Example sentences of "is [to-vb] it [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to scrutinize it with a view to stopping it coming through the door next time . |
| 2 | Ideally , of course , the best support for any kind of camera is to mount it on a tripod , but tripods are awkward things to carry and they also have a dampening effect on spontaneity . |
| 3 | Every child knows that the way to break the most intractable toffee is to hit it with a poker . |
| 4 | The salesperson 's task is to provide it in a manner which does not antagonise the buyer and , yet , is convincing . |
| 5 | Indeed , the identification of meaning with the material form of language ( words , sentences , speech ) is a precondition of ordinary language use ; to use language is to trust it as a tool that expresses meaning . |
| 6 | To define the literary text as a structure is to view it as a set of Saussurean signs ( or as a single sign , as Mukařovský ( 1970 : 69ff. ) suggested ) , in which both signifiers and signifieds are governed by a single complex system of relationships . |
| 7 | COOK 'S NOTE : The easiest way to crumble any blue cheese is to stroke it with a fork until crumbled . |
| 8 | The most feasible means is to pump it as a gas or liquid through a pipeline to the ocean , where at 500 metres , most of it would stay out of contact with the atmosphere for many years , since liquid carbon dioxide has a density greater than seawater . |
| 9 | Even safer — but more costly — is to pump it to a depth of 3000 metres . |
| 10 | For example , to commit an account of an incident to paper is to endow it with a permanence and visibility to senior staff which may result in the creation of further — seemingly unnecessary — work . |
| 11 | The easiest method of growing this species is to grow it in a flower-pot immersed in a shallow tank and bring it up to a reasonable size . |
| 12 | An easier method of installing fabric is to fix it to a frame . |
| 13 | The ‘ filmic ’ way to shoot a scene is to record it as a series of separate shots taken at different distances and angles . |
| 14 | Another is to record it on a transparency sheet , which can then be displayed by means of an overhead projector on a screen or blank wall . |
| 15 | A different sort of response to art is to use it as a means of learning more about the society in which it was produced ; this may be felt by a theoretician to be more important than to know the artist 's intentions , which , it can be argued , are determined by society . |
| 16 | SOMETHING is severely wrong with our support services if a confused woman feels that the only thing she can do with her newborn child is to leave it on a golf course in freezing conditions . |
| 17 | The acid test of this type of guitar is to put it through a mixing desk with a totally flat EQ and let the instrument literally speak for itself . |
| 18 | We 're , we 're sort of just about , you know there 's the last minute things to put in , but , barring that , what we 've done is to put it in a lot of small bags rather than big cases |
| 19 | The more viscous the lava , the more difficult it is to force it through a vent , and the vent may well become blocked with a slow-moving or stationary plug of lava . |
| 20 | The Conservatives knee-jerk reaction to this is to condemn it as a knock-out punch for everybody . |
| 21 | Once it has developed , the best way to deal with this doubt is to bring it to a head . |