Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is done to give the impression of objectivity and to distance the writer from the statements made in the text . |
| 2 | This is done to prevent the process log becoming too large . |
| 3 | This is done to make the debenture more attractive to the investor . |
| 4 | The employee may appear eminently suitable for a particular post but if his wife is unwilling to relocate abroad and only agrees to do so grudgingly , this is bound to mar the employee 's likelihood of completing the assignment . |
| 5 | ‘ No one seems to face the fact that this is bound to reduce the tragic to the simply catastrophic . |
| 6 | If the panel were minded to recognize south west corridor as the location for a new settlement in North Yorkshire , then this is bound to influence the consideration which the City Council can give to those particular objections . |
| 7 | Although it is obviously accurate to call an incipient spin a stall with a wing-drop , I think that this is trying to avoid the issue , which is that it is really the beginning of a spin and at least a potential spin . |
| 8 | This is believed to involve the relaxation of a four atom unit ( -O-C-C-C- ) or ( -C-C-C-C- ) which has been variously described by mechanisms including , and similar to , the Schatzki or Boyer crankshaft motions shown schematically in figures 12.3 and 12.12 . |
| 9 | This is said to block the way to true communion with the spiritual force . |
| 10 | These rules must have that generality and universality which make them ingredients in impartial determinations and sufficient precision and bite to be used in making genuine resolutions of disputes , for instance , over territory ; second , the extension of the role and jurisdiction of juridically sound international courts on the model of the International Court of Justice , to which there will be compulsory reference of disorder endangering disputes to be decided by the application of the relevant set of reformed international laws , and the decisions of which would be mandatory with no reservations permitted ; 4 third , the massive extension of non-coercive jural agencies in the area of enforcement where this is taken to mean the monitoring of the behaviour of states in relation to international law and the decisions of international courts . |
| 11 | This is purported to walk the grave yard at certain times of the year , but firm evidence of this I 've not been able to find ; you always hear that someone else has seen it but never first hand . |
| 12 | In mammals this is known to influence the concentration of a brain hormone known as serotonin , which in turn controls sleep and other metabolic processes . |
| 13 | " Oh boy , " breathed Chuck Sherman , gazing longingly at the impenetrable green wall of tropical foliage slipping past only a few yards from the ship 's rail , " this is going to make the mountains of West Virginia seem a bit tame . |
| 14 | ‘ This is going to have the biggest impact on the service industry where companies will not be undercut because everyone will have to pay the same . |
| 15 | ‘ I promise you , this is going to change the face of vending machines . |
| 16 | From this it is clear that the growth layers of these crystals are formed under considerable mechanical stress if this is needed to straighten the crystal . |
| 17 | This is used to control the twist in the sail and to stop the boom riding too high . |
| 18 | This is used to determine the enthalpies of combustion of volatile liquids such as alcohols and liquid hydrocarbons ( see figure 5.7 ) . |
| 19 | This is used to indicate the clock speed of computers . |
| 20 | The school operates a fairly strict assessment policy which requires subject teachers to give each pupil attainment grades at the end of their first term at the school , this is used to place the pupil in either high or mixed ability groups . |
| 21 | This is used to separate the products of an organic synthesis from water . |
| 22 | This is designed to test the feasibility of extending fundholding to cover all services and not just the limited range of services at present included — which represents only about 20% of services purchased from providers . |
| 23 | Most of the index-linked stocks that have been issued have annual coupon payments of 2 or 2 ½ per cent ; this is designed to reflect the fact that the long-run real rate of return on the UK capital stock is about 2 ½ per cent . |
| 24 | However , the major cause of anxiety is prolongation of the corrected QT interval , since this is thought to predict the onset of serious cardiac arrhythmias . |
| 25 | This is claimed to enable the DXE-based routers to communicate over an HSS interface at speeds from 1.5Mbps to 52Mbps . |
| 26 | Drinkwise 1993 is designed to provide the public with information about alcohol to help them make informed choices about drinking . |
| 27 | Scale 2 is structured to manifest the nature of this likeness ; Mixed Life is less ambitious , but the moderate clarity of its argument is based on , and goes some way towards revealing , an understanding of the structure of personality as the means by which God is conceived in time . |
| 28 | The preliminary chat which usually prefaces the interview proper is intended to break the ice and give both sides a chance to size each other up . |
| 29 | Section 4.1 is used to introduce the metric equation of space–time . |
| 30 | The third main emphasis in his critique of the concept of the postmodern is to attempt to explain the hold exercised by a demonstrably deficient theory of culture and its dependence on a fundamentally irrationalist philosophy : which is to say he offers a politics of the postmodern . |