Example sentences of "[conj] is [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module name is being reserved and to give an indication of what the module contains at present or is meant to contain in the future . |
| 2 | ( Remember that the event horizon is the path in space-time of light that is trying to escape from the black hole , and nothing can travel faster than light . ) |
| 3 | punctuation that is allowed to fall outside the margins instead of staying within the measure of the text . |
| 4 | One such , ‘ Woman washing her face ’ by Utamaro ( one of only two dozen paintings known by him ) is arresting for the space that is allowed to resonate around the figure unlike the tightly cropped subjects in Ukiyo-e prints . |
| 5 | Is it that the fraudsters are the only section of society that is going to vote for the Conservatives er at the at the at the next election because certainly er the reputation of the city of London er is going down all the time because of the squalid frauds that are being perpetrated there a and the government is lagging behind er in catching up and in providing an effective regulatory framework er that 's that 's going to deal er with them . |
| 6 | Is a short-term objective anything more than the tactics required from moment to moment in order to implement the over-all strategy that is going to lead to the long-term objective ? |
| 7 | This suggests a very high degree of similarity in the mental structure that is brought to bear on the input by language learners and in the strategies that they employ in constructing and progressively modifying their internal grammar . |
| 8 | The Minister 's comments may be helpful in the House , but they will not allay the concern that has been expressed throughout Northern Ireland — for example , in Upper Bann — about the amount of money that is needed to deal with the problem of concrete cancer at Craigavon hospital . |
| 9 | This is then divided by an apposite amount to produce the threshold time that is used to distinguish between the 1s and 0s . |
| 10 | Kristin 's voice is gratuitous — so much more happens than is needed to get across the ‘ meaning ’ : an endless haemorrhage of semiotic material , released in sobs , moans , sudden gales of rage , a luxury of grief . |
| 11 | The company which owns the worldwide franchise of the name and trademark is planning an expansion phase — in the best possible taste , of course — and is hoping to get into the pockets of a few well-heeled outside investors . |
| 12 | Mike Bews was just getting better and better and is beginning to look like the making of yet another pro reared in Farnborough . |
| 13 | There 's a current picture which is in the system and is bound to go in the paper tomorrow . |
| 14 | described two distinct states of affair , namely , ( a ) where the wife is alive to what she is signing and is procured to sign by the undue influence of her husband ; and ( b ) where the wife is not aware of what she is signing and the only ground for impeaching the document is her want of understanding . |
| 15 | The railway continues to hug the coast and is lost to sight below the wooded slopes traversed by the road , which now becomes a fragrant avenue between trees and heathery banks spangled with primroses and , further , covered with rhododendrons . |
| 16 | The Soviet delegation strove and is striving to achieve on the basis of the Moscow decision , the speediest creation of a truly democratic Government in Korea expressing the will of the Korean people and capable of defending its interest . |
| 17 | Excessive aluminium content is conducive to brain and bone damage and is said to contribute to the onset of Alzheimer 's disease , a form of dementia , at an older age ( Hodgkinson , 1988 ) . |
| 18 | Artificial fertilizer application , associated with higher yielding wheat , is also now a feature of the system and is required to cope with the growth in population . |
| 19 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 20 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 21 | The inquiry , which opens this Tuesday , will be held at the Frome Rugby Football Club , Gypsy Lane , Frome , Somerset , and is expected to last until the beginning of May . |
| 22 | The recurrent difficulty to position mitochondrial sequences from C.reinhardtii in phylogenetic trees is due to the extreme branch length of C.reinhardtii and is expected to disappear with the availability of more data from green algal species . |
| 23 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 24 | He 's not too taken with Calcutta and is planning to return to the United States when he 's mugged and robbed of all his possessions . |
| 25 | Eddie has been spotted in Europe training hard and is planning to compete in the Europa Cup … |
| 26 | Interleaf is also active with PC and Macintosh versions of its Technical Publishing Software and NBI has the recently launched Legend product which is only available on PCs but is slated to move onto the Macintosh soon . |
| 27 | He 's a tough competitor but is tending to disappear from the action too often these days . |
| 28 | This susceptibility is not caused by a single gene defect but is thought to result from the cumulative interaction of a number of genes . |
| 29 | He is free to sample the delights of the city but is forbidden to pass through the third gate of ruby and gold into the Inner Seas . |
| 30 | Now I tell them why if you 're gon na tell somebody why why your opinion is something the word because is bound to come into the sentence soon . |