Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every choreographer must have a motive if he or she is to give proper thought , impetus and significance to the movements made by the dancers whether : they are telling a story ; describing and/or expressing the thoughts behind a theme ; or interpreting music either by expressing personal feelings about the melody and rhythm or by so framing the dance that it parallels the music and reveals its structure . |
| 2 | Excuse me I have to say Princess Diana yesterday stunned the world announcing that she is to quit public life . |
| 3 | My only advice to you is to plead guilty . ’ |
| 4 | In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour . |
| 5 | However , the lighter the camera the harder it is to hold steady , though at least one ultra-compact machine now has Electronic Image Stabilisation to minimise picture shake ! ( ) n the other hand , professional-style camcorders , which are much heavier , are not as prone to the problem of camera-shake . |
| 6 | Experiments have been performed to investigate , at different times of the day and night , how easy it is to fall asleep , how likely it is to wake up spontaneously , and how long volunteers can stay asleep . |
| 7 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 8 | The only way to study it is to analyse actual conversational interactions . |
| 9 | Capital , if it is to remain profitable , needed its workforce constantly reproduced . |
| 10 | It is part of your professional obligations to ensure that the full price is properly recorded on the conveyancing documentation , and if any part of it is to remain outstanding , it could always be secured by a loan agreement or indeed by a mortgage back to the seller . |
| 11 | Such a company must be prepared to invest in its ability to produce economically , if it is to remain competitive . |
| 12 | The controversy that has surrounded Brenner 's results illustrates how difficult it is to draw firm conclusions about the role of any one factor , such as unemployment , on a state as loosely defined as ‘ health ’ . |
| 13 | The size and price of Sharp 's range of pocket LCD TVs confirm what a nonsense it is to predict large panel screens to hang on the wall are ‘ just around the corner ’ . |
| 14 | This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available . |
| 15 | From then on he began to understand how difficult it is to control spastic muscles . |
| 16 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 17 | It is to include direct wide area network connections for voice , data and video traffic , and provide redundancy , provisioning and management features . |
| 18 | One year in seven it is to lie fallow : a year in which the people , freed from much of their ordinary work , are to be taught and trained in God 's law ( Deuteronomy 31:10ff . ) . |
| 19 | I 've got an ambition and it is to grow fat I 'd like to grow like a big fat . |
| 20 | If it is still more important to you to enjoy your fishing , using methods and approaches more akin to your liking , than it is to catch big fish at the cost of a great deal of enjoyment , then there are still a few waters where you can use ‘ classic ’ tactics . |
| 21 | However difficult it is to measure short-term effects of library instruction , it is far more difficult to measure the long-term effects of the instruction given . |
| 22 | Easy though it is to criticize Positive Images ' theoretical short-comings , the fact is that this was almost the only group in the country that was addressing these issues at all . |
| 23 | The choice of economic incentive ultimately depends upon the purpose of this strategy , whether it is to reduce specific types of pollution generally or in given geographical areas , to reallocate funds for investment in pollution control or to compensate victims of air pollution . |
| 24 | If it is to make good on Mr Bush 's hope that it may be possible to ‘ settle the conflicts that divide the Arabs from Israel ’ , it will have to convince the Israelis that they can be secure even shorn of the occupied territories . |
| 25 | ‘ As I said after the accidents at Clapham and Purley , my job as I see it is to make sure that we implement all the recommendations . ’ |
| 26 | While they argue , those whose task it is to make sure the troops will be there on the day have to get on with more practical jobs . |
| 27 | I have sat with her for hours spooning broth into her and a tedious business it is to make sure any of it goes down . |
| 28 | The obvious problem with information about credit is that , the more people need it ( that is , the groups shown above as most ill-informed about credit , and most likely to use unnecessarily high-cost credit ) the more difficult it is to make sure it reaches them . |
| 29 | The maintainers are those people whose job it is to make sure that the functionality , performance , documentation and quality of the software are appropriate to its purpose . |
| 30 | Teacher support groups are increasingly being set up to provide the opportunity for greater honesty , and it can be less threatening for people who feel isolated to join one of these than it is to make individual overtures within their own staffroom . |