Example sentences of "[adv] [is] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you .
2 Okay , what I 'd like to do now is to go through the pads that you 've been given .
3 All we need to do now is to put in the limits , but alas
4 ‘ His idea of taking a leading role now is to hide behind the Danes or anyone else to hide the split in his own party , ’ Mr Major said .
5 The plaintive cry of the deputy head that ‘ the only way to get a pat on the head around here is to sit under a cow ’ will strike home with staff , children and parents in many primary schools .
6 A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground .
7 The important thing here is to look at the nature of the evidence , which is opinion and hearsay — that MacDonald favoured the idea , and had re-aligned his own political thinking .
8 Instead , the intention here is to concentrate on the coins themselves , showing their potential value as evidence for the past and , broadly speaking , how this evidence can be interpreted .
9 ‘ Tata 's two assistants know everything there is to know about the trade , and I suspect you 'll know even more than they do within a few months .
10 Why do we persist in trying to know everything there is to know in the belief that one day , presumably quite soon , we will succeed ?
11 You 'll hear anything there is to hear in the morning . ’
12 He is determined to learn everything there is to learn about the subject .
13 The question then is to decide on the basis of observation whether further action is appropriate .
14 IT 'S AEROBIC — The key to walking aerobically is to walk at a pace of 3.5 — 4.0 miles per hour for a minimum of 20 minutes , during which time the heart rate is elevated to 60–85 per cent of its
15 I feel quite firmly that the only way forward is to move to the situation where marketers control not only what they spend but also the presentation of sales results in terms of changes as a result of alternative contributory factors .
16 All locks on external doors are candidates for rust : the answer again is to squirt in a lubricant on a regular basis .
17 To do otherwise is to play into the hands of the facadists and myth-makers .
18 The first step for the governing body which is taking local management seriously is to work with the head and staff in identifying the school 's aims and objectives .
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