Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the books are on a spinner the front book is mercilessly bent forward to see the books behind . |
| 2 | Remember that the additional information given in the examples above by drawing pitch levels and movements between lines is only included here to make the examples clearer and is not normally given with our system of transcription , so all the important information about intonation must be given by the marks placed in the text . |
| 3 | Payment under such pressure establishes that the payment is not made voluntarily to close the transaction . |
| 4 | If the money supply is not expanded sufficiently to meet this demand , interest rates will rise , this in turn will discourage some investment and so contribute to the slowing down in the growth of output and eventually lead to the upper turning-point . |
| 5 | It must be stated at this point that it is not intended here to suggest that there is a conspiracy on the part of doctors to deprive patients of their rights , or that doctors act out of ill will . |
| 6 | History is not taught just to produce future generations of history teachers and history graduates ! |
| 7 | A licensee of licensed premises is not permitted knowingly to sell liquor to a person under 18 , to allow a person under 18 to consume liquor in a bar , or to allow anyone else to make such a sale . |
| 8 | She , however , is not changed sufficiently to love George , although she does feel a strong emotional tug towards him . |
| 9 | In a country where public education is sketchy , it is a double tragedy that TV air time is not used both to teach the three ‘ R's and supplement the four hours per day schooling . |
| 10 | This is not needed merely to run the factories properly — which is what foreign managers ' present jobs mainly amount to . |
| 11 | It is not thought enough to ban unofficial political activity , institute press censorship and monopolise the means of communication , since at most these measures serve a negative purpose . |
| 12 | The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain either argument . |
| 13 | Under Ord 50 , r 4A where under the rules a document is to be prepared by the court , that document may , if the proper officer so allows , be prepared by the plaintiff ( or applicant ) and , where a document is so produced the plaintiff is not required also to file a request but must provide a sufficient number of copies of the document for the court 's use . |
| 14 | It is one-trial , because it requires only a single peck for the bird to learn ; it is avoidance because the result of the learning is for the bird to stop doing something it otherwise would ; and it is passive because the bird is not required actively to avoid , as it would if it had to escape from some unpleasant condition , but merely to refrain from pecking . |
| 15 | The excess is easily peeled away to leave a perfect matching join . |
| 16 | In practice , however , the term is normally used only to describe hand-made rugs produced by traditional methods in the ancient weaving regions of Persia ( Iran ) , Anatolia ( Turkey ) Afghanistan , the Caucasus , Baluchistan , Turkestan , China , India , Pakistan , the Balkans and parts of North Africa . |
| 17 | the external design is nevertheless made everywhere to result from the necessities of the interior : the positions of the windows are decided not so much with regard to external effect , as with reference to the rooms they light ; and even the heights of stories will be found to vary in parts to suit internal convenience . |
| 18 | But if Prince pleases , in music , in bed , it 's because nothing is ever done just to please . |
| 19 | Analgesia is usually given regularly to ensure that pain is kept under control at all times . |
| 20 | An allocation is usually set aside to cover the purchase of readers ' requests ( for older material ) . |
| 21 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 22 | A system of flags is also stored here to indicate whether the word must begin with a capital to form a valid word , if the word is a common mis-spelling and a flag detailing whether the word can begin a compound stored in the compound tree . |
| 23 | The computer is also programmed automatically to store the actual date of data entry , without displaying this information . |
| 24 | Just when the pleasure seems greatest , an organ is conscientiously lifted aloft to provide a medical close-up . |
| 25 | The money raised is now used principally to provide Ilkley with its Christmas lights , but local charities also benefit . |
| 26 | Nathan is now experienced enough to know that wet feet and the Arctic are a poor mix and is out of the hole like a rabbit . |
| 27 | All this is often put forward to support the extended use of audio-visual and other media in schools and colleges : we are to use them because they are so ubiquitously there . |
| 28 | The grass is then sown and it is periodically burnt thereafter to improve palatability . |
| 29 | That term is sometimes used loosely to refer to travellers and persons of nomadic habits , and in Mills v. Cooper a Divisional Court accorded the term such a meaning for the purposes of the Highways Act , which made it an offence for a gypsy to encamp on a highway . |
| 30 | One is hard pressed even to find them in London . |