Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence it is vain to go to historical consciousness for the truest meaning . |
| 2 | There is little to say about this except that if living alone is a new experience for you you will tend to buy too much at first and waste a lot unless you cook and freeze . |
| 3 | There is little to do to container-grown herbs during their growth any more than there is to their open-ground counterparts . |
| 4 | However , it is important to remember that there is little to choose between Labour and Tory attitudes to Scottish independence . |
| 5 | It is unnecessary to refer to any other provisions of the scheme because I have already quoted the corresponding provisions in the Act . |
| 6 | If these remedies are being taken , it is undesirable to continue for longer than three weeks unless the patient is under medical supervision . |
| 7 | He will replace existing director Donald Main , who is due to retire in 1995 . |
| 8 | This fragmentation will be further increased if and when a proposed new national commercial Channel 5 is added to the available terrestrial TV services : this is due to happen by 1995 , but there are doubts about its viability , and the precise format will remain unclear until a contractor is appointed , after a non-decision by the government in late 1992 . |
| 9 | More than £1.2 billion was handed over last year , although the amount is due to decline until 1998 when the levy will be discontinued . |
| 10 | Miss Johansen is due to leave in five weeks . |
| 11 | An earlier decision by the same judge preventing the four from organising or inciting mass pickets at the factory is due to go before three appeal judges next week . |
| 12 | An earlier decision by the same judge preventing the four from organising or inciting mass pickets at the factory is due to go before three appeal judges next week . |
| 13 | At the Poly , where we are already catering for 400 students , a new canteen designed by CCG is due to open in 1992 to serve 1000 students . |
| 14 | The link with France which is due to open in 1986 will have capacity equivalent to a 2000 MW power station . |
| 15 | The Wolds remand prison in Humberside is due to open in 10 days . |
| 16 | The £27m development is due to open in late summer with C&A the main anchor store . |
| 17 | The tunnel is due to open in 1993 . |
| 18 | The mine is due to open in 1993 . |
| 19 | The hospital is due to open in 1993 . |
| 20 | The new limits also cover the controversial Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant ( THORP ) , which is due to open in 1993 and will handle spent uranium fuel from decommissioned Magnox reactors . |
| 21 | Labour 's electoral college is due to meet on 18 July . |
| 22 | This rulemaking exercise will be undertaken by the preparatory Commission for the ISA and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ( PREPCOM ) , which is due to meet on 15 March in Jamaica . |
| 23 | A public inquiry into the proposal is due to start on 8 June . |
| 24 | In the meantime , development work is continuing on the European fighter and production is due to start in 1997 . |
| 25 | of all Government-funded research and development has a military purpose and next year that figure is due to rise to 48 per cent ? |
| 26 | Borrowers pay 14.5 per cent interest , though it is due to rise to 15.5 per cent on 1 November . |
| 27 | Although the project is due to run for another year , the county council 's planning department hope information will be made available this summer . |
| 28 | Project Universe is due to end in 1985 , but there are moves to have the whole scheme extended , perhaps to researchers who just want to use the network to do day-to-day work . |
| 29 | The IAC reported for the last time in January this year and , under the terms of the 1990 continuation order , the 1987 Act is due to expire on 31 March 1992 . |
| 30 | Under the existing Gramm-Rudman law , the deficit is due to shrink to zero by 1993 . |