Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | And although Jesus himself remains to a significant degree elusive , it is as possible to deduce plausible information about him as it is to deduce such information about Arthur , or Robin Hood . |
2 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
3 | The way to do it is to treat that murder in as formal a manner as you can . |
4 | A case of gamekeeper turned poacher , given that she had been a fast-stream entrant to the Treasury , much of whose function it is to resist that sort of demand . ’ |
5 | It must sometimes puzzle the Russians how easy it is to plant such nonsense on British intelligence but what they do not appreciate is that if defectors did not invent such silly tales MI5 and MI6 would do so themselves anyway . |
6 | It is to spend more resources on social and community facilities and to employ community liaison officers . |
7 | The controversy that has surrounded Brenner 's results illustrates how difficult it is to draw firm conclusions about the role of any one factor , such as unemployment , on a state as loosely defined as ‘ health ’ . |
8 | ( 5 ) The more ducks a cat has to choose from the less likely it is to take one duck in particular . |
9 | This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available . |
10 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children |
11 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children . |
12 | If it is still more important to you to enjoy your fishing , using methods and approaches more akin to your liking , than it is to catch big fish at the cost of a great deal of enjoyment , then there are still a few waters where you can use ‘ classic ’ tactics . |
13 | However difficult it is to measure short-term effects of library instruction , it is far more difficult to measure the long-term effects of the instruction given . |
14 | The choice of economic incentive ultimately depends upon the purpose of this strategy , whether it is to reduce specific types of pollution generally or in given geographical areas , to reallocate funds for investment in pollution control or to compensate victims of air pollution . |
15 | Teacher support groups are increasingly being set up to provide the opportunity for greater honesty , and it can be less threatening for people who feel isolated to join one of these than it is to make individual overtures within their own staffroom . |
16 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
17 | The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel . |
18 | This recognition of the more than local effects of major retail development confirms how crucial it is to place such development within a strategic context . |
19 | He could even turn up as one of soccer 's infamous ‘ jobsworths , ’ the stony-faced commissionaires whose job it is to keep ticketless journalists in a state of blind panic . |
20 | Management as a process appears to be understood as being about taking decisions which will be more likely to be unpopular than those taken by lower ranks , i.e. , middle managers , whose task it is to mediate higher decisions by making them palatable in some way . |
21 | Can I , at this point , reiterate how important it is to have this type of insurance cover if you are taking private classes . |
22 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
23 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
24 | To buy food for a day at a time because there is no pantry in which to store it is to meet higher bills at corner stores than would be involved in larger purchases from supermarkets . |
25 | The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires . |
26 | Experience in the United States of America , where legislative history has for many years been much more generally admissible than I am now suggesting , shows how important it is to maintain strict control over the use of such material . |
27 | It concerns certain members of this class , four to be precise , but it will , if it is to stand any chance of success , require the support of every one of you , of every one in the school , in fact . |
28 | Norway has confirmed that it is to resume scientific whaling in April and commercial whaling in May or June [ see ED 67 ] . |
29 | We have already touched on the importance of user interfaces ( see 1.4 ) and have emphasised how crucial it is to provide lay users of multimedia systems with interfaces that offer extreme friendliness without sacrificing power for simplicity . |
30 | Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards . |