Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A tantalising mixture of talent is due to appear at the Town Hall in Oxford on Friday . |
| 3 | Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary . |
| 4 | With this explanation in mind , it is interesting to look at the accuracy of recall of clause ( 1 ) in the two conditions . |
| 5 | It is easy to scoff at the movement — with its prizes for knitting and taffeta umbrellas , its hyperboles about the happy revolution to be accomplished by wheel ploughs , its scientific amateurism — as the naïve posturings of a minority engaged in a self-conscious crusade against the forces of routine and conservatism . |
| 6 | The impact upon investment appraisal will be left until chapter 6 , but it is appropriate to look at the effect upon costing here . |
| 7 | Therefore , it is appropriate to start at the market portfolio and consider it in some depth . |
| 8 | Duclos-Lasalle , 37 , who is likely to retire at the end of the season , converted two previous second places , a fourth and sixth , into victory when he arrived alone on the velodrome at Roubaix to one of the warmest welcomes in the long history of the race . |
| 9 | Martina Navratilova announced she is likely to retire at the end of next year after she blasted aside Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–2 , 6–2 in the first round of the Virginia Slims championships in New York . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
| 13 | It is useful to sit at the corner of a small table ( a card table is excellent ) whilst your discussion partner sits at the opposite comer — ensuring a one-to-one contact and leaving space between you . |
| 14 | It is useful to look at the spelling as a guide . |
| 15 | It is important to emphasise at the outset the magnitude of the task which the applicant has set himself by this appeal . |
| 16 | It is important to appreciate at the start that this must represent the core of your studies , and that completion of this , as set , will almost certainly ensure a successful exam result . |
| 17 | It is important to establish at the beginning of a drama lesson/ project whether magic is to be allowed or not . |
| 18 | First , it is important to look at the way in which Freud developed the idea of the super-ego , and the part it played in his theory . |
| 19 | Before examining the use made of hospitals , it is important to look at the use made of preventive services in the community . |
| 20 | It is important to look at the balance that has been struck and at how much varnish — subjective commentary , for instance — has been applied . |
| 21 | Black says he is happy to stay at the City Ground , and will not be joining the big-name exodus of Forest players which includes Roy Keane , Nigel Clough and Stuart Pearce . |
| 22 | The intuition behind this optimal strategy is straightforward : it is optimal to sell all or nothing — all when the current price is higher than the price that one can expect to get on future sales , nothing otherwise ; it is optimal to produce at the point where marginal cost equals the expected price on sales . |
| 23 | It is essential to realise at the outset that desktop publishing software is totally unlike any other software product category . |
| 24 | Given the mythology surrounding Nizan 's life and work , it is essential to establish at the outset the full range and scope of Nizan 's activities in order to highlight the very real intellectual and literary qualities of the man himself . |
| 25 | It is essential to establish at the outset the correct relationship between Nizan and the communist party . |
| 26 | It is convenient to start at the end of that journey and work backwards from the provisions dealing with unlawful eviction which resulted in the order for damages being made in the court below . |
| 27 | Therefore , where a subsidiary has shares in issue it is necessary to look at the effect on the group as a whole in preparing the consolidated financial statements and by considering the rights attaching to the shares in conjunction with any agreements to which other group companies are a party . |
| 28 | Positivism particularly favours the indeterminate sentence : it is premature to decide at the time of sentence how long the offender should be detained for , since this may depend on how quickly the treatment works ; ideally therefore the release decision should be left in the hands of treatment experts to take at a later date . |
| 29 | Today every able-bodied man is liable to serve at the front — in a war in which casualties are sickeningly high . |
| 30 | However , where there is an ambiguity on the face of the lease it is permissible to look at the counterpart to explain it . |