Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tantalising mixture of talent is due to appear at the Town Hall in Oxford on Friday . |
| 2 | Such a transfer is difficult to achieve at the best of times . |
| 3 | And the TCCB disciplinary committee is due to meet at the weekend to decide whether to increase Lamb 's punishment for the awful crime of failing to get his comments cleared by Lord 's before they were published in the Mirror . |
| 4 | Consideration by Ministers of the member states at the Research Council is likely to follow at the end of December and it is hoped that this will produce a ‘ common position ’ , that is agreement on the proposal possibly as amended in the light of the comments of the Parliament and of the advisory bodies to the Council . |
| 5 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 6 | Today every able-bodied man is liable to serve at the front — in a war in which casualties are sickeningly high . |
| 7 | THE qualifying pattern of the 1995 WORLD CUP is likely to change at the IRB meeting in Wellington , if the proposals worked out by World Cup Director Russ Thomas are accepted . |
| 8 | A bucket is useful to look at the animals more closely . |