Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the best thing to do , check with the Health Board , they 'll the only other way is to go a certain distance into nowadays |
| 2 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
| 3 | Within media studies , on the other hand , the temptation is to see a pre-given social identity of race , class , gender limiting the possibilities of infinite variety , so that readings are not so much ‘ produced ’ in particular settings as assumed to be the product of a fixed exchange between the reader 's social position and the text . |
| 4 | My aim is to see a strong and united country in which people work together with common aims . |
| 5 | They usually pose no problems but sometimes the upper tushes are high enough to interfere with the bit which should be especially considered if the horse is to wear a double bridle . |
| 6 | NOT the least onerous of the Hong Kong Governor 's duties is to wear a big fore-and-aft hat billowing with goose feathers . |
| 7 | My own solution is to wear a one-piece smock that fits over my head . |
| 8 | So , if the green lacewing larva is to enjoy a decent meal of woolly alder aphids , it has to find a way of avoiding being attacked by the ants . |
| 9 | The best solution is to erect a permanent fruit cage , though this is not always practical for tree fruits . |
| 10 | Mobile minister the Rev Bill Harper , who is to conduct a special service for Maude , is to take her a letter from the Queen Mother and a signed photograph from Dr George Carey . |
| 11 | The proposal is to conduct a follow-up investigatory research into the London Enterprise Programme ( LEP ) entrepreneurial training course . |
| 12 | DARLINGTON is to spearhead a new scheme designed to keep homeless families out of bed and breakfast temporary accommodation . |
| 13 | ‘ So she 's to see a head man , is she ? |
| 14 | A very effective way to achieve publicity for a new factory opening , an exhibition , a fashion show , a lunch or a conference is to issue a general invitation to photographic agencies and to the picture editors of the daily press . |
| 15 | Now what I 'm proposing to do is to issue a revised programme in respect of the afternoon session this afternoon , which will take in some of the business that er has has already fell off which would be at the end of the private session this afternoon so we 'll try and get in er rule twenty Regions in their Manage and their Management which will take in three motions , thirty six , thirty seven and forty and then we 'll turn , hopefully , to the Social Security Payments Resolutions , you 'll remember that they fell off , composite two eight three , motions three seven nine , three eight five and three eight six . |
| 16 | Another common mistake is to compare a current figure with a previous but untypical period which was affected by special events like strikes or summer shutdowns . |
| 17 | The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath . |
| 18 | PAUL SHERWEN , manager of the Raleigh-Banana professional team , is to attend a disciplinary hearing in Stoke-on-Trent to explain the behaviour of his team . |
| 19 | One of the aims and functions of a high-fibre diet is to sustain a large bulk of semi-fluid matter in the stomach , and to produce more soft and bulky faeces . |
| 20 | The writ of habeas corpus deals with the machinery of justice , and is essentially a procedural writ , the object of which is to enforce a legal right . |
| 21 | Borders Regional Council is to promote a private bill in the Commons which is necessary if public roads are to be closed for motor racing events . |
| 22 | Bean , writing a year later in 1984 , supported this view by saying that ‘ when the adopted child is an older child who has already acquired a cultural background and a set of cultural responses , these will have to be unlearned if he or she is to acquire a new cultural identity ’ . |
| 23 | But the plan is to acquire a new facility comprising warehouse and offices near Düsseldorft , and for the Bremen office to close so the whole operation comes under one roof . |
| 24 | The criterion of coverage is likely to prevail over frequency in cases where the purpose of learning is to acquire a minimal productive competence across a limited range of predictable situations . |
| 25 | One is to acquire a human asset multiplier for each level of staff . |
| 26 | Orbitel Mobile Communications Ltd says it is to launch its latest series of Groupe Speciale Mobile phones at CeBit ‘ 93 , in Hannover : improvements to come in with the new 901 series include improved battery life , speedier battery charging , and ‘ added functionality ’ , although Orbitel is not saying yet exactly what it means by this ; the series is to include a combined mobile and transportable phone , providing both in-car and portable functionality , the company says . |
| 27 | A development is to include a small piece of cloth in an adapted end loop of a brush . |
| 28 | In either event a possible technique for calibrating measurements is to include a light subject of known area in the field of view . |
| 29 | The simplest method of valuing the business is to agree a fixed price to be paid in full by the purchaser in cash on completion . |
| 30 | The National Assembly , due to meet in July , is to draft a new constitution , the main aim of which will be to shift the blame for future mistakes from the party to the state apparatus . |