Example sentences of "[pron] is [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is n't surprising , of course , since the overall purpose of talking with someone is to impart information of some kind . |
| 2 | It is also launching a new series called Wisley Companions , the intention of which is to collect information from a variety of Wisley Handbooks and compact it into a smaller number of volumes . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , responsiveness or sensitivity in such instances is only a means to the end , which is to effect change of some kind . |
| 4 | The asocial nature of neuroses has its genetic origin in their most fundamental purpose , which is to take flight from an unsatisfying reality into a more pleasurable world of phantasy … . |
| 5 | Our first aim too is to serve the district according to the needs of our time , the first of which is to preserve knowledge of the life of the area . |
| 6 | They also achieve another prime objective of Conservative Governments , which is to transfer power from the state to the people . |
| 7 | In the view of most Brussels officials , the alternative of making traders list every item bought and sold across borders would be intolerable and undermine the purpose of 1992 , which is to make trading between EC countries as simple as possible . |
| 8 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
| 9 | The Queen of the Night must understand these instincts , if she is to have control over them ; she must know her own wildness , and sense within herself the vigilance of the owl and the cunning of the fox before she can bring them into her domain . |
| 10 | But its anxiety on this occasion surely reflects the worries of Mr Gorbachev himself , who is to take part in this weekend 's celebrations in Berlin of the 40th anniversary of East German statehood . |
| 11 | If there is a dispute between people as to where children should live or who is to have contact with the children then magistrates can make the appropriate residence orders or contact orders . |
| 12 | If everyone is screened for genetic disorders , for which there may be no cures , what are those people then to do , and who is to have access to the information — prospective employers , insurers ? |
| 13 | The main one is to put pressure on relationships to create anxiety or guilt or the urge to care for and protect the ‘ weaker ’ partner . |
| 14 | By dropping the novel and other kinds of drama , more time would be provided for the extensive reading of poetry which is so essential if one is to make sense of any one poem . |
| 15 | Gossip that Next Computer Inc might abandon its hardware business to focus on its NextStep object-oriented operating environment UX No 419 ) has proved all too valid and last week the company confirmed that it is to abandon manufacture of its workstations . |
| 16 | And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian . |
| 17 | How easy it is to allow life to be swallowed up by the daily round and so to miss that pause to reflect and to take one 's bearings . |
| 18 | For southern observers , a good way to find it is to join Canopus to Rigel by an imaginary line ; this will cross Columba and Lepus . |
| 19 | The International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation , Intelsat , owned by some 120 nations worldwide , is under such pressure to increase capacity that for the first time , it is to lease capacity on three satellites that it does not own . |
| 20 | If the book does have one central purpose it is to shed light upon the process of the changing system of higher education in Britain , and if it reaches one clear conclusion it is that both Oxford and Cambridge have performed admirably in recent years . |
| 21 | It is to take responsibility to ourselves for the way the world is . |
| 22 | Co-ordination , if it is to take place at all , is also most likely to be instigated by the clearinghouses ; but ideally it ought to take place between the library associations , if for no other reason than that they can provide financial support to arrange the necessary meetings of coordinating committees . |
| 23 | Rechem believes the results to be unscientific , and under the new agreement will be able to append its own commentary to the council 's existing document , especially if it is to form part of a submission to the European Commission . |
| 24 | If it is to form part of science , an hypothesis must be falsifiable . |
| 25 | If it is to put pressure on broadminded intellectuals to persuade their leaders to change their policies , it is having the opposite effect , and is causing them to support the nationalist government . |
| 26 | In general terms it is to restrict access to judicial review . |
| 27 | It is to include research into the techniques of sustainable timber extraction and the pharmaceutical and genetic potential of the South American country 's forest resources , centred on a newly-established scientific reserve of 3,400 square kilometres , close to the Brazilian border . |
| 28 | It is to prevent circuity of action , inasmuch as if the released debtor were still liable to an action for contribution by his co-debtor ( who had been sued and had paid ) , he would not in fact be released : North v. Wakefield , 13 Q.B . |
| 29 | According to both the coal industry and the National Wildlife Federation , the government will as a result be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars if it is to prevent strip-mining on protected lands . |
| 30 | It is to renew funding over the next three years and is pressing for measures to ensure that the cleared areas do not become overpopulated . |