Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Character is calculated exactly to support the theme of hierarchy on shipboard in Trial Trip , where a galley boy discovers that he is not entirely free to resume a schoolboy friendship with Tich , now in the second year of his apprenticeship , and in Out of the Shallows , where a sixteen-year-old apprentice with a decided chip on his shoulder suffers from the complications which friendship with a steward brings , particularly as the steward , a thoroughly shifty individual , is merely using him as a way of furthering his own ends . |
| 2 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |
| 3 | This division is intended only to simplify the analysis and should not be taken to imply that the aggregate level of unemployment in a country can readily be divided into completely separate and distinguishable categories . |
| 4 | This stage is intended mainly to ease the initial awkwardness , the interviewer does not really want your detailed impressions of the weather or the route you took to get to the interview . |
| 5 | It is a matter of construction of the contract and the surrounding circumstances as to whether the prohibition is intended merely to place the vendor in breach of contract and exposed to a claim for damages or whether the prohibition is intended to render the assignment ineffective and make it clear that the contract is personal . |
| 6 | Likewise we suspect , from the ignorance he displays in scene one of Chetwyn and his work , that his praise of Chetwyn 's university , in the next scene , is given merely to uphold the approbation maxim and thus the Politeness Principle . |
| 7 | The rear of the standing male is slotted vertically to take the folded iron blade ( now missing ) . |
| 8 | Whatever plan of management is adopted , however , it is important that some form of biliary drainage is instituted urgently to lessen the risk of cholangitis . |
| 9 | ( That student 's essay , by the way , was graded C. ) But when the assessor is expected merely to grade the product he/she will keep such insights to him or herself . |
| 10 | Their use ( down to say , D ) is recommended only to complete the contour of a phrase which would otherwise lose its shape . |
| 11 | They fear that they are now looking at a successor tax which is designed simply to allow the Government to muddle through to the next election . |
| 12 | We add the commentary at the very last minute and it is designed simply to strengthen the picture-story , not to add to it . |
| 13 | The curriculum already exists and is external and objective to both teacher and pupil , and their interaction is designed simply to bring the learner to that state of knowledge at which the teacher has already arrived . |
| 14 | It is a bucket-shaped attachment that deploys when a plane lands ; it is designed solely to stop the plane flying . |
| 15 | The list is presented mainly to alert the design team to the many dimensions that it is possible to work in . |
| 16 | It is said only to underline the specific nature of the German revolution . |
| 17 | Only a lightly sketched attempt is made here to place the ‘ kinship defenders ’ and the ‘ society-as-parent protagonists ’ in the context of broader viewpoints and sets of values ; a thorough analysis could be a very lengthy exercise . |
| 18 | My chair with its high back and strong iron wheels is positioned correctly to catch the sun . |
| 19 | He says he 's done well to survive the monastic life for so long ! |
| 20 | The depletion of stocks of minerals and fossil fuel is done mainly to satisfy the First World 's boundless greed for gadgetry , and to encourage the Third World to follow its degrading example . |
| 21 | Elsewhere , it was stressed that no one wished to interfere with the ‘ responsible and competent parent ’ , but where they were not so , ‘ action is needed either to reinforce the consciousness or replace the incompetency ’ . |
| 22 | All too often the change of conditions when the sale is made and the fish is taken home , is all that is needed finally to send the unfortunate creature to that great big goldfish bowl in the sky . |
| 23 | Blood is needed primarily to detect the presence of antibodies to the treponeme of syphilis , which may indicate either present or past infection . |
| 24 | In much the same way , a good dose of inflation is needed now to facilitate the adjustment to higher taxes . |
| 25 | Female choice is thought also to explain the evolution of bizarre , highly exaggerated displays , such as those of peacocks and other pheasants . |
| 26 | The part is thought overall to outperform the 50MHz 80486 2.5 times on optimised code . |
| 27 | This is used widely to determine the functional state of the brain , but is difficult to relate to the operations of different areas . |
| 28 | For packages , this section is used primarily to specify the modules which are ‘ contained ’ in the package , i.e. set membership . |
| 29 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 30 | Automatic is used here to reflect the distinction commonly made between automatic and controlled processes ( e.g. Posner & Snyder , 1975 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ; Schneider & Shiffrin , 1977 ) . |