Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the answer is yes , then you will shortly be having your workstation assessed to ensure it is properly set up to allow you to work comfortably . |
| 2 | Article 16 is expressly declared not to apply to judgments concerning status or capacity of persons , fields in which certainty is essential . |
| 3 | If the books are on a spinner the front book is mercilessly bent forward to see the books behind . |
| 4 | These false eyes stare implacably , challenging the predator to bite , while the small , real eye of the prey is sufficiently concealed not to give the game away . |
| 5 | Remember that the additional information given in the examples above by drawing pitch levels and movements between lines is only included here to make the examples clearer and is not normally given with our system of transcription , so all the important information about intonation must be given by the marks placed in the text . |
| 6 | Frank Bruno , after only three fights since quitting pantomime , is apparently lined up to fight both champions . |
| 7 | The six note left hand rhythm is literally punched out to lend a strong , exultant ring to the proceedings . |
| 8 | Dirty linen , or even the freshly laundered variety , is not hung out to dry . |
| 9 | H he is not staffed up to do what |
| 10 | Payment under such pressure establishes that the payment is not made voluntarily to close the transaction . |
| 11 | We do not use quantity surveyors for that purpose and indeed the quantity surveyor is not geared up to do any measurement for us . |
| 12 | I ca n't do this , and Q S is not geared up to do it . |
| 13 | If the money supply is not expanded sufficiently to meet this demand , interest rates will rise , this in turn will discourage some investment and so contribute to the slowing down in the growth of output and eventually lead to the upper turning-point . |
| 14 | It must be stated at this point that it is not intended here to suggest that there is a conspiracy on the part of doctors to deprive patients of their rights , or that doctors act out of ill will . |
| 15 | History is not taught just to produce future generations of history teachers and history graduates ! |
| 16 | A licensee of licensed premises is not permitted knowingly to sell liquor to a person under 18 , to allow a person under 18 to consume liquor in a bar , or to allow anyone else to make such a sale . |
| 17 | She , however , is not changed sufficiently to love George , although she does feel a strong emotional tug towards him . |
| 18 | In a country where public education is sketchy , it is a double tragedy that TV air time is not used both to teach the three ‘ R's and supplement the four hours per day schooling . |
| 19 | This is not needed merely to run the factories properly — which is what foreign managers ' present jobs mainly amount to . |
| 20 | It is not thought enough to ban unofficial political activity , institute press censorship and monopolise the means of communication , since at most these measures serve a negative purpose . |
| 21 | The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain either argument . |
| 22 | Under Ord 50 , r 4A where under the rules a document is to be prepared by the court , that document may , if the proper officer so allows , be prepared by the plaintiff ( or applicant ) and , where a document is so produced the plaintiff is not required also to file a request but must provide a sufficient number of copies of the document for the court 's use . |
| 23 | It is one-trial , because it requires only a single peck for the bird to learn ; it is avoidance because the result of the learning is for the bird to stop doing something it otherwise would ; and it is passive because the bird is not required actively to avoid , as it would if it had to escape from some unpleasant condition , but merely to refrain from pecking . |
| 24 | The excess is easily peeled away to leave a perfect matching join . |
| 25 | In practice , however , the term is normally used only to describe hand-made rugs produced by traditional methods in the ancient weaving regions of Persia ( Iran ) , Anatolia ( Turkey ) Afghanistan , the Caucasus , Baluchistan , Turkestan , China , India , Pakistan , the Balkans and parts of North Africa . |
| 26 | Williams is already booked in to face the Sunderland stewards to answer questions on time finding by two more youngsters in his care , Pond Skylark and Mailcom Lad . |
| 27 | the external design is nevertheless made everywhere to result from the necessities of the interior : the positions of the windows are decided not so much with regard to external effect , as with reference to the rooms they light ; and even the heights of stories will be found to vary in parts to suit internal convenience . |
| 28 | But he 's , but he 's not geared up to do it . |
| 29 | But if Prince pleases , in music , in bed , it 's because nothing is ever done just to please . |
| 30 | Analgesia is usually given regularly to ensure that pain is kept under control at all times . |