Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To read We is constantly to hive to rethink the issue . |
| 2 | It is however to oil production that India is looking . |
| 3 | Figure 6.2 ( b ) can be taken to represent the Earth and the Moon today , though it is not to scale and the tides have been greatly exaggerated . |
| 4 | We must recognise that it will have to be the consumer who pays , and it is up to animal welfare organisations such as the RSPCA to ensure that the increased price for food will be seen to be acceptable because of an improvement both in animal welfare and environmental protection . |
| 5 | It is up to man to look at the world and through his perceptions and his thinking to convert the world either into a form which can then be processed or into an idea . |
| 6 | You should check with your employer that you have made a nomination and that it is up to date . |
| 7 | It is up to government to finance and provide it — but as far from the DTI as possible . |
| 8 | It is up to government and industry , as well as those with resources in land and money , to make a concerted effort to secure our country 's wealth and heritage for the future . |
| 9 | Marian heard a quick intake of breath from Allen , the sound a horse makes when it is about to bolt . |
| 10 | But it is back to No 8 for Clarke come September . |
| 11 | It is mainly to adult adventure stones that they must look for the romantic and chivalric manifestations of love towards which they reach in adolescence ; such feelings are by convention regarded as unseemly and unsuitable in books written specifically for the young . |
| 12 | Now , it is down to interpretation i er er and , it , on your next courses you may do a more in-depth conditions of carriage quiz which will ask you to study the conditions of carriage at night and produce a bit more detailed answer in the morning , but we 're not gon na expect you to do that on this course . |
| 13 | When , in the last play of the Henry VI trilogy , the future Richard III is presenting to the audience his capabilities — as if auditioning for the role of hypocrite — he exults at being able to By grouping all those exempla of deceit Shakespeare makes us unconscious of the initial role-playing of the actor involved , alerting us to the deceptions he is about to foist on others . |