Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [modal v] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes Mr Chairman erm I understand the motive behind this proposal resolution but I think the mover perhaps is unaware of what 's actually going on and have to decide and so I would like to speak against this resolution and I think the constructive thing to do so we do n't send the wrong messages would be to er I , I will move an amendment er and I will explain what I 'm doing as I speak . |
| 2 | Whatever our personal reactions might be to a production , that is the only real test . |
| 3 | However con descending contemporary apologists may be to archaic conceptions of divine intervention , it is almost impossible to exaggerate the extent to which belief in such intervention once permeated European societies , creating popular images of the disruption of nature that could hardly have been congenial to a critical science of nature . |
| 4 | Mosbacher justified his decision on the grounds that to substitute population estimates in place of actual figures would be to " abandon a 200-year tradition of how we actually count people " . |
| 5 | Psychological explanations may be to the point here , or speculations about the evolutionary history of the faculties in question . |
| 6 | He likes the blend of the two jobs , the one selfish because successful sportsmen must be to a greater or lesser degree , the other caring . |
| 7 | But I remembered how cruel children can be to small animals , and I did not want the boy to take his revenge on me . |
| 8 | These magistrates are present as full members in their own right and are not co-opted as non-council members may be to the education or certain other committees . |
| 9 | The main aims will be to : ( a ) identify particular commercial/legal problems of such magnitude as to cause the investor to withdraw or adjust its terms , including the price , either directly or indirectly through indemnities ; ( b ) flush out any unknown or understated liabilities and ensure the vendor will deliver good title ( free from encumbrances ) to the assets ; ( c ) ascertain more precisely the worth of the target business to the buyer and to provide an effective means of valuing the shares or the assets ; and ( d ) provide a clear understanding of how the business functions , including the operation of its financial and management systems . |
| 10 | One of Lehman 's main tasks will be to value ITN . |