Example sentences of "[verb] is [to-vb] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now parental investment is a technical concept which we do n't need to go into in this course in too great detail , suffice is to say that parental investment represents everything a parent sinks into its offspring which promotes its offspring 's reproductive success .
2 One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s .
3 ‘ All we ask them to do is to visit any Royal Bank Branch , answer a few questions — and we 'll provide a quotation within three days , ’ said Norman .
4 If the big parties do not like it the remedy is in their own hands : all they have to do is to steal that third party 's votes .
5 Well , er , wh what we want to do , what we want to do is to relate this manifest content that you 've told us to what , what 's the other thing ?
6 All you do is to move that decimal point two places .
7 What he has learned is to bring any incipient conflict out into the open .
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