Example sentences of "[is] [verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude — stressing the instrumental value of a degree course-is taken to its extreme in the following quote , where a student who wants to take up materials science is criticizing physical science : |
| 2 | If you have set a strategy on the lines described in Chapter 7 , the way to begin to judge whether you have a good advertisement is to go to your target group , or at least a few of them , and find out if the ad affects them in the way you intended . |
| 3 | My diesel shortly is a terrible smoker , I have only had this vehicle for three months ( 1985 vintage ) but have covered about 3000 miles and tried all of the adjustments to reduce its habit , The clock reads 30,000 miles and the distributor pump is adjusted to its maximum in an attempt to reduce the smoke , but I can not stop it . |
| 4 | Unlike the past participle and the -ing form , however , the infinitive does not evoke its event as partially or completely realized at the point in time where it is referred to its support , and so the incidence of the event to the support can itself be seen as a mere possibility . |
| 5 | Whereupon the Isabella of Columbus 's weary , but also vengeful imaginings is shaken to her very marrow by the realization that she will never , never , NEVER ! be satisfied by the possession of the known . |
| 6 | On public spending the Government is sticking to its £244.5bn target , a real increase of 4 1/2 % . |
| 7 | So far there are no reports of any Britons being injured in the violence , and the Foreign Office in London is sticking to its advice to anyone travelling to LA go but be careful . |
| 8 | QUALITY assistant Liz Stephens won a car in a competition — but she is sticking to her foldaway bike . |
| 9 | Francis is sticking to his guns |
| 10 | And Mr Irving , seen here at a neo-Nazi rally , is sticking to his view that the gas chambers are a myth … |
| 11 | It will not be long before every party conference is treated to its spokesman 's version of European monetary union , along with motherhood , apple pie — and , no doubt , local government finance . |
| 12 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 13 | Doug 's rod is fastened to his wrist with a leather strap like a Manilan wallet . |
| 14 | Only later in the sentence is his interlocutor described ; even here , though , the description is limited to her outward appearance and behaviour : " the large affable lady to hear " . |
| 15 | Each winding has a separate series forcing resistance of 9 ohms and , with a 30 V drive power supply , the winding current is limited to its rated value of 3 A. Find the winding current time variation at switch-on if the opposite phase winding carries a current of ( a ) zero and ( b ) rated , but winding excitation removed . |
| 16 | If the computer 's field of activity is limited to our planet , and if our fate depends on it alone , then we can not count on anything after death except some permutation of what we have already experienced in life ; we shall again encounter similar landscapes and beings . |
| 17 | ‘ Because of the British side 's sticking to its erroneous stand , the two sides were divided on some major issues of principle , ’ said Ambassador Ke . |
| 18 | Nearly 80 per cent of French and British aid , excluding that which is channelled through multilateral organizations , is given to their former colonies . |
| 19 | There is a review of the 1991-92 season by the captains of each of the Five Nations ' Championship sides and ample space is given to their views of the game . |
| 20 | Factors include : what the children themselves want — how much weight is given to their wishes depends on their age and level of understanding ; their physical , emotional and educational needs ; the possible harmful effect of moving them away from where they 're settled ; which of you is more capable ( financially , emotionally , practically ) of meeting their needs . |
| 21 | While the accounts of the siege of Harfleur in the late summer of 1415 refer to the time-honoured methods of mining and blockade used by the English , pride of place for effectiveness is given to their artillery , which caused both fear and destruction to the beleaguered town . |
| 22 | Perhaps another sign could be how much education is given to its young people to be a real part of this society . |
| 23 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 24 | The significance for human living is that meaning is given to our lives through object relations . |
| 25 | How can one expect inward investment when no assistance is given to our existing industries ? |
| 26 | We are only too aware of the frustrations and annoyance of a sale which collapses and we will do everything in our power to ensure that your sale is completed to your total satisfaction and with a minimum of fuss . |
| 27 | We must ensure that each deal is completed to our client 's maximum advantage . |
| 28 | In contrast to the position of governors , the position of parents in coping with an incompetent head is confined to their power to complain . |
| 29 | If a ‘ back fence ’ is used , the stock is confined to its daily strip and the remainder of the grass is completely rested for a long period . |
| 30 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |