Example sentences of "this is to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | To imagine this is to be aware that the aggressive term which I have applied to Amis 's novelistic method , ‘ ventriloquism ’ , has the drawback of suggesting that when an author throws his voice , the character who receives it will necessarily be found to be inanimate , a dummy . |
| 2 | The physical mark of this is to be seen in the indentation between the upper lip and the nose . |
| 3 | When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes . |
| 4 | Though its accounts of individual poems are as searching as anything in Davie 's earlier books ( we owe Carcanet a debt : this is to be the first in a uniform edition of Davie 's work ) , Under Briggflatts is also a mordant and compelling history of the social climates to which these poems were a response . |
| 5 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 6 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 7 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
| 8 | They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer . |
| 9 | The client gets help for day-to-day problems , but the price he pays for this is to be the landlord 's follower , to do his bidding and accept his view of the world . |
| 10 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 11 | All this is to be found even in the lower classes . |
| 12 | Eloquent testimony of this is to be found in John Gay 's magnificent photographs of London terminals , depicting , for instance , the forest of columns , arches , and metallic tracery supporting the roof of Liverpool Street Station and the perfect form and line of Brunel 's ‘ all interior , all roofed-in ’ Paddington , achievements that could leave only the most die-hard curmudgeon unmoved . |
| 13 | Internally , the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall , and this is to be retained . |
| 14 | The earliest extant account of this is to be found in the Works and Days of Hesiod ( c.700 BC ) , who sought to account thereby for man 's present condition and , in particular , for his need to work . |
| 15 | How this is to be done , and what ye all have to do , I will leave in the hands of the Bishop Don Hieronymo , and Alvar Fañez , and Pero Bermudez . |
| 16 | If this is to be done , despite the number who are brought up in other religions , it is reasonable to do it largely through the medium of Christianity , simply because Christianity exists as an institution in this country , and is by no means dead . |
| 17 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is clear that there will need to be a significant improvement in the conditions associated with part-time work if this is to be seen as a real alternative for older workers . |
| 19 | Although they have always had responsibility for trainees , this is to be made more formal within the framework of the basic training common core . |
| 20 | This is to be put into operation by concentrating on four themes : |
| 21 | The literature of the last few years is thronged with papers proposing that these must be taken into account — but with few realistic proposals on how this is to be achieved . |
| 22 | For example , it was no wonder that scholars have searched in vain for Mount Horeb on Sinai since it should be Harib — and this is to be found in the Yemen area . |
| 23 | This is to be welcomed . |
| 24 | An example of this is to be seen in a developing educational programme . |
| 25 | The answer to this is to be patient and realize that you are changing the habits of a lifetime . |
| 26 | The explanation of this is to be found in the matters propounded in Chapter One , that is , that members of the human race have a deeply felt need for a ‘ god ’ and a religion , and as almost everybody is reared within a family or group with some kind of religious background , each has at least a lingering allegiance to some form of established religion . |
| 27 | But as we shall see , even this is to be questioned . |
| 28 | fellow interviewers if this is to be a panel or sequential interview ; |
| 29 | Another essential aspect of rabbit clearance when this is to be done without the use of guns is nets . |
| 30 | The way to do this is to be a worshipper at home . |