Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is to provide it with updated forecast data ’ . |
| 2 | All you need to do is to wipe them with absorbent paper . |
| 3 | ‘ The trick is to cover it with black pepper , and when that 's gone , cover it again . ’ |
| 4 | At this momentous hour His Excellency the Governor of Burma is to dedicate himself to Almighty God for the task with which he has been entrusted . |
| 5 | She has since died , and the Society , which emphasises that there is no question of the painting being sold , has decided that the most correct course of action is to put it on permanent loan with the National Gallery , where it will go on display , newly restored , in an exhibition of comparative material this October . |
| 6 | Of course many committees are composed of old chums , but a way of making meetings less forbidding to those outside the circle is to hold them on neutral ground outside members homes . |
| 7 | Most pupils ' experience of drama must be confined to ‘ drama lessons ’ and the easiest way to conduct such a short lesson is to devote it to improvised drama and movement , with its focus on individual objectives . |
| 8 | So that is how Virginia became friends with the witch of Wardle Wood and discovered for herself that the best way of dealing with fear is to face it with brave unselfishness and prove it to be false . |
| 9 | A helpful device is to print them on separate index cards which you carry around with you for a while . |