Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 2 | BORIS BECKER 'S much heralded return to fitness and form last night ran into the buffers at the ATP World Championships . |
| 3 | Diminished responsibility has a wider ambit , but its effect is merely to reduce murder to manslaughter , giving the judge discretion on sentencing or other disposal . |
| 4 | Therefore the point of this section is only to draw attention to some aspects of intellectual and administrative change that can be more easily observed in a discussion on sources than in a more general context . |
| 5 | There is increasing independent evidence that the first trusts are proving that bringing management back into the hospitals is already bringing benefits to patients and staff . |
| 6 | The first project to be developed since privatisation , at Roosecote , is already supplying electricity to the grid . |
| 7 | In fact , wind power is already contributing energy to the national grid in places as far apart as Ilfracombe in Devon , and Ripon in North Yorkshire , with dozens more wind farms planned by the turn of the century . |
| 8 | The aim is always to guide students to understanding and thereby to help them minimize , if not avoid , errors . |
| 9 | Syria is still supplying guns to the Muslims , just as Iraq is supplying guns to the Christians . |
| 10 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 11 | It seems that in Solihull schools recently , a considerable amount of thinking has gone into developing schemes for teacher-appraisal : perhaps SSE in the form taken by the Solihull booklet is gradually giving way to more personally focused types of staff appraisal . |
| 12 | No erm one or other of them is probably taking Neil to karate I think Friday night 's karate |
| 13 | This is clearly marked A to E and allows the temperature to be steplessly controlled . |
| 14 | ‘ It is also extending access to higher education for local people and expanding the range of courses for vocational education in social work , nursing , physiotherapy , occupational therapy and radiotherapy . ’ |
| 15 | The Queen has accepted a Sun newspaper apology over the premature publication of her Christmas broadcast.The paper is also giving £200,000 to charity . |
| 16 | He is also presenting books to Easington District Council and Durham County Council during his 10 day holiday from his home near Lake Constance , in Germany , where he is a music and language lecturer . |
| 17 | He 's also designed modifications to gliders which allow other disabled people to fly . |
| 18 | The LIFESPAN Manager is automatically given access to all User , Module and DC information . |
| 19 | And the fact that I say that a lot of these accidents happen because perhaps you 're not paying the attention , very often I 've been or know of situations where the bloke is really paying attention to what he 's doing and the still the unfortunate occurs . |
| 20 | ‘ Where a person designs , manufactures , imports or supplies an article for or to another on the basis of a written undertaking by that other to take specified steps sufficient to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the article will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , the undertaking shall have the effect of relieving the first-mentioned person from the duty imposed by paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) to such extent as is reasonable having regard to the terms of the undertaking . ’ |
| 21 | Where the seller obtains such an undertaking it will relieve him from his liability " to such extent as is reasonable having regard to the terms of the undertaking " . |
| 22 | The SNM withdrew and is now laying siege to Hargeisa and four other garrisons in the region . |
| 23 | At least one of the scientists has admitted on television that he is now denied access to " defence secrets " . |
| 24 | Similarly , continued economic restraint in the public sector is now enabling auditors to , at least in part , contribute to demands for greater public accountability . |
| 25 | Since the exposure of Iraq as having consistently , to quote United Nations ' reports , ’ obstructed and cheated on ’ divulging information on its nuclear programme , North Korea is now giving rise to the greatest concern , as the hon. Member for Clackmannan ( Mr. O'Neill ) said . |
| 26 | After a successful pilot exercise last ; year , the sales force is now introducing fabric to selected retail outlets throughout the country . |
| 27 | Recent projects have included the big Toyota plant in Derbyshire , the Honda plant in Swindon , Fujitsu in County Durham and Nissan in Tyne and Wear ( which is now to export cars to Japan ! ) . |
| 28 | The story of the Home Guard is well known thanks to ‘ Dad 's Army , ’ but it is nevertheless an amazing tale . |
| 29 | My purpose here is simply to draw attention to two things : first , the danger of oversimplifying the task of evaluation by using a single measure ( for example reading test scores — themselves of dubious validity ) to measure the effectiveness of a practice with much more complex aims ; and second , to emphasise how the evaluation task may be different according to the approach to support teaching which we adopt . |
| 30 | Usually , the first practical problem is simply gaining access to the organisation or social group you wish to study . |