Example sentences of "is [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worldwide recession is obviously to blame for poorer attendance , as is unwillingness on the part of dealers to exhibit major pieces when clients are hesitant about buying . |
| 2 | As I write Serbia 's slow burning fuse of bitterness from the Second World War is soon to ignite in open war against Croatia . |
| 3 | This is not to disparage in any way the commitment of health workers to physical rehabilitation which will sustain or restore people 's physical independence , especially following illness or accident . |
| 4 | What is clear is that civic or community pride — essential if urban decline is not to turn into urban collapse — and the view of local government as an honourable profession , can not survive unless the public service which local authorities provide rests on principles of local democracy . |
| 5 | ‘ This is not to deny in any way that informational processing leads to decisions that have ‘ downward ’ psychosomatic effects . |
| 6 | And some such ultimate perspective is required if Troeltsch 's method of study is not to dissolve into complete scepticism about genuine truth in religion . |
| 7 | For example , to take some position as to whether the renewal of a licence is a ‘ higher ’ interest than an initial application is not to indulge in rigid conceptualism , but is rather a necessary step in reaching any decision at all . |
| 8 | If ‘ community care ’ is not to result in increased impoverishment and dependency for women care-givers ( with all the possible long-term adverse consequences for their own old age ) , then employment and social security policies and the provision of ‘ community care ’ services have to be integrated to a far greater extent than they are at present . |
| 9 | Undercoat must be present on neck and thighs , but is not to show through outer coat . |
| 10 | Frank , an initial training project er , language training project in support of the G M B initiatives is shortly to start at National College . |
| 11 | A title may reflect little of the holder 's active status : in some countries the title ‘ President ’ is largely to do with nominal power . |
| 12 | The report 's author , Sir Ieuan Maddock , a former chief scientist at the Department of Industry , says the Ministry of Defence is partly to blame for this stagnation in ‘ technology transfer ’ . |
| 13 | The best advice I can give you is simply to go for unfair dismissal on the basis that you 've got two managers who do exactly the same job , there 's no need for you to go on site , there are other drivers that could get you there , therefore it 's not necessary to finish your job simply because you 've lost your licence . |
| 14 | He also confirms that a heavy goods vehicle has just been loaded and is about to leave for another customer in Tamworth . |
| 15 | ( c ) where the board of the target is about to embark on frustrating action within the meaning of Rule 21 and the Panel consents to the offeror withdrawing for this reason . |
| 16 | Danny DeVito is about to star in another film-of-the-play , the high-finance tale Other People 's Money ; Michelle Pfeiffer is likely to co-star |
| 17 | History is essentially to do with personal development in that it takes as the object of study the roots and origins of groups and those of individuals and examines how they have changed over time . |