Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooke said : ‘ My motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world . |
| 2 | Following a precedent set by The Stone Roses , who broke free from the Silvertone label by claiming that they were tied to an unfair contract , Michael is to sue Sony on the grounds that his deal is restrictive and financially inadequate . |
| 3 | and the role of the team worker is to support members of the team by building on their suggestions , , they improve communications and foster team spirit . |
| 4 | It is , it is to support unions like the U D M and encourage scab unions . |
| 5 | The main purpose of this paper , apart from saluting a distinguished colleague , is to alert excavators to the possible existence of evidence which could help to refine and clarify this present vague outline . |
| 6 | The ironic thing is that the flight is to publicize damage to the ozone layer and it 's gas from fridges that causes most of that damage . |
| 7 | One of the functions of their facial disc is to transmit sound to the ears . |
| 8 | The easiest way is to channel resources into the regions . |
| 9 | The purpose of this study is to compare results from the Asthma Question Box with a conventional paper and pencil symptom diary to obtain information about missing records , retrospective completion ( from an analysis of electronic date records ) , and accuracy ( from comparison of data entry by the two methods ) . |
| 10 | Even ignoring its importance as a local employer , to say that a sector which earns 15 per cent of GDP , which finances most of the small business start-ups in Scotland , which provides capital for companies great and small , which finances pensions and insurance for thousands of Scots , as well as backing for a quarter of the UK 's institutional funds , does nothing to help the economy , is to carry ideology to the point of folly . |
| 11 | But possibly the most satisfying task for the Hercules and its crew is to carry aid to the needy . |
| 12 | One possibility is to perform experiments in the relatively constant conditions that exist near the poles . |
| 13 | Our approach is to promote awareness of the duties the Regulations impose . |
| 14 | Accordingly , a bidder which is a newly-incorporated or re-registered public company to be used as a vehicle for the takeover should be careful not to contravene s104 if it is to acquire shares in the target from its own subscribers or members ( eg in a management buy-out ) . |
| 15 | It is to include research into the techniques of sustainable timber extraction and the pharmaceutical and genetic potential of the South American country 's forest resources , centred on a newly-established scientific reserve of 3,400 square kilometres , close to the Brazilian border . |
| 16 | For the loyalists the purpose is to remain part of the U K and those two are so far apart , those two positions , that it 's impossible to see a bridge between them and that 's the difficulty . |
| 17 | They argue that the differential in living standards between the two groups is minimal and to see this as social mobility is to detract attention from the important fact that they are all part of the large urban poor whose poverty is due to the wider social formation and , in particular , the capitalist mode of production . |
| 18 | He suggests that their role is to signal rotations of the animal , and to do so using a co-ordinate system that is compatible with the other main organ for signalling rotations of the head , namely the semicircular canals , which are sensitive to angular accelerations . |
| 19 | Thus the premium need not necessarily be connected with the product that carried the premium ; the idea is to stimulate purchases of the product — selling the premium is of secondary importance . |
| 20 | Our first task is to gather information of the ‘ best practice ’ of this vision from the parishes and diocese of England and Wales . |
| 21 | Our first aim too is to serve the district according to the needs of our time , the first of which is to preserve knowledge of the life of the area . |
| 22 | Using horizontal streams , the simplest procedure is to write successions of the same series in each voice . |
| 23 | The second and more important reason is to impose liability on the vendor in the event that the assets are inadequate or defective or the vendor does not have adequate title . |
| 24 | The Bentley Mulsanne — this was an inspiration of the Secretary 's to distract attention from the noises off — had come nosing its way from behind the South Stand . |
| 25 | The second option is to concentrate resources on the earned-income tax credit ( EITC ) . |
| 26 | Their purpose is to provide evidence of the strength of a particular point of view amongst Members of Parliament . |
| 27 | So am I am I right in thinking that the western relief road is catering for a north south through traffic element , but its primary purpose is to provide relief to the main e the present A sixty one which runs through the centre of Harrogate and again would seek to distribute traffic around the network and bring it in on other radial roads from the West for example ? |
| 28 | The aim is to provide students with the ability to analyse and evaluate selected topics which are related to the analysis of human performance . |
| 29 | What the counsellor has to do is to provide counsellees with the necessary knowledge and information to enable them to bring about change in their own lives . |
| 30 | Friends of Elizabeth Patterson have contributed handsomely to the Fund in her memory , one object of which is to provide books for the Library on the History of Science . |