Example sentences of "[verb] is [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what it can and will do is bring a literary perspective to sport , by encouraging gifted writers to go one-on-one against our most intriguing winners and losers . |
| 2 | I went past this woman 's door , her name was Emily , and it was like I was passing a huge vulva , so big it has a desk inside , and I decided that what I should do is make an actual photocopy of my dick , in fact two copies , one before coming , one after , and leave these , along with an asterisk memo , on her desk . ’ |
| 3 | This is unfair criticism — Gooch produces a mass of indicative , albeit necessarily speculative , evidence in favour of his hypothesis — but nevertheless it is true that our knowledge of the past is and has to be based on the artefacts surviving from that past : lacking the artefacts , all we can do is make an educated deduction . |
| 4 | What you would do is copy a blank cell . |
| 5 | ‘ What this guy will do is get a demoralized sales organisation revitalised , hopefully at the same time that the company 's Alpha technology begins to roll out in volume , ’ said John Jones , analyst at Salomon Brothers . |
| 6 | So the first thing you must do is get a different message across . |
| 7 | What I 'll do is get a little light run down then you can see |
| 8 | What I 'd do is keep a handy sledge-hammer in the boot ! ’ |
| 9 | All you have to do is send a signed statement from your pacer(s) together with a receipt from the charity , and Joss will send you a tankard . |
| 10 | Okay Assumptions for Pearson 's are It assumes that there 's an n an approximate linear relationship between , in other words you could cos what it 's trying to do is draw a straight line through it . |
| 11 | In order to perform a pre-programmed masterpiece , all the player has to do is wave a small baton over an electronic array . |
| 12 | When you have sent off your pristine cassette , your witty biography and your complimentary tickets , the next thing you need to do is make a follow-up call : ‘ Oh hello . |
| 13 | All you have to do is create a delicious family dish for four using naturally tender New Zealand Lamb . |
| 14 | Right , so what we 're going to do is create a dummy variable to test that hypothesis , right , so if you press the escape key , right , and work your way back towards erm the data processing sort of environment , so go back to the post regression menu through the backtracking menu erm , when you 're in the backtracking menu , go to option six , which is the process plot edit option right , now press the return key in the data processing menu , right , and that will get you to the data processing environment when we can start messing about with our variables . |
| 15 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
| 16 | What it has not been able to do is provide a coherent explanation of the variations it often describes , nor account for changes in mores and consciousness . |
| 17 | So far all the Eritreans have been able to do is provide a basic education . |
| 18 | What I have to do is find a good bit . |
| 19 | Whenever I have argued this point with other anglers they inevitably say that all you need to do is use a long link and a short hook-length when link-legering to obtain the same effect . |
| 20 | In return for this hospitality , all they have to do is write a glowing report of their experience . |
| 21 | But what I say to do is buy a new chiller and get it on and then all Summer we 'll get this damn problem again . |
| 22 | Another thing you will have to do is have a BIG AFFAIR . |