Example sentences of "[to-vb] is [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important thing to remember is to have implicit faith in the instrument indications , ignoring any contrary physical sensations . |
| 2 | The next thing to remember is to keep all the paperwork involved with any purchase , especially the invoice . |
| 3 | Equally , to yawn is to act bored , to admit and even to flaunt kinship with Svidligailov , and the evil-omened word listless ( vyali ) that dogs Stavrogin , though he never uses it himself , corresponds to the other man 's terminal boredom . |
| 4 | And what we are trying to do is attract other business into that floor space . |
| 5 | All we 've been asked to do is secure this ship until help arrives ; which should n't be longer than this time tomorrow . |
| 6 | What I am trying to do is identify genetic potential long before the birth of the infant , and therefore long before he has been affected by his environment . |
| 7 | All you have to do is identify those plants and send in your answers on a postcard together with your name and address . |
| 8 | So we 'll do , let's just split into two groups , one group to have a look at aggressive people , one group to have a look at passive and what I 'd like to do is identify any groups . |
| 9 | All you need to do is dial 0891 121 PLUS the three numbers by the name of your nominated sportsman or woman . |
| 10 | If you think you are eating too much salt , the first thing to do is to go easy on the amount you sprinkle on food and use in cooking . |
| 11 | The one thing he wishes not to do is to arouse defensive attitudes . |
| 12 | What they 're ac what they 're trying to do is coordinate enough local parties with the same poster that they can make a block booking I would have thought . |
| 13 | ‘ All we ask them to do is to visit any Royal Bank Branch , answer a few questions — and we 'll provide a quotation within three days , ’ said Norman . |
| 14 | All you have to do is stand still , then in a sudden , short burst of activity you chuck this sort of cannon-ball-like object as far as you can . |
| 15 | What you have started to do is to create this place of support and satisfaction in yourself : you 've begun to make room in your mind for your writer-self . |
| 16 | What we 're going to do is to log all our variables , right , so if you let L N T C equal open brackets T C close brackets , right , we going to define a new variable L N T C. |
| 17 | What we are now trying to do is to explain that variation in cost . |
| 18 | Yeah , on tape You know this ah , it 's the , the actual letter says we would like you to do , what we would like you to do is to record all your conversations with other people except telephone conversations over a , over a one week period , erm , but that 's , that 's not , does n't quite , just need to record as much as I can . |
| 19 | The only thing left to do is to transform all the unc of the second type to x — IF/ALT . |
| 20 | All we have to do is to do away with fathers and we 're fine , are n't we ? |
| 21 | What I 've , what I 've tended to do is to do two B and two E |
| 22 | What I 'd like you to do is do this question again now okay ? |
| 23 | What you really want partner to do is bid one of the other three suites . |
| 24 | Sunsoft says all it has left to do is upgrade localised versions of the software from Solaris 2.0 to Solaris 2.1 : German , French , Italian , Japanese and two Chinese editions are due . |
| 25 | Er all he 's got to do is score more goals . |
| 26 | If children become bilingual by being immersed in French in Canada , then perhaps all we need to do is to immerse Chinese-speaking children in English in Hong Kong to achieve the same effect . |
| 27 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |
| 28 | All you have to do is answer two simple questions linked with Merseyside derbies . |
| 29 | ‘ All you have to do is answer one question . ’ |
| 30 | All you have to do is answer five questions and write a short tie-breaker to give you the opportunity of winning the title and prize of Sainsbury 's Wine Taste Challenge Winner . |