Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sounds a further note of caution : ‘ It is sometimes difficult to be sure you are sending your cars to be serviced at a garage that is properly equipped to deal with diesel vehicles and has appropriately trained staff . ’ |
| 2 | Item 4 of the same Schedule specifies the ‘ place where the property is situated ’ for an appeal where there is a dispute over a valuation , but this statement is only intended to apply to property within the UK — the authorities can not be compelled to travel to Portugal to hear the appeal ! |
| 3 | Buying this week what you bought last week is only going to end in failure . |
| 4 | As with many ghosts this headless horseman is only permitted to travel between midnight and dawn . |
| 5 | The art critic is thus bound to consider with care what standards of comparison should be used . |
| 6 | Jane 's is now negotiating for new hangar space to house its eight engineers , a number which is shortly expected to increase in line with the company 's expansion . |
| 7 | Where A makes a promise to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do by reason of a duty imposed upon him by law , whether by a Statute or otherwise : for instance , the duty of a local police authority to afford adequate protection to A and his property ; |
| 8 | In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest . |
| 9 | The word quark is supposed to be pronounced like quart , but with a k at the end instead of a t , but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lark . |
| 10 | This does not mean , however , that the Commissioner is always determined to go to court . |
| 11 | This created a conundrum for the label , resolved with the following decision : ‘ You can suffer from Number One-itis , ’ reckons Andy , ‘ which is always trying to get to Number One or go one better than you managed last time . |
| 12 | ‘ Silas is still longing to go to bed with me , so you can wish me luck that I 'll get him there eventually — but in the right circumstances , of course . ’ |
| 13 | The reader is also asked to bear in mind that the strategic perspective covered is as described in chapter 4 . |
| 14 | ‘ She is also learning to swim at school which before was impossible . |
| 15 | Unix International is also preparing to look beyond Unix System Laboratories in its quest for technologies on top of and around the core Unix System V Release 4 ( SVR4 ) operating system , say sources close to the organisation . |
| 16 | It is also expected to lead to student transfers between the two centres , distance learning through new technologies and Kirkcaldy running franchised courses for at least the early years of Dundee 's courses . |
| 17 | The crematorium , which is also used to dispose of BSE infected cattle , caused a storm of protest when it was built . |
| 18 | Microsoft Corp got a bloody nose when it went head-to-head with Novell Inc and challenged NetWare with LAN Manager , and what it failed to achieve with a full frontal attack , it is now trying to secure by stealth . |
| 19 | But Jack Charlton is now trying to warn against complacency , though many in the Republic are already celebrating . |
| 20 | It is stress causing hostility and aggression that is now thought to contribute to cholesterol deposits in arteries . ’ |
| 21 | The once-in-a-while reward is often used to deal with disobedience about coming to the parents ' bed in the middle of the night . |
| 22 | Since the whole database is regularly copied to tape for recovery purposes the archive will also be secured by the same operation . |
| 23 | And Malone is even managing to get in trouble with himself at the moment . |
| 24 | This is an advantage that the cuckoo is well advised to exploit with care — clearly a young cuckoo reared in a blue tit 's nest box would never be able to escape when it was mature . |
| 25 | As Education Secretary of the Georgian Group , he is well qualified to write with authority and commitment on critical matters such as paintwork , glazing , upholstery and furnishings . |
| 26 | This image is then used to put in doubt the very existence of its counterpart in the previous chapter : |
| 27 | In Iraq is sometimes forced to move in daytime when ground gets too hot for it to rest on . |
| 28 | Er , I vividly remember my , my wedding day , and the bit I remember most is actually waiting to go into church with my father , and I remember being particularly moved at that time thinking that that was the end of one era and about to become part of another and I did n't feel that I was being owned somebody and about to be owned by anyone else in the slightest ! |
| 29 | In the one set of cases , the adjective is used not merely as a subordinate element in qualification but also to apply a property directly to the entity designated by the noun , the head word of the phrase ; in the other the adjective mentions the same property but it is merely , in some way , to be associated with that entity ; it is certainly intended to assist in entity-identification — and that is why it is there — but as a property it actually belongs to someone or something else . |