Example sentences of "[noun] is [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cursor positioning refers to the system positioning the cursor automatically at any point on the screen where an entry is required to complete the transaction . |
| 2 | The introduction of competitive tendering is intended to test the efficiency of in house services , and to reduce expenditure . |
| 3 | Varieties can develop behavioural ‘ isolating mechanisms ’ , such as differences in courtship , which prevent interbreeding even when it is genetically possible — but a brief period of physical isolation is needed to allow the populations to develop the differences that will prevent them blending back together again if they come into contact . |
| 4 | The decoration on the monument is intended to convey the idea of Leonardo as artist , sculptor , architect and engineer . |
| 5 | It must also , like dreams , be regarded as a psychological necessity : its visionary illusion is needed to redeem the horror and suffering of existence . |
| 6 | The papal itinerary is expected to include the former Portuguese colony of East Timor , annexed by Indonesia in 1976 , which has a predominantly Catholic population . |
| 7 | The successful purchaser at the conclusion of the auction is required to sign the auction particulars and pay 10% deposit of the purchase price . |
| 8 | The resort of Ritchie and Kant to direct duties to human society which , as it were , underpin the lesser ones to animals is thought to undermine the seriousness with which we regard offences against animals . |
| 9 | The Shop is administered by Trinity College Library and all revenue is used to support the work of the Library . |
| 10 | The board of the club is expected to approve the Precision Architecture RISC application programming interface this summer and the applications binary interface by the end of the year . |
| 11 | Hargreaves Quarries is expected to excite the most interest . |
| 12 | A major redevelopment programme is planned to extend the life of the Brent field and we aim to play a significant part in this project . |
| 13 | A major redevelopment programme is planned to extend the life of the Brent field and the company has targeted to participate significantly in this programme . |
| 14 | This programme is bound to affect the church . |
| 15 | The programme is designed to find the cause of a couple 's infertility in just one month . |
| 16 | An informed mind is needed to appreciate the circumstantial detail of this Oxford fabliau : the relationship between the town and Oseney , for example , and the carpenter 's calling upon a local saint , St Frideswide . |
| 17 | This demonstration is intended to counteract the tendency for pilots trained on very docile gliders to remember the full opposite rudder but to forget the stick movement . |
| 18 | CAESARS Palace in Las Vegas is set to host the draw for the 1994 World Cup finals . |
| 19 | The creation of a separate Northern Ireland Office in Brussels is designed to draw the Province closer to the European mainstream . |
| 20 | More specifically , the research is intended to explore the potential relevance of the current interest in discourse , hegemony and agency to the critical debate about the nature and efficacy of development . |
| 21 | The research is intended to explore the various ways in which economic influence and control is exercised . |
| 22 | The present research is intended to study the expression of this division and its organisational forms in the South Asian Muslim community in Britain . |
| 23 | The proposed research is designed to complement the PUS phase I survey of 11-16-year-olds . |
| 24 | The research is designed to examine the deviant behaviour of young girls and women during the process of the transition from school into the labour market . |
| 25 | This research is designed to examine the effects of high levels of unemployment in Port Talbot ( in part the result of the redundancies ) on the social structure of that settlement . |
| 26 | The present research is designed to investigate the effects of a somewhat different range of factors ( for example , net income , religious/ethnic affiliation , family and social networks , perceived level of local unemployment , experience of previous unemployment , types of activities engaged in , including activity in the black economy , attitudes to work , etc ) on the experience of , and ability to manage and cope with , a period of unemployment . |
| 27 | The research is designed to investigate the changing organisation of service sector employment nationally , the particular impact of its expansion in East Anglia , where rates of growth have been above the national average , and to establish the consequence of this growth for class and gender relations in the two local labour markets of Norwich and Ipswich . |
| 28 | More research is needed to optimise the size of droplets and their charge-to-mass ratio for different pesticides and targets . |
| 29 | More research is needed to improve the amount and quality of information on the relationship between reproductive patterns and maternal health ; to assess whether and how women in developing and developed countries are differentially affected ; and to separate effects that are social and economic , from those relating to medical care and technology and from those due to the biological factors of age , parity and inter-birth interval . |
| 30 | Further research is needed to understand the reasons why doctors prescribe as they do , and the cultural needs of the society in which the doctor works , including issues of deprivation and doctor and patient expectation , must be addressed before any judgment of excessive prescribing is made . |