Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retarded development , disturbed patterns of behaviour , inability to form relationships or to be self-sufficient have been seen as resulting from disease or physiological abnormality . |
| 2 | She only had to have the usual amount of arms and legs and to be able to see where she was going . |
| 3 | It is far more important to be moving forward in broadly the right directions than to be stuck still without the businesses going anywhere . |
| 4 | We seemed to wrap ourselves in coil after coil of finely spun logic , to raise our pedestal upon a mountain of phrases and formulas and to be unresponsive to the altered mood of those whose opinions we sought to change . |
| 5 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 6 | I work in erm family conciliation and lots of parents actually manage to stay parents and to be good parents to their children , but they do n't actually live together as parents . |
| 7 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 8 | I should like to say I joined the scheme out of humanitarian concerns but to be honest it was with a view to increasing business . |
| 9 | These may all be worthy aims , but they are so far removed from the reality of most house officers ' experiences as to be laughable . |
| 10 | At the start of the recession , we had to be prepared to have regard to its length , its depth , its breadth and to adapt policies and to be flexible . |
| 11 | The species of the genus Atta and Acromyrmex cultivate ( possibly different strains of ) a basidiomycete fungus , Attamyces bromatificus , which allows them to overcome a wide range of plant defences and to be polyphagous in a diverse environment . |
| 12 | Around this time Heather took on a philosophical mood and confided all she wanted out of life was ‘ to be on dry land with a dry pair of knickers , clean teeth and to be able to wash in fresh water ’ . |
| 13 | If you , you know , talk about people moral values and to be able to do that , and just majority of anything you need to you need to have a that allows you to do that without |
| 14 | CH 4 production is thought to be fairly constant in individuals and to be independent of diet . |
| 15 | It may be easier to be fearful of all sorts of things than to be honest and say to yourself : ‘ The way I feel is entirely my own problem . |
| 16 | The ability to assimilate information into concepts and to be aware of one 's own learning process and capacity for transferring skills and information is seen to be an integral part of the information skills work done within the Modern Studies curriculum and indeed , all information skills work within the school in connection with information retrieval through the library systems . |
| 17 | to provide consistent prayer support for each other and our families and to be open to receive prayer requests for each other at anytime of the day or night . |
| 18 | In this respect we have many things in common with them , but with our mental erm structure , our habits of being tradesmen created the Kuwaiti community to be adventurous , to be erm well co-ordinated with each other , to have erm ambitions and to be wise in the use of their resources . |
| 19 | For example , both student teachers and student nurses are being expected to spend more time in the professional setting , and are being encouraged to appraise their own actions and to be explicit and articulate about what they are doing and why . |
| 20 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 21 | A working party concluded that the Resolution was unworkable if strictly construed and in any event so likely to lead to problems as to be impracticable . |
| 22 | The police were not to be informed of any of these arrangements or to be involved in the payoff in any way . |
| 23 | The ability to use library catalogues , both subject and author , including the important ability to articulate one 's subject interest in specific terms and to be aware of possible synonyms and related subjects . |
| 24 | In a section dealing with relations with clients , the Code highlights the need for lawyers to act on instructions and to be prompt , conscientious and diligent in handling work . |
| 25 | Variation seems to affect all languages and to be present at all levels , although some language types , such as Creoles with post-Creole continua , seem to display more variation than others . |
| 26 | ( 6 ) that the spending plans should be realistic in the impact they will make in any particular curriculum area ( e.g that the money should not be so thinly spread across departments as to be unlikely to influence significantly the work of any one of them ) |
| 27 | I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live . ’ |
| 28 | It was recalled that when the Community Charge was introduced and differential rating for the rural areas of the borough ceased , to compensate the rural areas the Borough Council undertook to pay Parish Clerks ' salaries and to be responsible for the maintenance of playing fields . |
| 29 | To make mistakes and to be wrong . |
| 30 | The referee was weak and allowed the Russians to get away with a few naughty episodes but to be honest Liverpool were n't that far behind . |