Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | will be the respect and regard with which the populace hold their own Chiefs and Elders , and not him , combined with general good relations between the private individuals which compose the clan , and the general prosperity of the unit … where the policy of the government is to rule indirectly the political officer must be satisfied with the knowledge , locked securely in his breast , that he is very important to the native population although they are not aware of it . |
| 2 | Another approach is to apply consistently the supposed advantages of present spelling . |
| 3 | ‘ The aim is to draw together the various industry bodies so we can discuss issues of common interest . |
| 4 | The final stage in preparing the ground for the elaboration of particular arguments for specific groups is to put forward the broad arguments presented by the National Curriculum History Working Group in their formal report in April 1990 . |
| 5 | A refinement is to transplant only the so-called beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans , the picturesquely named nodes of tissue which actually produce the insulin . |
| 6 | One neutral viewpoint is to consider formally the relative advantages and limitations of men and machines . |
| 7 | As well as being visually inspired and scientifically informed , the book 's main achievement is to review thoroughly the congruent symmetries . |
| 8 | The immediate aim is to develop further the marine business , in which Courtaulds is market leader , serving the vast number of sea and river craft . |
| 9 | This function is more fully described elsewhere but the idea is to raise artificially the idle speed when the throttle stick is pulled right back . |
| 10 | The aim of his book is to explain historically the intellectual origins of the ‘ Keynesian revolution ’ . |
| 11 | Its purpose is to survey systematically the whole sky in the infrared , from a vantage point well above the obscuring effects of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 12 | A possibility next year is to bring forward the Central Wales Line trip — assuming that we do n't try another line — to make a point about BR 's cancellation of the evening trains for the duration of the winter timetable . |