Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To refuse to conform is to risk threats to national independence . |
| 2 | To make one 's homosexuality public is to risk accusations of ‘ flaunting ’ , of ‘ behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ , of intent to corrupt , ‘ persistent importuning ’ or of ‘ gross indecency ’ . |
| 3 | A very simple design is to weave strips of various lengths , which is particularly effective on sideways knitted garments . |
| 4 | and the role of the team worker is to support members of the team by building on their suggestions , , they improve communications and foster team spirit . |
| 5 | It is , it is to support unions like the U D M and encourage scab unions . |
| 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 data bases . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | An important role of the office is to alert researchers in UK higher education establishments to the opportunities available , and to provide them with advice on the programme most relevant to their research needs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is important to appreciate that all a neurone can do is to transmit impulses at varying frequencies . |
| 11 | The easiest way is to channel resources into the regions . |
| 12 | One of the main aims of all financial institutions , including banks , is to channel funds from surplus to deficit units in an economy . |
| 13 | Their main function is to channel funds from those willing to lend to those willing to borrow , given that lenders and borrowers often have very different needs . |
| 14 | ‘ My brief is to channel funds from Britain into the Province . |
| 15 | Even though I may be in a minority , I feel quite strongly that the job of the record companies is to issue recordings of music at prices the music loving public can afford — not to enhance that price by paying for learned disquisitions seeking to explain what ought to need no explanation . |
| 16 | When a company issues warrants its only obligation is to issue shares at a fixed price , if so required by the holder . |
| 17 | The purpose of this study is to compare results from the Asthma Question Box with a conventional paper and pencil symptom diary to obtain information about missing records , retrospective completion ( from an analysis of electronic date records ) , and accuracy ( from comparison of data entry by the two methods ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | All we can do is to report observations at national and international meetings where the keenest , most dedicated enthusiasts gather . |
| 20 | One possibility is to perform experiments in the relatively constant conditions that exist near the poles . |
| 21 | Accordingly , a bidder which is a newly-incorporated or re-registered public company to be used as a vehicle for the takeover should be careful not to contravene s104 if it is to acquire shares in the target from its own subscribers or members ( eg in a management buy-out ) . |
| 22 | AS sales of bottled water continue to rise in areas of Bangor , the Department of the Environment has announced it is to re-line pipes in one of the areas worst affected by poor quality mains water . |
| 23 | Their business is to propound ideas in such a way that their claimed transfer value is made explicit for the consideration and possible operationalization by the teacher . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He suggests that their role is to signal rotations of the animal , and to do so using a co-ordinate system that is compatible with the other main organ for signalling rotations of the head , namely the semicircular canals , which are sensitive to angular accelerations . |
| 26 | The aim of the evening is to enable members of Convocation to learn more about the interests of the Faculty of Social Sciences and to become aware of its plans and proposals for the future . |
| 27 | Part of the value of parents having access is to enable inaccuracies to be challenged and corrected . |
| 28 | The purpose of a neutral air waybill is to enable agents for more than one airline to use one air waybill format , especially when these agents use automated systems of issuance . |
| 29 | Thus the premium need not necessarily be connected with the product that carried the premium ; the idea is to stimulate purchases of the product — selling the premium is of secondary importance . |
| 30 | The main purpose of this letter , however , is to enclose payments in respect of . |