Example sentences of "of [adj] be [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each unit has its own name — Emeralds , Crystals , Gems or Lasers — and the aim of each is to outdo the others in sales at the end of the week . |
| 2 | And , them will survive there , but during er the Winter , starting October , you could see the face of the plantation of that was facing the sea , it all scorched up towards the end of O of er December . |
| 3 | The proof of that was winning the RAC . ’ |
| 4 | The goal of offline is to reduce the online storage requirements by means of offline media without risking the integrity of the modules . |
| 5 | Ignoring the 1 's , the centre pixel was then to be ON if the sum of 2 's exceeded the number of 0's , OFF if it was less . |
| 6 | The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside . |
| 7 | The effect of this is to create a hierarchy of norms with conformity with the obligations of the Charter at the top . |
| 8 | Obous obviously the purpose of this is to create an identity with the members . |
| 9 | The most common example of this is to see a menu printed , followed by a line saying Choose an option 1–8 ( or whatever ) . |
| 10 | The variable that is controlled by the experimenter is called the ‘ independent variable ’ , and anything that varies as a result of this is called a ‘ dependent variable ’ . |
| 11 | One effect of this is to force the quality press ‘ up market ’ so as to serve the wealthy reader . |
| 12 | The sum effect of this is to prompt a cross-your-legs-and-cringe reaction . |
| 13 | The effect of this is to slow the molecules down and as this happens the kinetic energy associated with moving particles is converted into potential energy . |
| 14 | The aim of this is to test the flexibility of every man in the group by imposing a situation which requires a major change in the plan , at no notice . |
| 15 | The idea of this is to enable the system to detect whether or not the bar code has been read the right way round , or in reverse . |
| 16 | The aim of this is to use the Fibre Channel to share the processing of complex applications , such as stock market analyses among clustered computers — effectively providing a physical layer to underlie the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 17 | Much of this is having a deleterious effect on British industry and jobs . |
| 18 | The present drop in overseas students on top of this is having a devastating effect on the school 's finances . |
| 19 | The core of this is to understand the delicate balance between feelings of affection , moral imperatives of duty , and calculations about personal advantage and disadvantage , and to understand how the particular sets of economic circumstances in which women and men are placed shape the character of that balance at any point in time . |
| 20 | The purpose of this is to provide a more effective deflection . |
| 21 | But one effect of this is to limit the opportunities for the defence to contest the issue . |
| 22 | The obvious aim of this is to find a functional description of the growth of a given plant , which is of use in predicting future growth at any point , and particularly in early disease spotting . |
| 23 | The first thing you may find yourself doing in advance of this is blowing the dust from old textbooks in a fleeting fit of nostalgia . |
| 24 | The purpose of this is to reduce the parent company 's chargeable gain , though this mechanism can not be used to create an allowable loss for the parent company ( see s176 TCGA 1992 ) . |
| 25 | On top of this was scrawled the man 's name ‘ John Irvine ’ and a list of victuals and wine bought from his own pocket at a tavern called the Sea Barque near the Town Wall in Leicester . |
| 26 | The result of this was to plant the seed of Mosley 's destruction . |
| 27 | On an outside wall of this was painted a Madonna and Child . |
| 28 | The consequence of this was to intensify the party 's contempt for parliamentary democracy and spur it towards overt Fascism . |
| 29 | The effect of this was to relieve the debtor of all liability for their debts . |
| 30 | The purpose of this was to compare the experience of and attitude to the police of Blacks , Asians and Whites living in roughly the same conditions . |