Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only remedy is to regularly spray the foliage with clear water to dislodge the pests so that the fish can devour them . |
| 2 | Hahnemann 's recommendation is to always start with the lowest degrees ( §246 ) . |
| 3 | The object of this research is to further consider material , collected in 1980/81 from residents and staff in a representative sample of local authority homes throughout England with a view to developing a multivariate model of the factors which impinge upon the daily lives of those who live and work in old people 's homes . |
| 4 | A worthwhile study is to systematically trace the linguistic structure of noteworthy names in a locality , as mentioned in poll tax , muster , protestation , tithe commutation and other returns , using as many early reference sources as possible and paying due regard to modern commentaries and analyses . |
| 5 | The Common Good Fund and they , they had you know all I mean you know they had all feelers out for all , all the things , so there are a couple of dates which came up in the last meeting erm for further pilots and then the intention is to just go ahead from |
| 6 | The intention is to further raise the quality of service across the branches , though many already exceed the new targets . |
| 7 | Here the resulting effect is to emphatically assert a present state . |
| 8 | One idea of the well-known chef Robert Carrier is to hard boil eggs , cut them lengthways , and then decorate them in order to make animals ’ faces . |
| 9 | The alternative is to simply stitch across the bottom of the sleeping bag ‘ tube ’ but to make the bottom seam vertical rather than horizontal , producing a fish-tail shape . |
| 10 | As it happens , the most convincing way of pretending to clean a window is to actually do so . |
| 11 | But the Health Authority insists no-one will be put at risk , and that the plan is to actually IMPROVE services . |
| 12 | If British tennis is to ever rise above the mediocrity that it has wallowed in for decades , then juniors have to be given greater access to courts and coaching . |
| 13 | The point of such an exercise is to clearly focus on present learning needs and to clarify the process of learning . |
| 14 | I think first of all Chairman , the point about the Airport 's Policy Consortium that er it is relevant erm , er perhaps you realise the whole purpose of , the risk of debt of the Airport 's Policy Consortium is to actually push er development from Heathrow to Stansted and I would say that it will happen , that 's what they are trying to do . |
| 15 | Well certainly my job is to just outline briefly what we do . |
| 16 | Ward Sisters are actually managing resources at the moment , and part of their job is to actually give patients the best possible care within the resources that they actually have . |
| 17 | More than 60 ATMs are at third party locations and Nigel 's aim is to substantially increase this number by the end of the year . |
| 18 | One common theme is to better understand the preconditions and effects of the diffusion of electronics based production technology on the structure and competitiveness of UK industry and or energy supply and demand . |
| 19 | One common theme is to better understand the preconditions and effects of the diffusion of electronics based production technology on the structure and competitiveness of UK industry and or energy supply and demand . |
| 20 | From what I can recall from last time we met , the purpose of the meeting is to actually pick up on the training program . |
| 21 | His favourite ploy is to simply walk up to someone , smile engagingly and shout : ‘ Hiya . ’ |
| 22 | The second fork of the Government 's policy is to vastly expand the opportunities for young people to continue into further/higher education . |
| 23 | Their role is to thus quieten the critics . |
| 24 | For those who may not know , the correct method of picking up a ferret is to gently place your hand underneath the animal , thumb uppermost , with the front feet of the ferret being between index finger and middle finger . |
| 25 | As we noted above forwards pruning decisions must be solvable if the method is to usefully reduce the search space . |
| 26 | The choice is to extensively renovate or to completely replace them with ‘ intelligent buildings ’ . |
| 27 | The second objective is to conceptually analyse the non-course related and the range of thesis skills that each student requires and the means by which he acquires them . |
| 28 | On the contrary , its objective is to quickly establish a relationship between the applicant and the interviewer(s) . |
| 29 | All the archaeologist can do on the line of this new road is to hurriedly record features and salvage finds . |
| 30 | A cheaper alternative to glass is to double glaze them yourself with plastic sheeting , but this will obviously affect their appearance . |