Example sentences of "that [is] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.

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1 b , A square 70pc ( 0.5° ) on a side mapped at 1.4GHz shows a bright knot of emission at lower right known as Sgr A. The yellow dot in the red region is Sgr A , the compact nonthermal source that is believed to mark the nucleus .
2 Harkabi described the idea of a ‘ transfer ’ — the mass expulsion of Palestinians — as just the kind of project that is calculated to lend the struggle its absolute , ‘ existential ’ character .
3 In an initiative that is bound to influence the practice of corporate funding of contemporary art exhibitions in the United States the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation announced last month that it will award grants totalling $500,000 to ten different museums .
4 Thus , after consulting with the telecommunications industry , the Justice Department has proposed legislation that is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement officers to intercept conversations of people engaged in serious crime …
5 IBM Corp is planning to introduce new technology that is intended to increase the input-output transfer rate of the RS/6000 , helping eliminate bottlenecks between the microprocessor and disk drive .
6 And if there is still no president when the current assembly session expires in December 1990 , the very mechanism that is intended to ensure the continuation of the Lebanese state will cease to exist .
7 But it is a valuable addition to the growing volume of news from Tibet that is helping to undermine the brutal occupation of this tragic region .
8 An earmarked tax is one that is levied to cover the costs of a particular service , and national insurance contributions and social security taxes are an example .
9 In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms .
10 The chances are they are not going to be changed again in a hurry and to saddle ourselves with something that is going to allow the development and perpetuation of something which most of us hero would call bad and unacceptable practice in care of the elderly with dementia , would be a totally retrograde step .
11 It is not the branding iron or the hypodermic needle that is going to make the most impression on the horse at these times , but our own behaviour , and how we go about it .
12 Asked by an exit pollster which way he had cast his vote , he replied : ‘ I voted for the party that is going to run the country for the next five years . ’
13 ‘ We have found something that is going to revolutionise the archaeological interpretations of Peru 's ancient civilisations .
14 ‘ Engage neutral and the handbrake at roundabouts ’ : an interesting proposal for a road feature that is designed to speed the flow of traffic by advising road users to ‘ give way ’ rather than ‘ stop ’ .
15 This amalgam of experience will embody itself in the final shape and fitting of a lifeboat that is designed to take the RNLI into the 21st century .
16 Though a diligent search of the green mist that is starting to hide the larch branches fails to find a listening hen , he presumably knows what he is doing .
17 Backbenchers also noted , and liked , the political populism that is starting to become the Major hallmark — good news for the football-watching , pipe-smoking , beer-drinking man on a modest income , less good news for directors with free flats and swanky company cars .
18 The latter are in some sense ‘ given ’ to individuals in the act of observing , but there is no straightforward step from those private experiences ( which will depend on factors peculiar to each individual observer such as his expectations , prior knowledge , etc. ) to an observation statement that is meant to describe the observed situation .
19 Satellite communications provide a way round this , and now Iridium Inc — a company founded recently by a consortium of companies including Motorola Inc — is to place a constellation of 66 satellites around the earth , costing $3,000m , for a commercial service that is expected to span the globe by 1998 .
20 Satellite communications provide a way round this , and now Iridium Inc — a company founded recently by a consortium of companies including Motorola Inc — is to place a constellation of 66 satellites around the earth , costing $3bn , for a commercial service that is expected to span the globe by 1998 .
21 The implementation and assessment that is needed to implement the Care Programme Approach has moved on to allow the introduction of a comprehensive care management system .
22 The situation is now so critical that the very structure that is needed to use the aid effectively has disintegrated .
23 An important part of the effort at each centre will be devoted to technical issues relating to the development of the software that is needed to make the information more accessible to potential users .
24 Mr Ryabov 's defection will give them enough votes to block the two-thirds majority that is needed to change the constitution .
25 Clientcentred care is care that is delivered to meet the particular needs of the client , and that is why identifying the client really is is so important .
26 You need to ask not only whether the actual care is specifically designed for that individual , but also whether it is given at a time that is chosen to suit the person , and possibly family and friends who may be involved .
27 RAF Uxbridge is the current holder of the Jolliffe Trophy , which is awarded to the unit that is judged to provide the best standard of catering for all three messes .
28 Based on 10 Megabit ethernet cards which support most kinds of ethernet backbones ( the type of cabling system that is used to connect the network up ) Mainlan is not too difficult to install , although you do really require a basic knowledge of memory configurations in PCs to get the best out of it .
29 Comparative analysis is an international marketing research technique that is used to analyse the effectiveness of marketing expenditures .
30 The point is that the psychophysical approach forces you to develop a model of how the system , in this instance the mechanisms of colour discrimination , might work and it is this model that is used to guide the direct physiological measurements .
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