Example sentences of "[be] [det] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal family are country people , their interests and off-duty activities are all to do with the countryside , and the Prince always had a good knowledge of its workings ; but it was not until after he became chairman of the steering committee for Wales that he discovered the danger it was in . |
| 2 | I know what the three quiffs are They are all to do with the erm , to the . |
| 3 | Two space dimensions do not seem to be enough to allow for the development of complicated beings like us . |
| 4 | Many oranges , apparently sound , are thrown out on the quay and if everyone taking one or two of these oranges was arrested for theft , one Police Court would not be enough to deal with the cases … |
| 5 | They alone would not be enough to account for the clumpiness on intermediate scales that studies of the sky reveal ; but there is a way to amplify their effects . |
| 6 | Even language may not be enough to account for the agreement in a social contract not to do X , when |
| 7 | My constituent felt strongly that neither the amount on offer from the student loans scheme nor the money available from the postgraduate access fund would be enough to compensate for the loss of housing benefit to her undergraduate daughter or to her elder daughter , who was on the postgraduate music course . |
| 8 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 9 | Robin Cook , the shadow trade secretary , said : ‘ This mix of short-term subsidy and long-term betrayal may be enough to buy off the rebels on your own benches . |
| 10 | This would offer a considerable threat to the future supply of labour were it not for the fact that agriculture also attracts a disproportionate number of school-leavers — more , in fact , than it could possibly cope with if they were all to stay in the industry . |
| 11 | Among them were men from Dulé 's people — five of this first shipment of slaves ; they were all to work on the new sugar plantation ; to stake out canefields in the rainforest . |
| 12 | Goals from Jimmy Quinn and Philip Gray — his first for the international team — were enough to see of the Baltic challenge although Denmark 's victory over Albania earlier in the day put paid to our last fading hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in America . |
| 13 | There is little to see of the Potteries at Fenton other than relatively modern factories , but a couple of bottle ovens , now rather rare ( see Longton ) survive near King Street . |
| 14 | As such there is little to report since the last European briefing . |
| 15 | Market buildings , in particular , have proved especially elusive in the small towns and there is little to compare with the forum or macellum of the cities . |
| 16 | But there is little to choose between the two in terms of overall performance . |
| 17 | Despite extensive evidence from numerous independent sources to the effect that there is little to choose between the performance of a well formulated detergent and the invariably more expensive combined products , known as sanitisers , a whole industry has been built around marketing sanitisation . |
| 18 | ‘ As to the ability to determine that issue between the parents , it appears to me that there is little to choose between the family court in England and that in Australia . |
| 19 | When this is done there is little to choose between the UK , France and West Germany . |
| 20 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 21 | Even if it does go outside , there is little to hunt on the manicured lawns , and no serious threat from feline neighbours . |
| 22 | In refinement , equipment and build quality there 's little to choose between the two , while Vauxhall 's head-turner outshines the more expensive Corrado in more humdrum aspects , such as passenger and luggage space , and its motorway ride . |
| 23 | What is clear , I think , is that to refer to the whole debate as a ‘ scandal ’ is grossly to exaggerate the position , and it disregards the very great scientific problems thrown up by the apparently simple question of whether low-level lead exposure does indeed produce the alleged effects . |
| 24 | Winch 's contention is that to conceive of the relation of an act to the person who acts in terms of the Kantian maxim ‘ acting for the sake of duty ’ is mistaken since ‘ there is no general kind of behaviour of which we have to say that it is good without qualification ’ . |
| 25 | THERE is much to do in the garden at present and I have been looking at some of the useful tools and equipment on the market . |
| 26 | Bed and breakfast is readily available and there is much to see in the area . |
| 27 | Todd 's work was not introduced here to present his conclusions as uncontestable ‘ facts ’ — for there is much to debate regarding the nature of his sweeping generalizations — but rather to illustrate the importance of aspects of diversity which are not directly linked to either or both of the physical environment and the world of work . |
| 28 | Equally important are two more statements , first ( Thompson and McHugh 1990:362 ) : A further reason for not regarding the worlds of today and tomorrow as wholly sealed off from one another is that there is much to learn from the existing practice of employees … |
| 29 | But not to worry … there 's plenty survived the worst of the weather … and there 's much to admire for the committed gardener and the casual observer |
| 30 | So quite obviously the how we say things is all to do with the voice is n't it ? |