
| 20 | The last thing the retailer wants is to be left with a lot of stock that does n't sell . |
| 21 | All it needs is to be made to fit . |
| 22 | Meanwhile former West Indies captain Sir Garfield Sobers is to be the subject of a solo painting . |
| 23 | The value transferred is to be reduced by the value of any other interest in possession in the property to which the beneficiary becomes entitled at the same time or by the amount of any consideration in money or money 's worth which he has received in respect of the determination or disposal . |
| 24 | It may be important to carry out a preliminary field research exercise to identify : who are the " relevant population " and what they are like in general terms ; what type of research method will prove most cost-effective ; what should be the structure and content of the questionnaire , and how researchers should use it ; how the information collected is to be collated and classified . |
| 25 | All I seek is to be judged on my record and the record of this group . |
| 26 | A survey to gain a clear picture of where the dumping occurs is to be carried out by the North Sea Conference . |
| 27 | The final series of the Hudson and Halls show is to be screened by the BBC later this year . |
| 28 | The Act gives certain powers to the High Court where an application is made for an order for evidence to be obtained in England , and the court is satisfied that the application is made in pursuance of a request issued by or on behalf of a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in another part of the United Kingdom or some other country , and that the evidence sought is to be obtained for the purposes of civil proceedings which have either been instituted before the requesting court or whose institution is contemplated . |
| 29 | But immediately Hilton makes it clear that such a life-style involves an active life of its own if the peace that is sought is to be found , for it may not be had : This has been defined earlier as : Such an active component of spiritual endeavour is a concomitant of man 's temporal nature . |
| 30 | What you can expect is to be asked to justify your approach to nursing problems . |