Example sentences of "it is [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Separate beds it is to minimise the infection , as much liquids as they can take , except milk . |
| 2 | And in focusing on some problem areas it 's possible to fail to give an impression of the enormous privilege it is to serve the church and her lord in social responsibility . |
| 3 | It is much easier to show a child how to draw , how to compose a Picture , how to use colour , than it is to allow the child full self expression . |
| 4 | I heard Cortot play several concerts after the war , and these made me more aware than ever how important it is to give every ounce of yourself to Chopin if you want to play him well ! |
| 5 | In so far as I can make out the policy of the Labour party , it is to give the business rate back to local authorities . |
| 6 | It is to give the impression of the tank being larger from front to back . |
| 7 | It is to facilitate the translation of the dramas of sub-conversation and activity below the surface of consciousness that she abandons the conventions of linear narrative , normal chronology , plot and characterization . |
| 8 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |
| 9 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 10 | Thirdly , if the marriage is dissolved the disposition may be one where no gratuitous benefit is intended ( see Inheritance Tax Act 1984 , s10 ) as it is to settle the claim of the former spouse ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) . |
| 11 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
| 12 | Certainly a visit to the plains of Africa gives one an immediate impression of how conspicuous the stripes are and how easy it is to spot a herd of zebra in almost any terrain . |
| 13 | Probably the best way to find it is to extend a line from Iota Carinæ , in the False Cross , through Beta Carinæ and prolong it for some distance . |
| 14 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 15 | ( 2.2 ) : It is to conduct the phase current ( 2 A ) and must have the highest possible current gain under saturated conditions . |
| 16 | Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion . |
| 17 | It is to manage the project to create a gas treatment plant in northern Bangladesh . |
| 18 | IBM Corp has shocked all Manhattan — or at any rate New York 's chattering classes — by announcing that it is to close the Gallery of Science & Art , an extremely popular gallery for visiting art exhibitions in the basement of its tower on Madison Avenue : it says it will try to find the seven employees of the gallery other jobs in the company , without holding out very much hope . |
| 19 | The only way to control it is to eradicate the carrier , usually by spraying with powerful insecticide . |
| 20 | Althusser faces this question , but warns that it has to be carefully formulated if it is to illuminate the process of the production of knowledges . |
| 21 | On the other hand , we realize how difficult it is to use the law to bring these rogue employees to task . |
| 22 | The train of thought that begins like this is as slippery as an eel , and the only effective way to catch it is to examine the truth of the matter . |
| 23 | It lies south of Fomalhaut ; one way to find it is to prolong a line from Beta and Alpha Pegasi , in the Square of Pegasus , through Fomalhaut . |
| 24 | It is far easier to characterize a madrigal by Morley than it is to sing a song by Byrd , partly because singers respond more intuitively and quickly to Morley 's text-illustrative music than to Byrd 's learned ( but still rhetorical ) polyphonic word-setting , partly because a Morley text will often be a chain of discrete moments where a Byrd text is more complex in syntax and in the connection of its ideas . |
| 25 | They learned about selling , pricing , negotiating , licensing , and how hard it is to turn a profit from R&D . |
| 26 | Just think how tangled up we are with pigs , how we love to hate ourselves as pigs , and how easy it is to turn a pig into a person . |
| 27 | You know , sir , how difficult it is to persuade a multitude to revolt of established authority ’ . |
| 28 | It is to transmit a signal that is , in a sense , part of pain behaviour . |
| 29 | I think a lot of it is to test the record company or maybe they are testing the fans . |
| 30 | I can now speak from experience and say that it 's much easier to spend a day at the office than it is to spend a day at home , and you have the benefit of spending ‘ quality time ’ with your baby at evenings and weekends . |