Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Straw is to write to Transport Secretary John MacGregor urging a probe to discover why the vandals were n't spotted and whether cash cuts were to blame . |
| 2 | The proposal that drama somehow became more sophisticated with an interest in psychology adopted by Shakespeare and Jacobean dramatists is to come to Renaissance drama with a presumption that literary sophistication is the representation of psychological interiority , a view largely derived from the centrality of late nineteenth and early twentieth century novels within a reading experience . |
| 3 | His latest appointment with the firm is to work as service manager for the whole of South Africa . |
| 4 | One way of improving the situation is to compromise on frame rate , amount of the screen used for the video , or both . |
| 5 | ‘ You have n't been pressured into any further interrogation , not only because of the condition you were in for so long , ’ Munro said , ‘ but because we know everything there is to know about Operation Eagle . ’ |
| 6 | Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow . |
| 7 | Karsten believes the UK 's fundamental folly is to sell on alcohol content rather than on flavour . |
| 8 | My aim today is to look at government policy on employment and training , and point up some of the issues as they affect people with disabilities . |
| 9 | Since QA listings and approvals use the most CPU , and also elapsed time , another check is to look at LIFESPAN Option 1.5.6 , All Current QA Activities Enquiries , and wait until all packages are in state IN PREP or PREPARED . |
| 10 | Now we 've all seen the intestacy there 's another little bit I like to deal with at this point er which is to do with inheritance tax . |
| 11 | Yes , well you are talking about children 's services , but , I , I think if Mr 's going to talk later to this , if you want , but we are absolutely at the moment , we know that eighty nine percent of work at the child care centre is to do with child protection with to deal with it , and by that I mean abuse , physical and sexual abuse , er , concerns about that and a lot of that of course is , is tied up in procedural ways , and we 're dealing with events almost after the situation has er , got going , er , and of course , with the courts , you know that we 've got duties in relation to the courts , that we , we have to fulfil or else we are the subject of criticism from the er , courts , and we have been rapped at various er , times . |
| 12 | And I think it 's very important that people can come and talk to you and some representative 's of the board because there is unrest Tom and I 'm not prepared to stick my neck out and say in what quarter this lies but it can be got over it can be ironed out because running a theatre is to do with team spirit and that team spirit get 's conveyed to the public . |
| 13 | Conservative candidate Michael Bates is to press for Cattesty Beach at Skinningrove to be designated a bathing beach . |
| 14 | The main emphasis of the charity department , which is based at 9 Clarendon Street , is to deal with disability benefit queries . |
| 15 | As Spence ( 1975 ) says , " the firm , in large part , consists of non-market institutions whose function is to deal with resource allocation in the presence of informational constraints that markets handle poorly or do not handle at all " ( p. 164 ) . |
| 16 | The second alternative is to deal with library censorship on the individual and professional level . |
| 17 | If the scheme is to qualify for grant aid , the benefit-cost assessment must show that the present value of all the benefits derived from the scheme exceed the present value of all the costs . |
| 18 | Local Alliance councillor Jim Rooney is to call for council support for the residents at the next full meeting of the borough council later this month . |
| 19 | If your computer supports graphics , and most do , the first thing to do is to change from text mode ( the mode that DOS sets up for you ) into graphics mode . |
| 20 | EAST Lothian District is to charge for waste collection from commercial premises from August , it was announced yesterday . |
| 21 | Well the first thing is to make sure that the magistrates and the police use their licencing powers to crack down on illegal drinking , that is to say under age drinking , and to crack down on unruly pubs and the hours that discos are open and that 's beginning to happen . |
| 22 | The only ‘ sanction ’ against them is to resort to world public opinion' ( Cassese , 1979 , p. 165 ) . |
| 23 | BISHOP of Chelmsford the Rt Rev John Waine is to speak on draft legislation for the ordination of women at a meeting of the diocesan synod later this week . |
| 24 | I mean you , the , the more you argue the south is a viable economic system , the less there is to gain from land reform . |
| 25 | MADONNA 'S backing singer Niki Harris is to star as jazz singer Billie Holiday . |
| 26 | He is to star in Death Wish Five and plans to go on to Death Wish Six and Seven . |