Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because to see someone is to see them as a human being and to see them as a human being is to acknowledge them as such . |
| 2 | The best way to approach this contradiction is to see it as a genuine clash of radical theory and pragmatic experience . |
| 3 | An alternative way of looking at higher education is to see it as a continuing process in the reproduction of gender relations . |
| 4 | The best way to explain Message Queue Interface is to compare it with a standard remote procedure call , where a client sends a request to another machine and waits for the response . |
| 5 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 6 | The simplest way to do this is to plant it in a dark-coloured , bottomless bucket sunk into the ground . |
| 7 | There are two ways to make an application protocol-independent : the first is to re-write it , incorporating MPTN , the second is to connect it to a separate gateway that will do the conversion . |
| 8 | Although the COB Rules provide that no customer agreement is required for an indirect customer as such , the purpose of these provisions is to treat him as a direct customer in the particular circumstances and so that exclusion is irrelevant . |
| 9 | Now part of the er exercise which the marketing exec does when he or she round to the surgeries is to provide them with a certain amount of information of course . |
| 10 | It stigmatises the conduct , which is important if the public is to view it with an appropriate degree of revulsion . |
| 11 | ‘ To make lips look fuller , the trick is to define them with a brown eyeliner and outline the shape you want them to be and then go for a light coloured lipstick . |
| 12 | The traditional way to prevent corrosion is to suspend a ‘ sacrificial ’ magnesium anode in the cistern ; the best solution with a corroded cold water cistern is to replace it with a new plastic one . |
| 13 | The best thing to do when an old galvanised cistern has started to rust is to replace it with a modern plastic type . |
| 14 | Such structural components are often called objects , and one approach is to combine them with the logical objects we have just described into one uniform mechanism . |
| 15 | The best way to do this is to wrap them in a thick layer of newspaper and hit them with a hammer . |
| 16 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 17 | To sit down in meditation and think of these mystical ideas is to poise oneself for the transcendent journey . |
| 18 | To smoke is to dissociate oneself from the middle-class health fascists , to say no to jogging and yoghurt and yoga . |
| 19 | The ideal is to coat them with a good flexible roofing compound while still sound , which can extend the life of a roof by up to 20 years . |
| 20 | Peter Wood 's brief is to guide us to an acceptable quality management system that genuinely reflects our practices . |
| 21 | The simplest and cheapest way of photographing a slide or peel is to use it as a photographic negative . |
| 22 | Part of the success is to sow them at the right time . |
| 23 | The recommended treatment for infested books is to put them into a sealed tin with a jar of paradichlorobenzine for a week . |
| 24 | But for each individual student , the best thing is to put everything into the private account . |
| 25 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 26 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |
| 27 | The plan is to convert it into the ultimate upmarket hotel and haute cuisine restaurant . |
| 28 | The simplest way to destroy an ailing fish is to hold it in a damp cloth and dash it smartly against a hard surface such as a concrete path . |
| 29 | At which , after an ovation , half the audience did depart to hear Michael Heseltine , whose idea of a fringe meeting is to hold it in the Grand Theatre , which is very grand , built 1906 , seats 1,200 , and where Alvin Stardust will head the bill in this year 's pantomime . |
| 30 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |