Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The letter is personally addressed to Gerry Adams so it is up to him to reply to it , but the party 's position is that it highlights the MPs ' total lack of understanding about the situation here and our position in it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | A weird cocktail of fragmented narrative , crazy characters , gross-out eating scenes , bizarre sex ( at one point Singapore is strapped to a bed , given electric shock treatment and then straddled by the squealing daughter while still convulsing ) , this is obscurely related to Otto Preminger 's classic 1944 film noir , Laura . |
| 3 | ‘ All right … if Guy is so committed to Sarah Chester Fabrics ’ resurrection , why is he never here ? |
| 4 | OSF is apparently bowing to DCE user pressure and will announce significant price reductions for one-time DCE licenses , distribution rights and royalty fees at Uniforum on March 17 . |
| 5 | This is obviously related to Foucault 's analysis of the genealogy of the disciplinary society , a society of surveillance and control , which he sets out in his book Discipline and Punish , and to his argument that power proceeds not in the traditional model of sovereignty ( that is negatively , ‘ thou shalt not ’ ) but through administering and fostering life ( that is positively , ‘ you must ’ ) . |
| 6 | This one is generally ascribed to Eisenstein . |
| 7 | Much of the blame for the schism is generally attributed to Nikon , the overbearing prelate elevated to the Patriarchate in 1652 . |
| 8 | This section of the Act is of general application and is not limited to London . |
| 9 | What is most disappointing though is that Nashwan is not to return to Paris to try to prove that his defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French Glory , who now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betting , was because he was having an off-day rather than because he has deteriorated since his magnificent victories in the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and Eclipse Stakes earlier in the year . |
| 10 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 11 | ‘ He is not going to Belgium ? ’ |
| 12 | The poem is not addressed to Artemisia and is , on that account , probably from some time before that friendship commenced . |
| 13 | Hooliganism is more habitual and more fully developed in Britain than elsewhere , but it is not confined to Britain . |
| 14 | This perspective is not confined to Britain ; it is found in many countries , both developed and less developed . |
| 15 | The problem is not confined to SSDs . |
| 16 | Non-collection is not confined to Strathclyde and Glasgow but applies also to the shires , which collected only 82 per cent . |
| 17 | Taxation , however , is not restricted to UK income tax . |
| 18 | This service is not restricted to Midland customers and the commission charged is the same as for the standard service , but with a maximum of £150 . |
| 19 | Tall Loretta is supposed to pursue masculine endings of a linguistic kind as a London University academic but she is easily diverted to Bridget 's base at St Mark 's , Cambridge , and to discussions of one kind and another in Paris . |
| 20 | The coining of the term ‘ ideology ’ is normally attributed to Destutt de Tracy whose concern was with the ‘ science of ideas ’ which sought the origins of ideas in human sensations . |
| 21 | De Klerk gives Mandela and ANC a growing role : South Africa 's white leader , who yesterday met black churchmen , is already deferring to Nelson Mandela , John Carlin writes |
| 22 | In this context I continue to be uneasy about the role of the Voluntary Sector Environmental Forum whose terms of reference are clearly relevant to Wales but whose work is largely related to England only . |
| 23 | Since the effective life-span of most O. ostertagi L3 is under one year and cross-infection between cattle and sheep in temperate areas is largely limited to O. leptospicularis , Trichostrongylus axei , and occasionally C. oncophora good control of bovine ostertagiasis should , in theory , be achieved . |
| 24 | Contemporary village weaving is largely confined to Persia , Anatolia and , to a lesser extent , Afghanistan . |
| 25 | Moreover , its big-name client base so far is largely confined to Sainsbury , Gateway and the main petrol retailers . |
| 26 | In Sussex this species is largely confined to Chichester and Pagham Harbours , where a few remain to summer in many years , although totals of more than 50 are most unusual . |
| 27 | Got something wrong with his blood so he 's not allowed to Ricky ! |
| 28 | She 's not biking to Bromley ? . |
| 29 | Cara queried , but as she quickly caught on , ‘ Oh he 's not coming to England — I 'm to go to Czechoslovakia . ’ |
| 30 | CLIFF Burgess of Portchester is best known to Mid-Hants Railway members through his association with the Working Omnibus Museum Project which is creating a vintage bus collection in the former coal yard of Medstead and Four Marks Station . |