Example sentences of "is [verb] [to-vb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence is accumulating to show that gut epithelial cells interact closely with adjacent mononuclear cells . |
| 2 | The programme is intended to ensure that people can make profit out of public service rather than to achieve the goals that we see as important for ourselves . |
| 3 | It 's the clash that all Britain is aching to see and Bruno , firmly back on the comeback trail after two straight KO 's ca n't wait . |
| 4 | The institution is expected to wait until investigations are complete and criminal responsibilities are more clearly defined before bringing charges . |
| 5 | As a compromise , the Administration is expected to insist that vapour traps are installed directly onto petrol pumps . |
| 6 | The final axe is expected to come after Birt takes over as the new director general in March . |
| 7 | A Home Office Advisory Working Group , chaired by Judge Pigot , on the question of children 's evidence will report imminently and is expected to recommend that children as young as four or five should be allowed to give evidence if a judge rules that they are competent . |
| 8 | Examination of the quality of management decisions is included to ensure that lessons are learnt for the future and to provide data needed for the revision of systems if this proves to be necessary . |
| 9 | A trial run along both lines is recommended to ensure that planning is correct . |
| 10 | The system is designed to see that student decision-making is well informed . |
| 11 | An Enhanced Routing/Load Balancing is designed to ensure that system resources are used effectively by intelligently allocating resources and an Automatic Throughput Optimization feature is designed to improve system utilisation , ensure consistent response time and cut overall application development costs in a dynamic workload environment by adding , or subtracting copies of the application to meet current demands . |
| 12 | It is designed to ensure that students gain full benefit from the video , and provides a variety of reading material from newspapers and other authentic sources , paralleling the items on the video . |
| 13 | The General Product Safety Directive ( 92/59/EEC ) is designed to ensure that products placed on the market in member states are safe for consumers to use . |
| 14 | Mr Bland said last night : ‘ Our scheme is designed to ensure that LWT is in a position to make and broadcast programmes at the weekend from 1993 onwards . ’ |
| 15 | A spokesman told us : ’ The new procedure is designed to ensure that people who are genuinely ill do not face dismissal . ’ |
| 16 | In recent weeks the whole issue of prison conditions has been pushed to the forefront of public debate , following reports that Home Secretary Michael Howard is said to believe that conditions in many prisons are ‘ too lax ’ . |
| 17 | A double dissociation is said to occur when Lesion 1 produces a deficit on Task A , but not Task B , while Lesion 2 gives a deficit on Task B but not Task A. A good example of this approach is the work of Schneider ( 1967 ) , who studied visually guided behaviour in hamsters . |
| 18 | Fluorescence is said to occur where emission ceases almost immediately after withdrawal of the exciting source and where there is no thermal cause , whereas in phosphorescence the emission decays for some time after removal of excitation . |
| 19 | A government advisory committee is meeting to decide whether organo-phosphates or O Ps as the chemicals are known , are safe for continued use . |
| 20 | Aggression is related to anger and hostility ; whereas meaness relates to spitefulness and untrustworthiness . |
| 21 | It attacks Christianity for its doctrine of the Incarnation , which is seen to suggest that God could be a human being . |
| 22 | Once new laws have been passed , workplace action is needed to ensure that employers comply with the new legislation . |
| 23 | However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods . |
| 24 | Good drainage and foundations are needed in the rick-yard to keep the crops above the wet , and a skill — rare these days — is needed to build and straw-thatch a stable rick . |
| 25 | It is reassuring to remember that fact when we lie awake worrying about how we are going to feel next day . |
| 26 | So it is reassuring to recognise that London is not alone . |
| 27 | It is reassuring to know that experiments performed in these three rather different time-free environments have all given results like those shown in Fig. 2.2 . |
| 28 | It is reassuring to know that Gallacher was one of the players chosen to represent Scotland when the national team played its first overseas international against France in May 1930 . |
| 29 | However , a husband has no other relationship that he is told to love as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . |
| 30 | The drinking-horn of Rorie More ; his Cascade in the gardens ; the means by which attention is drawn to cannon and architecture ; the tight directions which the visitor must follow — this is no casual throwing-open for the curious and homageous , this is big business , as at Cawdor , although less kempt . |