Example sentences of "be [verb] and to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can speculate that this boy might some day join one of the rebellious students who fight the establishment in an astonishingly infantile way , expecting at the same time not to be punished and to be granted full amnesty for their transgressions , just as a small child would expect from an indulgent parent . |
| 2 | Desert Storm , with its thousands of sorties a day , could have been planned without computers ( the Schlieffen plan launched the first world war with sweat and brainpower , little more ) ; but computers allow the plans to be fine-tuned and to be altered quickly . |
| 3 | Paul is a child with a severe emotional special need , and here poetry breaks into his life and satisfies that need for as long as the poem takes , both to be written and to be reflected on . |
| 4 | This done , it was not long before the advantages of trusts in creating rights in third parties came to be seen and to be put to good use . |
| 5 | Learning to allow emotions to be felt and to be dealt with appropriately in human relationships may be helped by specialised counselling within a treatment centre specialising in addictive disease . |
| 6 | They need to be understood and to be considered and honest . |
| 7 | During that hour the zeks recross the railway line and the road and return to the Zone , once more to be counted and to be searched . |
| 8 | It is very usual in meetings for women to be asked and to be expected by the men present to serve the coffee ! |
| 9 | ‘ to provide the laws under which the object of his charity was to be governed and to be sole judge of the interpretation and application of those laws either by himself or by such person as he should appoint as a visitor … ’ |
| 10 | The estimated building costs amounted to £6,800 which was to be borrowed and to be repaid within twenty-five years . |
| 11 | For some people the ambition to be liked and to be successful is a contradictory objective . |
| 12 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 13 | So the posts that are to be established and to be filled are exactly as those approved by the Policy Committee . |
| 14 | It 's , it 's , it 's there to be read and to be worked to . |
| 15 | This assent could sometimes be difficult to establish but fortunately Rule 5 allows it to be implied and to be given in advance . |
| 16 | All employers and those responsible for buildings are now required to ensure such safety measures are taken and to be able to demonstrate they have done so . |
| 17 | Blood sugar levels and nutritional requirements do fluctuate , and so it is particularly important to be aware of what is occurring and to be educated to the point where you know how to treat your body at any given time of the month . |
| 18 | The council expects its censure or serious criticism ‘ to discredit editors and journalists at whom it is aimed and to be weighed by their employers ’ . |
| 19 | Hence the plan as such was not commended for implementation as suggested but was valued and to be retained as a tool against which the balances of visitors in the various regions could be measured . |