Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Washing is prescribed both to prevent and sterilize infection . |
| 2 | The direction ‘ laissez vibrer ’ is given here to indicate that the cymbals are to be allowed to vibrate freely — to ring on until their vibration dies away naturally . |
| 3 | Er Yes this is Rita 's suggestion which is attached erm , suggesting one point ten as worded there is added simply to say if the job is n't commissioned a contents enquiry form is filed by the researcher with related documents . |
| 4 | But there is a partial definition of ‘ appropriates ’ in clause 3(1) , which is included partly to indicate that this is the familiar concept of conversion but also for particular reasons later to be mentioned . |
| 5 | It is presented primarily to inform and stimulate debate and it therefore adopts a style which is unusual in this journal . |
| 6 | Action in the majority of adventure stories is seen both to affect and to be affected by character but in the end it is action that has the final word , in the romantic happy ending in which the heroism of man is affirmed . |
| 7 | Care is needed here to ensure that the interviewers ' questions do not get crossed . |
| 8 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 9 | Where the record is produced simply to show that a statement was made , not whether it is true . |
| 10 | Since only adults can give consent , he is bound logically to admit that a child " is born a Subject of no Country or Government " . |
| 11 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 12 | All sperm is tested twice to ensure that there has not been an error in the initial testing . |