Example sentences of "it [is] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose it 's to enable blasted Bertha to remain in it — just when you have the opportunity to get her out . |
| 2 | Now if they increase their output alright that will displace imports alright , so protectionism leads to self sufficiency and by and large self sufficiency is protectionism 's raison d'etre , that 's why it 's there right it 's to increase domestic output of this particular product . |
| 3 | A leading brewery in the Fox F M area has confirmed it 's to offer financial help to pub managers faced with high Poll Tax bills . |
| 4 | This is a training session for , life assurance , well it 's to pro , it 's to provide permanent health insurance benefits , and whilst I think there 's evidence at the moment to suggest that obviously your health is in by smoking , erm , insurance companies have n't got round yet to saying it 's enough of a risk that it will keep you off work , although quite clearly I think it will . |
| 5 | In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour . |
| 6 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 7 | The controversy that has surrounded Brenner 's results illustrates how difficult it is to draw firm conclusions about the role of any one factor , such as unemployment , on a state as loosely defined as ‘ health ’ . |
| 8 | The size and price of Sharp 's range of pocket LCD TVs confirm what a nonsense it is to predict large panel screens to hang on the wall are ‘ just around the corner ’ . |
| 9 | This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available . |
| 10 | From then on he began to understand how difficult it is to control spastic muscles . |
| 11 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 12 | If it is still more important to you to enjoy your fishing , using methods and approaches more akin to your liking , than it is to catch big fish at the cost of a great deal of enjoyment , then there are still a few waters where you can use ‘ classic ’ tactics . |
| 13 | However difficult it is to measure short-term effects of library instruction , it is far more difficult to measure the long-term effects of the instruction given . |
| 14 | Easy though it is to criticize Positive Images ' theoretical short-comings , the fact is that this was almost the only group in the country that was addressing these issues at all . |
| 15 | The choice of economic incentive ultimately depends upon the purpose of this strategy , whether it is to reduce specific types of pollution generally or in given geographical areas , to reallocate funds for investment in pollution control or to compensate victims of air pollution . |
| 16 | Teacher support groups are increasingly being set up to provide the opportunity for greater honesty , and it can be less threatening for people who feel isolated to join one of these than it is to make individual overtures within their own staffroom . |
| 17 | The legislature 's vote was an embarrassment for Mr Kravchuk , but it has left Ukraine with a paralysed government at a time when the country must react swiftly if it is to survive increased prices for Russian fuel . |
| 18 | He could even turn up as one of soccer 's infamous ‘ jobsworths , ’ the stony-faced commissionaires whose job it is to keep ticketless journalists in a state of blind panic . |
| 19 | He does n't understand what it is to have real purpose , or peace . |
| 20 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 21 | The expedient of the withholding of manifestations of love from the very young child amounts to the instilling of the first tiny measure of fear , and fear , used in conjunction with reward provides the fundamental tools which the adult population must have if it is to maintain steady progress towards the civilisation it desires . |
| 22 | Experience in the United States of America , where legislative history has for many years been much more generally admissible than I am now suggesting , shows how important it is to maintain strict control over the use of such material . |
| 23 | Norway has confirmed that it is to resume scientific whaling in April and commercial whaling in May or June [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 24 | ‘ To migrate , ’ Salman Rushdie once wrote , ‘ is certainly to lose language and home , to be defined by others , to become invisible , or even worse , a target ; it is to experience deep changes and wrenches in the soul … ‘ |
| 25 | ‘ We believe it is no more difficult , no more expensive and no more labour intensive to provide healthy , nutritious , tasty , well-presented food than it is to provide unhealthy food . |
| 26 | It is an increasingly competitive market and conference organisers whose function it is to provide complete package deals for buyers are continually looking for new hotels and venues that can provide something different every year . |
| 27 | Paradoxically the more advanced the technology the easier it is to provide good simulation . |
| 28 | We have already touched on the importance of user interfaces ( see 1.4 ) and have emphasised how crucial it is to provide lay users of multimedia systems with interfaces that offer extreme friendliness without sacrificing power for simplicity . |
| 29 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 30 | Processes such as DVI , for example , will need to improve radically if it is to provide acceptable video at HDTV standards . |