Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier research has shown that if projects of this kind are to be successful , management needs to make organisational changes , as well as technical ones . |
| 2 | PLANS for one of the most ambitious civil engineering projects envisaged for the North West are to be left gathering dust . |
| 3 | PLANS for one of the most ambitious civil engineering projects envisaged for the North West are to be left gathering dust . |
| 4 | The basis of lateral thinking is to be provocative with your ideas and to put them forward however bizarre or ridiculous they sound on first hearing . |
| 5 | Looked at from a White House perspective , it is clear that if a president is to be effective in achieving his objectives he needs unity and discipline within the executive branch . |
| 6 | To be without emotion is to be unfeeling , to have no contact with the human condition . |
| 7 | If antiracism is to be effective in education , it is therefore necessary to take a hard and perhaps painful look at the terms under which we have operated so far . |
| 8 | If a lavatory seat is to be responsible then it is more likely to be the male who suffers . |
| 9 | ‘ If a PR programme is to be effective , then it is vital that its objectives be defined ; that means of achieving them shall then be determined … and that progress , success and failure be reviewed . ’ |
| 10 | If the search is to be successful , the user will learn about the subject and its literature during the searching process . |
| 11 | If the instrument is to be resonant the apparently solid finger board needs to be hollowed out from underneath , leaving about 6mm of wood top and sides and openings cut through the soundboard ( face ) to link this space to the interior of the instrument . |
| 12 | The most common fault is to be stuck halfway through the tack , head to wind , the boat 's right in the middle of the no go zone and the sail 's flapping . |
| 13 | In advertising the purpose of research is to be able to plan the campaign so you know to whom you are talking , what you should be saying , which idea will best convey your message and , finally , whether that message is having the right results . |
| 14 | Let us assume that we already know the size of sample , the type of respondent ( child , housewife , air traveller , etc. ) , whether or not questions are to be asked on more than one occasion , whether there are likely to be seasonal fluctuations , whether the study is to be factual or attitudinal or both , and so on . |
| 15 | Wear clothes which are appropriate to the interview " conventionally this might be a business suit or smart sportswear , If the interview is to be on-site then usual working clothes will be more appropriate . |
| 16 | Suggested model memoranda and articles for both limited and unlimited companies are included in this pack and certain provisions in those models ( or provisions to like effect ) are identified in an introductory notes as being necessary if the incorporated practice is to be able to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 17 | Of performance against arousal levels and we agreed that the the purpose of training like this and also putting these principles into practice is to be able to handle more and more arousal er more and more nerves and still and still be able to perform in a confident manner . |
| 18 | As far as the new rent is concerned , options fall into four categories : ( 1 ) options to renew " at a rent to be agreed " : such options are void for uncertainty unless some provision is made for determination of the rent in default of agreement ( King 's Motors ( Oxford ) Ltd v Lax [ 1969 ] 3 All ER 665 ) or some provision is made for a minimum or a maximum rent ( Corson v Rhuddlan BC [ 1990 ] 1 EGLR 255 ) ; ( 2 ) options to renew at a rent to be determined in accordance with some stated formula , without any effective machinery for working it out : if necessary the court will supply the machinery in such cases ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 ) ; ( 3 ) options with machinery but no detailed formula : in such cases the court is likely to imply a term that the rent is to be fair and reasonable between the landlord and the tenant and will supply machinery for its determination ( Sudbrooke Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [ 1982 ] 3 All ER 1 ) ; ( 4 ) options which provide both a formula and the machinery for working it out : the draftsman should attempt to make his draft fall into this category . |
| 19 | If exchange and completion is to be simultaneous , conditions precedent are often included as a checklist for all parties . |
| 20 | There are at least two situations where this is likely to occur : ( 1 ) where the aim in making the investment is to be ready to take advantage of a development if it occurs , and ( 2 ) where the investment is in the latest technology . |
| 21 | The key is to be prepared to wait a day or two if necessary , which is no bad thing as the North Rim is a beautiful spot in its own right . |
| 22 | The key is to be deliberate in your actions . |
| 23 | But a degree of independence and impartiality will have to be achieved if re-investigation is to be beneficial . |
| 24 | The Review is to be devoted to research " in all departments of its subject " . |
| 25 | This framework must change if action is to be effective . |
| 26 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 27 | Growing more acquisitive in the present , they prepared to disown the past ; the future was to be different , both for themselves and their children , and they had to run to catch up with it . |
| 28 | Rowe , the loyal Australian , stayed put , but a group of Australians whose influence on London and the underground was to be crucial had started the shift , including Neville , Sharp , and Germaine Greer . |
| 29 | The effect was to be startling and highly visible . |
| 30 | The examples are not always abstract ballets , because the three aspects described above are applicable to most choreography if music and dance are to be equal partners in a ballet . |