Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is in the University an appreciable number of staff interested in the area , but located in a number of different departments and faculties , and the Centre is intended to serve as a focus for their activities . |
| 2 | It is intended to serve as an introduction to the library rather than a detailed guide . |
| 3 | The classification scheme is intended to act as an authority in selecting the relationships to be shown . |
| 4 | This theory develops the convergence ( also noted by others , e.g. Sutton and Barto 1981 ; Gluck and Bower 1988 ) between standard associative models and connectionist systems of parallel distributed processing ( e.g. Rumelhart , Hinton , and McClelland 1986 ) and it is intended to apply to a range of phenomena in perceptual learning . |
| 5 | Thijs Lijbregts , who took over from Rinus Michels after Holland won the European Championship , has the additional pressure of managing one of the fancied teams while his best player , Ruud Gullit , is struggling to recover from a knee injury that has so far necessitated four operations and is threatening his career . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the also sympathetic but Grahamly maddening Tim is struggling to move into a flat on the row , while supposing himself to be struggling to come out of the closet . |
| 7 | In South Uist , a valley called Allt Volagir is considered to lie on a north — south trending fault , which may represent an off-set of the Outer Hebrides Thrust . |
| 8 | The zone boundary is considered to consist of a set of straight-line segments the end points of which are required in the A-CONFORMOLINES package . |
| 9 | In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 . |
| 10 | Another mental game which some people find effective is to try to think of a boy or girl 's name for every letter of the alphabet , then an animal for every letter , and then an item in the kitchen , etc . |
| 11 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 12 | The hearing is expected to last for a number of days . |
| 13 | Robson , 35 , is expected to return in a fortnight after a hamstring injury which has seen him , yet again , miss the start of the season . |
| 14 | One car is expected to sell for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 15 | The company aims to extend Jedi beyond System 7 to other environments , including Windows itself , and is expected to arrive as a product late this year or early next . |
| 16 | The company aims to extend Jedi beyond System 7 to other environments , including Windows itself , and is expected to arrive as a product late this year or early next . |
| 17 | Left back John Beresford is expected to recover from a hamstring strain , and if he fails a late fitness test Ray Daniel , impressive on Saturday in his first start for 11 months , will take his place . |
| 18 | Leading scorer Paul Wilkinson is expected to recover from a knee injury . |
| 19 | McNab is expected to recover from a stomach bug in time for Wednesday 's game in Italy and with fellow midfielder Dave Martindale shaking off ‘ flu , Rovers ’ squad is beginning to bulge . |
| 20 | Every Strathclyde pupil is expected to go on a school trip involving an overnight stay at some point during their schooling , though their parents would have to give their consent to this . |
| 21 | At CeBIT Fair in Hannover Ericsson Business Networks and Intel Corp have been showing an emulation of a jointly-developed personal computer board designed to enable Windows machines to be linked to PABXs : the personal computer is linked to the switch through a standard ISDN-type connection so the micro can receive facsimile messages , voice-mail , video communications and the like — the thing is expected to appear as a product late this year . |
| 22 | The press starting running in the summer and is expected to run at a profit by the end of the year . |
| 23 | For example , in a particular year a given region has x million inhabitants and the population is expected to increase at a rate of 2% per year . |
| 24 | Global warming is expected to result in a rise of two feet in sea levels by the second half of next century . |
| 25 | Harmful ultra-violet ( B ) radiation reaching the earth 's surface is expected to result in a rise of 700 skin cancer cases a year for every 1 per cent decrease in the ozone layer . |
| 26 | The £3.2m investment in the pottery includes the provision of new kilns and is expected to result in a trebling of the workforce over the next four years . |
| 27 | The Budget , which is likely to be a cautious ‘ holding statement ’ until a second December package , is expected to centre on a £2 billion rise in indirect taxes and sharp increases in excise duties on smoking , petrol and car tax . |
| 28 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 29 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 30 | Generally speaking , a dependent item is expected to bring to a construction semantic traits not already prefigured in the head ; if the dependent item contributes nothing new , the resulting combination is pleonastic . |