Example sentences of "[vb infin] is [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever . |
| 2 | But I 've got , what I 've got ta do is repair that other coop |
| 3 | And what grades do not do is tell all that is known about the student 's performance or abilities . |
| 4 | The first thing you must do is to assign any system-wide logical names required by the process , eg. pseudo-devices used for the process or storage directories , and all the logicals for all the storage directories known to the process . |
| 5 | Oh all you got ta do is to hold that white , hold both ends of it and pull it , it 'll come out . |
| 6 | What it must now do is issue some clear guidelines on the manner in which doctors involve themselves — directly or indirectly — in promoting unproved remedies to the general public . |
| 7 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 8 | One direction in which it may move is to replace some existing degree courses by two-year diplomas , though if this comes about it is not likely to be before the late 1980s . |