Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 2 | Far from seeking to gain political advantage , all that my Group have tried to do is to continue with a long-held policy on disability . |
| 3 | One answer is to open with a reverse punch to the mid-section . |
| 4 | A simpler way , and often very effective , is to fish with a conventional indicator system , then allow the bream tot take line against an unchecked reel , i.e. with the reel handle revolving backwards . |
| 5 | It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges of the day … |
| 6 | The Treaty is to do with a possible extension of the British presence here in return for continuing political support . |
| 7 | Eddie Alcock , who has represented the Castle Hill , Ipswich , division at County Hall for eight years , said : ‘ It is to do with a difficult situation which has developed in a company which I am associated with . ’ |
| 8 | The purpose of this study is to collaborate with a similar research group in Paris to try to find out why these differences occur . |
| 9 | The safest way to test any unknown substance is to start with a low dose and gradually increase it . |
| 10 | One way to instil confidence is to start with a positive attitude and this starts the moment you step up to the ball . |
| 11 | The first is to start with a clean sheet of paper and design all or parts of the operations of a company in the best way possible . |
| 12 | Dino is to stay with a British family living in Oxfordshire to recuperate . |
| 13 | Sir Thomas remonstrated with him , as was his duty , reminding him of his high calling and how he will be required , in accordance with royal custom , to make a match advantageous to the realm — that is to say with a foreign princess . ’ |
| 14 | This move in , pull back shooting pattern can become repetitious of course , and an effective variant is to begin with a sudden close-up of some piece of action , say the kicking of a ball , and then to move back to reveal the background to the action . |
| 15 | There are two main ways of creating atonality : one is to begin with a tonal framework and then obscure it ; the other is to ignore conventional harmonies altogether and use only note-combinations which do not suggest tonalities . |
| 16 | The usual procedure adopted is to terminate with a fixed resistance in place of or . |