Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Garden 's main objective , set out in the Natural Heritage ( Scotland ) Act of 1985 , is to carry out research in plant sciences , and the particular branch which Edinburgh specialises in is plant taxonomy — the classification of plants . |
| 2 | The chief function of boundary commissions is to secure even representation amongst the constituencies within their jurisdiction , each of which will have a notional ‘ quota ’ consisting of the total number of electors divided by the number of constituencies . |
| 3 | A HAMBLETON businessman is to set up shop outside the area after allegedly being given a rough ride by the district council . |
| 4 | The thrust of the Government initiatives in education is to open up access to all of those in employment , and preparing for employment , to gain qualifications . |
| 5 | The aim is to fight off competition from developing nations like Brazil and South Korea . |
| 6 | Another idea is to stir up cornflour with the juice from raspberries or blackberries and boil it , stirring all the time until thick . |
| 7 | Baltimore-based Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maryland is to turn over operation of its LifeCard electronic claims network to Electronic Data Systems Corp on undisclosed terms : the LifeCard operations , which transmit 5.8m claims annually over its network — 30% of the insurer 's total volume — will continue at the Owings Mills , Maryland location and all LifeCard employees will be offered employment by the General Motors Corp subsidiary , which will upgrade the network , expanded it and rename it the Maryland Health Information Network . |
| 8 | In the meantime , Gain is to take over responsibility for Sybase 's object-oriented front-end development projects . |
| 9 | What remains a problem is to explain why exposure to the context alone given after exposure to the stimulus can be quite without influence on the magnitude of latent inhibition ( Hall and Minor 1984 ) and why pre-exposure to the context should actually enhance the magnitude of the effect ( Hall and Channell 1985c ) . |
| 10 | ‘ All of this may not seem important to you , but in history who is to say where understanding of a particular series of events starts ? |
| 11 | His job is to stamp out opposition to Bonaparte within the French Empire . |
| 12 | THE VATICAN is to step up pressure on Mikhail Gorbachev with a demand by the Pope for the legalisation of the Ukranian Catholic Church , church sources said yesterday . |
| 13 | The aim of the projects is to bring about change in the degree curriculum which will encourage students to develop qualities and skills which extend beyond the specialised knowledge of their degree courses . |
| 14 | This is to tell only part of the story however Anna is diligent in all her studies with a determination to do as well as possible , while her powers of expression are adequate she has a fine sense of initiative and within her limitations can organise her materials persuasively . |