Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It goes every day and I can assure you that your cousin who is helping Germany to victory with her work will receive them very quickly . ’ |
| 2 | A " biosociety " says Professor A. Behrens , a prominent member of the project , " is one that should be fully aware of the problems of life in all its forms and of a balanced " input/output " in energy and materials … [ and ] is using biotechnology to an optimal extent in order to guarantee a proper balance between human needs ( partially represented by industrial needs ) , natural resources , and the environment " ( Oberursal , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | To refuse to conform is to risk threats to national independence . |
| 4 | It 's all in response to the drought that 's bringing Africa to its knees . |
| 5 | The first release of Informix-Gateway will be Unix-based and is to support links to IBM 's Systems Application Architecture databases so that Informix users can transparently access DB2 data bases . |
| 6 | The first release of Informix-Gateway will be Unix-based and is to support links to IBM 's Systems Application Architecture databases so that Informix users can transparently access DB2 databases : however , the gateway has not yet been formally tested with AS/400 database . |
| 7 | The main purpose of this paper , apart from saluting a distinguished colleague , is to alert excavators to the possible existence of evidence which could help to refine and clarify this present vague outline . |
| 8 | A case now before America 's Supreme Court is drawing attention to such bias . |
| 9 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 10 | For the present exhibition , Thompson is drawing attention to the decade which witnessed the maturity of Minimalism and the emergence of Conceptual Art . |
| 11 | What Donaldson is drawing attention to is that the experimental context involves a complicated and subtle set of interactions between what is presented , said , and done by the adult . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend is drawing attention to an important point about the underlying rate of inflation . |
| 13 | The ironic thing is that the flight is to publicize damage to the ozone layer and it 's gas from fridges that causes most of that damage . |
| 14 | One of the functions of their facial disc is to transmit sound to the ears . |
| 15 | Japan Computer Corp is forecasting sales to be up this year by 35% , for total revenues of $23m . |
| 16 | Top London hairdresser Charles Worthington ( tel : 071–831 5303 ) is suggesting setting to more and more clients who want a different look for special occasions . |
| 17 | Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes . |
| 18 | Even ignoring its importance as a local employer , to say that a sector which earns 15 per cent of GDP , which finances most of the small business start-ups in Scotland , which provides capital for companies great and small , which finances pensions and insurance for thousands of Scots , as well as backing for a quarter of the UK 's institutional funds , does nothing to help the economy , is to carry ideology to the point of folly . |
| 19 | But possibly the most satisfying task for the Hercules and its crew is to carry aid to the needy . |
| 20 | The objective is to orient students to relevant literatures , to suggest a variety of possible methodologies to be employed , and to inform students of the specialist educational resources available in the different departments in the region . |
| 21 | However , the theme which deserves more attention is the basic argument of the article : the author is claiming not to be prejudiced and is attributing prejudice to those who oppose the National Front . |
| 22 | The play , which Waterhouse adapted with Willis Hall , had the distinct dramatic disadvantage of confining Billy 's clamouring imagination to a drab , realistic setting . |
| 23 | So , erm Rob is to inform Simon of these video group meetings , and is to circulate minutes to those present , and Simon if he 's not present , and if he is then he gets them anyway , and to Peter who probably wo n't be present , but will get the minutes . |
| 24 | Part of the value of parents having access is to enable inaccuracies to be challenged and corrected . |
| 25 | The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands |
| 26 | Europe , of course , is something of a captive market ; not only is ESA funded by 13 European member-states but ESA 's procurement policy has been to award contracts in proportion to a country 's given contribution to its budget . |
| 27 | Thus , anger may militate against sexual satisfaction in oneself or prevent one 's allowing satisfaction to a partner by its own effect ; or the guilt underlying anger may similarly impede love-making/relationships ; or sexual pleasure may promote guilt which evinces itself as anger which … |
| 28 | I understand that not even her husband is given access to her , but that he has recently been allowed to write letters to her . |
| 29 | Thus in [ 12 ] the hearer is given access to the entry for SPRINT . |
| 30 | However , a central value of social work is to restore individuals to autonomy and to retain and support their social links . |