Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such there is little to report since the last European briefing . |
| 2 | But there is little to choose between the two in terms of overall performance . |
| 3 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 4 | Even if it does go outside , there is little to hunt on the manicured lawns , and no serious threat from feline neighbours . |
| 5 | In refinement , equipment and build quality there 's little to choose between the two , while Vauxhall 's head-turner outshines the more expensive Corrado in more humdrum aspects , such as passenger and luggage space , and its motorway ride . |
| 6 | The new sales division is headed by Paul Hutchinson as director of sales ( David Marten is due to retire in the near future ) and John Mohin has been appointed sales manager , responsible for UK sales operations , assisted by Diane Best and Michael Trotter as regional sales managers . |
| 7 | The first wagontrain of Josephite resettlers , under the leadership of Elder Nguyen Seth , is due to arrive in the deserted conurbation sometime before noontime today . |
| 8 | A public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th of February . |
| 9 | This is due to open in the Main Hall on 31 May and among the exhibits will be a gold cup and cover , by Ker and Dempster of Edinburgh . |
| 10 | This is due to close by the mid-1990s and BNF is unlikely to have replacement reactors ready until several years after this . |
| 11 | It also looks at the potential profits which British Aerospace may be able to make by selling redundant sites in Llanelli , Bathgate in Glasgow and the Cowley plant in Oxford which is due to close in the 1990s . |
| 12 | He has approved compulsory purchase orders and side roads orders connected with the proposed Rhuddlan bypass , work on which is due to start during the coming year . |
| 13 | Learners acquire a particular language by receiving comprehensible input , that is to say by being exposed to messages expressed in language which is within the current acquired competence of the learners , together with language which is due to appear in the next stage of acquisition , and which can be eased into the mind by the help of context , knowledge of the world and so on . |
| 14 | In February she is due to appear in the networked This Sunday . |
| 15 | The aeroplane is due to fly for the first time in 1995 and , once certified safe , should be flying passengers by 1997 . |
| 16 | Midiscan for Windows is due to ship in the first week of July , with Macintosh and Atari versions following next year . |
| 17 | The Sentry-E machine , built around 50MHz 80486 chips , is due to ship in the fourth quarter . |
| 18 | The change in auditory target pointing shown in Table 6 supports the hypothesis that adaptation is due to change in the proprioceptive sense in the arm , while the adaptation in the non-preferred hand in Table 7 supports the other hypothesis ; that visual perception is the key to adaptation . |
| 19 | When performing the previously described ‘ tail-in circle ’ , this effect can be quite noticeable and , for contest work , it is normal to turn in the opposite direction to mask it . |
| 20 | It is simpler to begin with the second of these questions . |
| 21 | What is clear , I think , is that to refer to the whole debate as a ‘ scandal ’ is grossly to exaggerate the position , and it disregards the very great scientific problems thrown up by the apparently simple question of whether low-level lead exposure does indeed produce the alleged effects . |
| 22 | It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time . |
| 23 | It 's due to arrive within the next few months , and is Windows without the need for DOS as a base upon which to work . |
| 24 | It is possible to see in the parallel gulf between detailed legal control over lending to the needy , and very little control over other credit , the survival of the very long-standing and deep-rooted mistrust of usury ( alongside social concern about the way that high rates of interest could turn poverty into destitution ) . |
| 25 | has held just about every office it is possible to hold in the Labour Party . |
| 26 | By catching the Chamden-London Inter-City train it is possible to go from the Second Division to the Third and back again on this unequalled trip . |
| 27 | I do n't think it is possible to disagree about the high probability that a relationship exists , and that indeed children with higher levels of lead in the blood tend to be less intelligent ( and possibly more hyperactive ) than children with lower blood lead levels , although the differences are quite small , amounting to some 3 or 4 points of IQ . |
| 28 | He does not recognize that it is possible to alternate between the two according to the stage of industry development , and Gilbert and Strebel ( 1988 ) illustrate how some companies do outpace others in the industry on both cost and quality . |
| 29 | With hindsight it is possible to generalise about the two main directions in which this kind of sex difference research has developed since Lakoff . |
| 30 | It is possible to escape from the British winter without going too far afield . |