Example sentences of "an [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black . |
2 | Many of the villages had their ‘ experts ’ in lambing and calving but those farmers spoken to felt it would be an advantage to be able to undertake these tasks themselves . |
3 | One would like to think that she even found it an advantage to be an ASROG , and that Miss B. and Miss T. , who could take it in their stride , had prepared her to enjoy it . |
4 | In America , it was an advantage to be Irish . |
5 | When records are added to a file organized in this way , there is an advantage to be gained by planning the additions procedure . |
6 | At a formal dinner party , you have an excuse to be extravagant with the floral decorations . |
7 | ‘ They think they have an excuse to be mean , though . |
8 | 'she wanted an excuse to be at that bus-stop when Billy got off , because she knew what was going to happen . |
9 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
10 | ‘ One never has an excuse to be free . |
11 | Now he would have even more cause to think he could use their past acquaintance as an excuse to be familiar with her . |
12 | It was at that moment that Fabia was shaken to realise that all she was looking for was an excuse to be in touch with him again . |
13 | That could be erm manifested in an inability to be assertive in an adult in adult life . |
14 | According to him an emphasis on processes makes such great demands upon the teacher ( an insight gained when he was director of the Humanities Curriculum Project ) that any proposal for curriculum development should be regarded as tentative , having the status of an hypothesis to be tested by teachers in their own classrooms . |
15 | The Marine Conservation Society , a national organisation , alleges in a 54-page document that Britain has failed to meet the terms of a European directive requiring an assessment to be carried out where a proposed development is likely to have a significant environmental impact . |
16 | The arsenic data subset for North Wales has been specially prepared , in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Canada , to enable an assessment to be made of the use of arsenic in water as a pathfinder for the detection of precious-metal mineralisation and of potential natural and anthropogenic environmental hazards . |
17 | In the event of a lack of consensus between different professionals , or between professional and users or carers , how is the outcome of an assessment to be decided ? |
18 | It was an experience to be repeated many times as the canal climbed to the top of the Pennines . |
19 | A combined series of moves that give it a keen cutting edge ; an experience to be remembered and savoured ; a problem that takes both skills and nerve to solve . |
20 | She told him that she firmly believed he was missing an experience to be treasured . |
21 | Both the Conservative and Labour parties appeared to draw the conclusion that it was an experience to be avoided , not one to be encouraged . |
22 | Where witnesses are unavailable an admission to being involved is helpful . |
23 | 10 years ago , announcing an allegiance to Leeds United was regarded as an admission to being demented , a psychopath , or both . |
24 | ‘ The majority of low-paid members feel it 's an insult to be given such a letter . ’ |
25 | ‘ At the end of the day the majority of low-paid members feel it 's an insult to be given such a letter . ’ |
26 | Yeah granddad I was saying you know when erm you know when Richard was saying it 's an insult to be called a cockney when he 's not a cockney . |
27 | It 's an insult to be called a cockney . |
28 | Currently working on a booklet of poems and drawings , Jan is also working on ‘ Common Senses ’ an installation to be shown at a large visual arts festival to be held during spring 1993 at Tullie House , Carlisle . |
29 | For an installation to be secure against fire , flood and other disasters it is essential for the primary and secondary items to be stored in different locations so that the chances of their simultaneous destruction are minimised . |
30 | ‘ Half an hour to be ready in all respects for the move ’ , the orders said . |