Example sentences of "is [prep] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far so good , but is like being compared to like ? |
| 2 | It is like being attached to the free end of a rope ; a gentle pull at one end means a vicious kick at the other . |
| 3 | Ground capacity at the club is to be cut to under 19,000 while rebuilding work goes ahead and chairman Sir John Hall said : ‘ Our own supporters come first . ’ |
| 4 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |
| 5 | The key announcement was that mortgage interest tax relief is to be cut to 20 per cent from 25 per cent on 6 April , 1994 . |
| 6 | Your aim is to be appointed to a society committee or a committee of the Union . |
| 7 | A fourth consultant is to be appointed to the ear , nose and throat department at Darlington Memorial Hospital to help cut junior doctors ' hours . |
| 8 | At the end of the year the diary is to be presented to the Zaire government as an official record of the school 's activities . |
| 9 | The claim is to be presented to the UN Compensation Commission , but the commission " set up after the war to co-ordinate claims against Iraq " has few funds at its disposal . |
| 10 | A Bill extending the grounds on which terrorist suspects can be handed over is to be presented to the Dail early in the next session . |
| 11 | A BUGATTI motor boat found resting in mud in France is to be flown to its wealthy owner in California next month , 10 years after work began on restoring it at a Thames boatyard . |
| 12 | Part of the Potting Shed is to be converted to a facility for weaning and hardening micropropagated material . |
| 13 | The former Ironworks pub at Coulson Street , Spennymoor , is to be converted to a car repair garage . |
| 14 | Production each year is to be matched to sales and estimates of sales are 1,000 units in year one , 2,500 units in year two . |
| 15 | A permanent memorial is to be built to the two Glasgow University Mountaineering Club members , Brian Meers and Patrick Grey , who died on the Observatory Ridge of Ben Nevis in January . |
| 16 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 17 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 18 | In their natural environment , ramblers spread and sprawl over the ground or up into and over other plants or objects that offer support — a more literal name would be ‘ scrambler ’ — and their frequent use is to be tied to and draped over arches , pergolas , fences and similar supports . |
| 19 | Henceforth to be a Christian is to be united to the risen Christ through the adoption of the Spirit . |
| 20 | In a case where the driver 's option is to be explained to him under section 8(2) , the driver should be told that if he exercises the right to have a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) , it will be for the constable to decide whether that specimen is to be of blood or urine and , if the constable intends to require a specimen of blood to be taken by a medical practitioner , the driver should be told that his only right to object to giving blood and to give urine instead will be for medical reasons to be determined by the medical practitioner . |
| 21 | A perk of the office is to be invited to lunch with the Queen every few years . |
| 22 | Williams argues in this issue that there should be scope for a third verdict ( in addition to ‘ guilty ’ or ‘ not guilty ’ of abusing market power ) , where the market situation , though not the firms ' conduct , is not conducive to competition or economic efficiency , and on this basis is to be declared to be against the public interest . |
| 23 | If power is to be devolved to the people they must learn how to use power . |
| 24 | The procedure whereby the pre-emptive offer is to be communicated to the shareholders is laid down in section 90 . |
| 25 | Jaguar shareholders will be sent details of Ford 's £1.6billion takeover terms in a circular due to be posted today to shareholders in the UK and also the US , where a simultaneous offer is to be made to investors holding Jaguar shares in the form of American Depository Receipts . |
| 26 | No adjustment is to be made to the carrying value of prepaid advertising brochure and directory costs to take account of the sale of the company or any proposed change of name |
| 27 | Employees must notify their Head of Department where the normal mode of transport is changed and the Head of Department will determine if any adjustment is to be made to compensation and arrangements . |
| 28 | Where execution of a warrant or variation of a district judge 's order is concerned , application is to be made to the district judge , and in the case of variation of a judge 's order to the judge ( Order 49 , r 6 ; order in Form 32(4) ) . |
| 29 | For committals under the Attachment of Earnings Act , application is to be made to the judge ( Ord 27 , r 8(2) , ( 3 ) , ( 4 ) ) . |
| 30 | In Staines Warehousing Co Ltd v Montagu Executor & Trustee Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 EGLR 130 the court held that where a lease provides that an application to appoint a surveyor is to be made to a specified appointing body like the RICS , the application had to follow the procedures laid down by that appointing body . |