Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted .
2 Ruthless cuts are being made to Canada 's railway system and the last whistle is soon to blow for the country 's most famous train , The Canadian .
3 ‘ I swear , ’ Corbett said emphatically , ‘ that my intention is not to spy for the English King .
4 So I really , my , my , my advice is not to aim for a hundred percent efficiency but always to programme five percent optimistically .
5 This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education .
6 To be sure , ‘ Wisden ’ is not to blame for the absurd quarrel over the number of centuries — 99 or 100 by the end of the England tour of India ? — scored by England 's present captain , Graham Gooch .
7 It must be made clear that the Labour party is not to blame for the poll tax which the Government introduced .
8 It is a valid subject , and the hon. Gentleman is not to blame for the procedures that the House has foisted upon itself .
9 So the reason I put Jasper Carrott up here is just to think for a moment , here 's somebody who 's obviously a really effective and great communicator .
10 Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances .
11 Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland …
12 Recent studies by the authority have shown that partially treated sewage going into the River Severn from the plant uses up valuable oxygen and is partly to blame for the death of some fish .
13 SCARBOROUGH : Extensive work is underway to prepare for a big launch of a scheme to convert the former Odeon cinema into a theatre .
14 Gordon Chapman is here to interpret for the deaf .
15 Gordon Chapman is here to interpret for the deaf .
16 Karen Fraser is here to interpret for the deaf .
17 Karen Fraser is here to interpret for the deaf .
18 Gordon Chapman 's here to interpret for the deaf .
19 Kingsley says he 's not sure whether the hunger is there to win for the second year .
20 From Hume 's standpoint , it is of course precisely this tendency to mistake succession for identity that is chiefly to blame for the metaphysical doctrine of substance as an enduring and unanalysable substratum behind the observable changes .
21 He is about to perform for the Archimage himself .
22 For example , a 30 second live report which is due to take place at the same time as Martina Navratilova is about to serve for the match can be both a reporter 's dream and a producer 's nightmare .
23 THE search is about to start for a new Ulster Branch secretary .
24 The new season is about to start for the NMS outstations and visitors can expect to see many new exhibits and displays .
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