Example sentences of "is [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | My right hon. Friend 's agreement to such a review and initiative is greatly to be welcomed . |
| 32 | That is greatly to be welcomed . |
| 33 | ( Since the radioactive dust has killed many animals , the ownership of a scarce animal is greatly to be desired and very costly . |
| 34 | The committee do not expect members participating to be put to any expense or undue trouble , the proposal is merely to be an ‘ old boy ’ friend in a strange town or country . |
| 35 | The reference is merely to the integrity of the dance as an end in itself . |
| 36 | If the instrument is only to be an indicator of magnetic activity then calibration is not really necessary . |
| 37 | High-speed , hood-down progress is only to be undertaken with all windows up as otherwise the wind whips round the side and into the cabin . |
| 38 | Most of the companies in the top 10 are small and fast-growing , which is only to be expected — after all , it would be extraordinary for ICI to double its earnings . |
| 39 | So a certain weariness is only to be expected . |
| 40 | ‘ A little nervousness is only to be expected when you 're starting a new job ’ |
| 41 | Finally , Rawls is only to a limited extent concerned with correcting inequalities in the ability to promote the good which are due to one 's natural endowments ( the difference principle is about social , not natural , primary goods ) . |
| 42 | This is only to be expected . |
| 43 | It is only to be hoped that dispersals of any kind are restricted on the most severe criteria , and that money for acquisitions , storage and , perhaps most important , staff for cataloguing is not stinted . |
| 44 | The repeated frustration of his attempts to introduce changes led to an impassioned plea in the Sunday Express for more freedom of action at club level : ‘ I appeal to the authorities to release the brake which they seem to delight in jamming on new ideas … as if wisdom is only to be found in the council chamber … |
| 45 | Muddles in language often occur ( as is only to be expected ) in the petitioner 's question rather than in the jurist 's answer . |
| 46 | Censorship is only to be exercised in accordance with the law of the land |
| 47 | The striking thing about cases such as these is not that they failed — that is only to be expected — but rather that they contain suggestions that a proper claim might meet with success , although difficulty might attend mounting it . |
| 48 | But again , this is only to be expected on a cheap new instrument ( and not unheard of on new guitars costing ten times as much ) and easily fixed . |
| 49 | Of the two thieves crucified with Jesus , it is only to the one who expresses his penitence that Jesus responds , ‘ I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me ’ ( Luke 23:39–43 ) . |
| 50 | On this occasion , Murphy 's skill can only be admired visually , and the real force of his audience 's response is only to be guessed at . |
| 51 | This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) . |
| 52 | No , this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone , late at night , through fairly deserted streets . |
| 53 | The poems are of course cleverly written but that is only to be expected of a writer of John Bitumen 's calibre . |
| 54 | Resistance is only to be expected . |
| 55 | Such a connection between newspapers and political parties is only to be expected ; newspapers have traditionally wished to play a part in the political system and have never been reluctant to express a view ( ‘ The Sun says ’ ) on the ways of the world . |
| 56 | Businessmen are complaining loudly , as is only to be expected . |
| 57 | For why persevere to exist if it is only to please the Government . |
| 58 | In Chapter II , the reference is only to the taking of ‘ evidence ’ , which is a well recognised function of consuls , as reflected , e.g. , in United Kingdom bilateral conventions and in the 1954 Convention , and not the performance of ‘ other judicial acts ’ ( regarded as exclusively judicial functions ) . |
| 59 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 60 | This is only to be expected , for the management of a client 's account is the management of an advertising agency in miniature . |