Example sentences of "[det] [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 | One of these is to attempt to convince the organization that a crisis will occur if current policies are continued . |
| 27 | To delay half-an-hour means that his Sergeant is kept waiting half-an-hour , so that the latter is compelled to work the P.C. 's beat in the opposite direction in order to find him . |
| 28 | The latter is designed to encourage the horse to avoid hitting fences by applying an irritant to its legs . |
| 29 | But Mr. Thornton forcefully submits that no more is required to sustain the plea than that the court before whom the defendant had previously been charged should have decided his guilt , whether by the court , where it is the tribunal of fact , announcing its decision to that effect , by the return of a guilty verdict by the jury or by the ‘ acceptance ’ of a plea of guilty . |
| 30 | One of the questions the committee considered was whether an ‘ author of a literary or artistic work should have exclusive right to authorise the public display of the original work or a copy thereof , that is to say to display the work directly ( exhibition ) or indirectly , that is to say by means of a device ( example : a screen ) ’ . |