Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd 's Register , which carries out structural surveys of ships to enable them to be insured , believes that structural failure was to blame for many of the losses and is mounting an urgent investigation to establish whether this is the case . |
| 2 | After designs had been agreed , the work of fitting out the brake vans was undertaken at Wolverton and the vans returned to traffic , pending requirements , the stretcher brackets stored on the vehicle to enable them to be fitted at short notice . |
| 3 | Half-pay was to be granted to disbanded officers , to enable them to be recalled if necessary . |
| 4 | It goes without saying that the strap loops must be large enough to enable them to be cast off the hands quickly in any emergency . |
| 5 | A number of detailed technical changes are also proposed , including those necessary to adapt the 1989/1992 reforms of life assurance taxation to enable them to be applied more easily to the UK branches of foreign life offices . |
| 6 | They did not realise that three years would elapse before Black 's injuries would be sufficiently stabilised to enable them to be measured by his doctors or that there are factors in the functioning of the United Kingdom judicial system which would thwart him from securing justice in the courts . |
| 7 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 8 | Most had to be ploughed flat every spring to enable them to be used at all . |
| 9 | These are usually imitation lead or stone ornaments depicting the faces of gnomes , cherubs or sometimes the head of a lion , and are flat on one side to enable them to be fixed to a wall . |
| 10 | When planning internal verification , centres must bear in mind that staff carrying out the role must have the experience and background to enable them to be effective . |
| 11 | Some of the larger firms of surveyors produce property indices , but the statistical sample is probably too small to enable them to be reliable . |
| 12 | I 'm all in favour of early retirement , but actually acknowledging then , the people who retire , have that contribution , and I think we ought to be developing a way of our society to ensure that they 're able to live reasonably comfortably , and so that the pension should actually be a living wage , to enable them to be free , to make those sort of contributions . |
| 13 | Ismail Ayob , Mr Mandela 's lawyer , had phoned Mrs Sisulu , Cyril Ramaphosa , Murphy Morobe and Cassim Salojee — all MDM leaders — on Monday night to instruct them to be at Mr Mandela 's prison house , also in the Cape Town area , at five on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 14 | It is the intention and the spirit of the Act to encourage them to be more accountable to their Boards of Governors , and , to a large extent , to become self-sufficient within the limits of their given finance and income generated by legitimate business activities . |
| 15 | I have watched student teachers attempting dramatic role plays of the Vikings , only to come unstuck with parts for girls ; not really able to encourage them to be raped or pillaged , the only alternative is , as one student hastily improvised , for them to be ‘ Viking wives at home ’ . |
| 16 | To know someone to be a gouger gives some policemen and women cause to believe that they have the excuse to ignore the minor requests for assistance that the person may make , and for his or her minor infringements of the law to be taken seriously . |
| 17 | In the latter case , one 's evidence is likely to be discounted by both sides simultaneously , which can be frustrating to the researcher to find himself to be ‘ the pig in the middle ’ . |
| 18 | But Newton , known in the dressing room as ‘ Isaac ’ , still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived in the big time . |
| 19 | But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit . |
| 20 | We 're going to train you to be an executive , not some zombie-clerk in Stores . |
| 21 | But , however great the problems in your life , try to find something to be joyful about . |
| 22 | We did everything we could to encourage her to be pleased with being brown . |
| 23 | This would solve the problem choosing a new amp and getting to a gig only to find it to be a wimp . |
| 24 | There have been so many taboos surrounding some kings that it has been difficult , if not impossible , to find anyone to be successor , for the taboos lead to total social isolation of the ruler . |
| 25 | He may admit ( unwisely again ) that in using that proposition as a premise he is implicitly claiming to know it to be true . |
| 26 | It is then physically impossible to position yourself to be able to extend your arm down the hole to grip the rabbits . |
| 27 | BELVILLE : I look like a fine puppy to suffer myself to be thus interrogated by an insolent sister . |
| 28 | He agreed to hand over ‘ the castles , holds and fortresses of Scotland to the cardinal and the said earls , to cause them to be kept by such as they thought meet ’ . |
| 29 | There are occasional arrivals of odd specimens of Fairy Basslets which are not easily identified , and some , as in the case of Pseudanthias pulcherimus from the western Indian Ocean have male and female forms different enough to cause them to be frequently treated as separate species . |
| 30 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |