Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say that its reviews were mixed is to understate the case — the cons far outweighed the pros . |
| 2 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 3 | Instead , what matters is to answer the question : 'In whose interests are ‘ facts ' ’ reported or disputed ? ’ |
| 4 | One of the areas where risk can well be minimized is avoiding the temptation of a total step out from your existing field of business . |
| 5 | But ‘ what is forbidden is to question the correctness of a decision or determination which it was within the area of their jurisdiction to make . ’ |
| 6 | What I propose is to examine the impact of notions of racial hierarchy , racial exclusion , and racial vulnerability and availability on non-blacks who held , resisted , explored , or altered those notions . |
| 7 | People who suggest that to intern is to bring the community on to the streets cast doubt on the integrity of the vast majority in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | What I 'm dying to know is does the tribe remember ? |
| 9 | The fault element is fairly substantial , since the Lawrence definition refers to an obvious and serious risk of at least substantial damage to property : there will be few cases where only such damage , and no risk to personal safety , is involved ; moreover , as argued above , a major reason for having rules of the road which all drivers should know is to reduce the risk of injuries and deaths resulting . |
| 10 | All I want is to show the world that Charles was not hallucinating . ’ |
| 11 | Lewis said yesterday : ‘ The last thing I want is to get the title outside the ring . |
| 12 | The ’ height ’ which it tries to minimize is called the machine 's energy , and is defined to be |
| 13 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 14 | What we can do is examine the concept of power from a number of different perspectives . |
| 15 | What the hon. Member should do is to draw the matter to the attention of the Serjeant at Arms , and it will be investigated further . |
| 16 | I 'm sure you have had the time , what you do n't do is make the time because |
| 17 | All you can do is to notice the spelling when you read . |
| 18 | You do not put oxygen into the water by bubbling-in air bubbles — what you do do is disturb the surface , and create greater gas exchange between air and water through a larger surface area of water being in contact with the air ( either at the surface or ‘ around ’ the bubbles . ) |
| 19 | But , as Jon Edgson says : ‘ All we can do is start the ball rolling , after that it 's up to the individual concerned . |
| 20 | All that we can do is to set the visitor in motion ; but having done so , we can not review his decision . |
| 21 | The most ministers can do is to argue the case for change and enable the changes to be made . |
| 22 | Chris Haskins , head of Hull-based Northern Foods , adds : ‘ Under the Thatcher regime , it was always : the market will determine everything and all we 'll do is control the money supply . |
| 23 | What you 've got ta do is get the money of her . |
| 24 | All you got ta do is turn the oven on to heat the meals up . |
| 25 | But we all we can do is reflect the position of women in society , and I do not think that what 's we 're about and I do not think it 's what the parliamentary Labour party . |
| 26 | Position positional isomers branch chain functional group and there 's one other odd one which has a very peculiar name and the name it normally goes by is a fairly old name , now I 'm not sure at this stage if that name is still used but what I 'll do is to describe the form of the isomerism first and let you decide what you would prefer to call it . |
| 27 | What television can not do is convey the rise and fall of the holes and show how undulating the land is . |
| 28 | All we and they can do is to resist the degeneration of a justified action of international collective security into a United States ' imperial ego-trip , to stop the affair getting further out of hand , and in doing so to prevent the UN , the only available base for world order , from falling into lasting discredit . |
| 29 | After the first two movements , after such great torture , all you can do is let the music flow . |
| 30 | All the computer can do is to reduce the drudgery , freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things . |