Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Necessary jobs are helping to clear up the smaller branches and making a start on repointing the bridge itself . |
| 2 | The posters are intended to cheer up the staircase , which is in urgent need of renovation . |
| 3 | These studies are intended to describe precisely the types of difficulty in recognising faces experienced by some stroke patients . |
| 4 | Enhancement in this context means the carrying out of works which are intended to lengthen substantially the useful life of the asset , to increase substantially its open market value , or to increase substantially the extent to which the asset will serve the purposes of the local authority concerned . |
| 5 | The families of two teenage joyriders shot dead by troops in Belfast are demanding to know why the checkpoint patrol had to kill them . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , if we are to try to understand how the Universe works , we should pay as much attention to its death as to its birth . |
| 7 | COACHING CONTROLLER CARDS : These cards are designed to speed up the pace at which you can get information from your hard disk . |
| 8 | A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis . |
| 9 | The new clauses are designed to set out the structure for a funding council skeleton on which such structures would be built . |
| 10 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 11 | They are designed to cut out the reflective glare that can be potentially harmful to someone spending long hours working in front of a computer screen . |
| 12 | They still have all the advantages of slings and are designed to balance out the child 's weight more evenly . |
| 13 | Supplements therefore are designed to make up the basic food ingredients and balance them to keep the horse healthy . |
| 14 | Collectors are recommended to study closely the books and prices in any sale especially devoted to the works from this selection of presses as well as from other presses , particularly if sound investment is a consideration . |
| 15 | It becomes possible to envisage a sequence of shots in which real pieces of connected action are linked together by shots which are included to fill in the continuity gaps . |
| 16 | Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit . |
| 17 | Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation . |
| 18 | The two local favourites , Claire Waddell , who currently leads the Grand Prix , and Julie Nicol are expected to make up the semi-final line-up . |
| 19 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 20 | Sometimes chemicals known as buffers are added to slow down the reaction rate thereby reducing corrosiveness . |
| 21 | We term this the level of computer architecture , at which a set of logically integrated hardware functions are programmed to carry out the processing of data . |
| 22 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 23 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 24 | In this final stage of the diet we are looking to put together the best diet for your own metabolism and make-up , based on your findings . |
| 25 | There 's a bloody riot going on , the town is crammed with nigs , er blacks , and they are looking to sort out the Young Conservatives . |
| 26 | Established firms are tending to scoop up the talent in the market which is still in second-tier houses — without which they will not survive . |
| 27 | Police are wanting to find out the events leading up to the death , and work out the motive for the killing . |
| 28 | The problem is compounded when attempts are made to find out the costs of individual services when subsidies are paid line-by-line , rather than for whole sectors ; yet this is what RENFE 's 1984 programme contract with the state claimed to achieve ( RENFE 1984a : 80 ) . |
| 29 | From time to time these institutions are instructed to speed up the introduction of Hindi . |
| 30 | We 're , we 're going to conclude now the discussion of the various ways in which , bacteria , in particular er lead to the production of infective disease and really to centre round , centres round the discussion of the pathogenesis , that is the mechanism by which the disease is produced and lunanspach . |