Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the ability to play on stage is important in life , as it is to continue to fill that empty space with our vision . |
| 2 | For , if man is to continue to nourish that vital part of human civilisation , which is the control over the future of life on earth , it is necessary that his definition of morality , good social behaviour , and understanding of right and wrong uses the evidence to be found within the evolutionary story and which he can then enshrine in a viable ‘ god ’ . |
| 3 | ICI group-wide policy is to try to eliminate all off-site disposal of environmentally harmful wastes . |
| 4 | In the words of the council leader , the new department was set up to ‘ act in a political manner ’ with a function of ‘ political mobilization ’ and , according to its first co-ordinator , ‘ part of the challenge for us in the local authority is to try to reintroduce some political perspective ’ ( quoted in Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , p. 85 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ What remains is the problem which I have been concerned with over the past year , which is to try to regenerate enough political pressure within the international community to oblige Iran to reverse its current policy . |
| 6 | At this stage , your object is to try to stop any further movement of the needle , NOT to return it to the centre . |
| 7 | And therefore the very first task of the philosopher is to try to awaken this deeper desire . |
| 8 | I acknowledge that we must have an eye to the international experience , and our work internationally is to try to ensure that other countries , too , put up their premiums in a way that sensibly recognises the problems of such cover throughout the world . |
| 9 | The third way is to try mixing several fine yarns together , to create complex colours for the background and the teasels , which gives an even more atmospheric appearance . |
| 10 | The counsellor 's task is to try to unravel these separate strands of cultural norms , social theory and individual need , and to discover the real feelings and needs of the older individual . |
| 11 | But Ullman 's achievement is to have complemented this empirically-based intuition by a set of admirably clear hypotheses about precisely what visual computations may be involved , at least in the human case . |
| 12 | Recently it announced that it is to begin testing all personal computers assembled in Russia from imported components . |