Example sentences of "is [adv] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lecturer 's task is not to act in the medieval sense and be a reader of scarce books , but to explain the difficult parts of an abstruse subject . |
| 2 | As de Valois said in a lecture to teachers : ‘ It is better to have a rule to break than no rule at all if chaos is not to reign in the class-room or on the stage . ’ |
| 3 | The purpose is not to is not to train in the sense of imparting knowledge to people who do n't have it , but rather to put whatever experience they have into context , on which we can have something to contribute . |
| 4 | To start negotiations having to rely on the generosity of the other party is not to start in the strongest of positions ! |
| 5 | If cumulative selection is really to happen in the world , some entities have got to arise whose properties constitute those basic ingredients . |
| 6 | Is there in Eastern Europe a hideous environmental prototype of what is about to happen in the developing world ? |
| 7 | After years of uncertainty it now appears that a new chapter is about to open in the life of Dunkirk Mills . |
| 8 | That book of his has been finished some time , by the way , and is about to appear in the bookshops . |
| 9 | She is about to compete in the British championships in Bavaria . |
| 10 | My report on this tour concluded with the words : ‘ I shall be grateful for any suggestions as to how this Department may co-operate in helping to meet the desperately urgent situation that is about to develop in the Delta villages . ’ |
| 11 | There 's nothing quite like a good Guinness — as Sir Alec is about to prove in the TV drama A Foreign Field |