Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 2 | It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance . |
| 3 | Alaska is to go ahead with a controversial plan to reduce wolf numbers in a bid to restock caribou herds . |
| 4 | If you have genuine difficulty in keeping to the diet in this book or any other diet , your best bet is to go back to the calorie-counting method , supervised by a diet club , dietitian , or doctor . |
| 5 | To insist that on the contrary it is a fact of nature is to fall straight into the classic folklinguistic trap . |
| 6 | Set up under a special government programme in 1989 with funding for three years , it has done so well it is to carry on in a slimmed down form under a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 7 | It has been so successful it is to carry on in a slimmed down form , with a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 8 | Even then it should not apply where all that the Purchaser does is to carry on in the ordinary course of the business . |
| 9 | ‘ The old adage is to promote harder during the difficult times , ’ admits Mr Bacon . |
| 10 | It seems IBM believes all it has to do to get its way is to come up with the right marketing plan . |
| 11 | On environmental grounds , use of solvent-based product is falling and our job is to come up with the right alternative across a whole spectrum of end uses . ’ |
| 12 | Since no amount of economic reductionism or political explanation alone will expose the roots and distinctive characteristics of the province of Ulster by the late Victorian period , the aim of this investigation is to concentrate specifically on the important contribution made by evangelical religion , from the early penetration by Methodism in the mid eighteenth century to the political crises surrounding Home Rule at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | Tories say the way forward is to work closely with the private sector to set up a scheme similar to that undertaken by Halton Council , which is aiming for 90% recycling . |
| 14 | One of the most powerful , problem-solving methods is to work backwards from the hoped-for solution . |
| 15 | The charge for us all then is to work together toward the New Europe and the New Atlanticism . |
| 16 | The aim is to leap around in an inflated suit and push your opponent off the mat . |
| 17 | Elaborating on the Alliance 's offer of co-operation , Baker said in an address to ministers on June 6 that " our goal is to reach out to the Soviet Union and to the emerging democracies of central and eastern Europe " . |
| 18 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 19 | My next project at work is to help out with a huge encyclopedic dictionary project which has to be completed by next January . |
| 20 | Now it is to start again with a new name and continued council support . |
| 21 | If radio is to contribute effectively to the national culture , its material needs to be presented in an attractive manner . |
| 22 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
| 23 | If Britain is to compete successfully in the frightening new post-Tokyo world , it must have at its helm a captain over the health of whom no niggling question marks hover . |
| 24 | SIR — There are at present about half a million United Kingdom citizens living in other parts of the European Community , and if Britain is to compete successfully in the Single Market , even more Britons will find themselves spending longer periods elsewhere in the EC . |
| 25 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 26 | The standard OCAO pattern is to turn right at the holding point and fly the outbound leg for one minute . |
| 27 | The clearest way forward is to break out of the restrictive conceptual framework within which both Hall and Jessop et al. |
| 28 | The SHV objective is to end up with a significant stake in Burmah , perhaps as much as 29.9 per cent . |
| 29 | And I do n't think everybody 's going around in eastern Europe thinking oh what we need is to get back to the old Stalinist system where you , you know , you had someone telling you what to do all the time . |
| 30 | A second factor which I 'd like to raise , and please stop me , sir , if I 'm not playing your ground rules here , is to get back to the original point made by Mr Davis , as to how this figure is going to be split between the districts , I think it 's absolutely essential that this figure is split between the districts , and it may well be , if you decide , sir , to recommend in favour of the new settlement that you may have to leave that as a floating figure to go around the districts , at the moment it is not . |