Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [is] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the formula has to do is to compare the title of the project in column B ( which has been left blank until this point ) with the column labels in columns F , G , H and so on . |
| 2 | If the 2-DG injected into the bloodstream is radioactive , radioactive 2-DG6P accumulates , and all one then has to do is measure the radioactivity in the cell . |
| 3 | All that Mr. Millan has to do is to release the money and it will be spent . |
| 4 | Most CAD installations in the UK are turnkey units — so-called because they come complete and all the buyer has to do is turn the key and start learning . |
| 5 | All the angler has to do is raise the point of his rod , and the fish hooks itself . |
| 6 | All that the operator has to do is to insert the specimen , watch the machine break it , then divide the recorded breaking load by the area of the cross-section at fracture , which is easily measured . |
| 7 | Blackburn ace Fogarty said last night : ‘ All Kevin has to do is point the bike towards Coleraine or Portstewart , open the tap , and he will be out of sight . |
| 8 | She 's just got him out of prison after making all that money and going through all that shit for him , he finally comes home , and all he wants to do is watch the match on the telly . |
| 9 | Mm , we 'll rough it for a while , because I know the downers , the only thing that Mike wants to do is put the fence and the gate up the side |
| 10 | When the process is complete , the outgoing prime minister goes straight to the Palace and formally tenders his resignation ; the most he needs to do is inform the monarch , who will have been given the figures already , that the ballot has produced a given result , probably adding that in his view the newly elected leader can command a majority in Parliament . |
| 11 | Kruger favours pen-based machines because he says they make life easier for the user — all he needs to do is ring the bit of text he wants to file away for future reference , and his computer will store it away on hard disk . |
| 12 | To construct table 5.2 the first step the cost accountant has to take is to construct the rival 's experience curve which reflects the learning rate of 80 per cent . |
| 13 | The ’ height ’ which it tries to minimize is called the machine 's energy , and is defined to be |