Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At the time of writing , some of us are wondering whether the call of God is to plant our next church in a local pub . |
2 | On the contrary , BMW — which is to celebrate its 75th anniversary soon — greeted the announcement of the S-class with undisguised glee while sitting back to count record orders for its new 3-series and boast about production figures for its V12 — now running at 80 per day when the original target had been 10 to 15 . |
3 | ‘ He 's done that and now the challenge is to keep his first team shirt . |
4 | Washington area is to have its first meeting on March 17 at Wearside TEC . |
5 | ALDERSHOT , home of the Army , is to have its first woman commander . |
6 | So the best thing to do is to have it last thing at night as you plonk your head on the pillow . |
7 | The accuracy of that contention has been challenged at the Sizewell inquiry where a Central Electricity Generating Board witness , board member John Baker , is to face his first bout of full cross-examinations . |
8 | The new city of Milton Keynes is to get its second aqueduct after a gap of one hundred and seventy-eight years . |
9 | SDLP chairman Mark Durkan , tipped to eventually succeed party leader John Hume as Foyle MP , is to take his first steps in elective politics , it was learned today . |
10 | The soundest way of selecting Koi is to follow your first impressions BUT then ensure that the fish you have selected measures up to them . |
11 | NCR Corp 's Applied Digital Data Systems ( ADDS ) division is to show its first AlphaWindow terminal at Unix Expo to catch all those character-based applications unlikely to be converted to X : the terminal , based on AT&T 's 705MT multi-session terminal , supports the full AlphaWindow spec including mouse support and Motif-like windowing . |
12 | FORMER SDLP general secretary Patsy McGlone is to make his first foray into local government . |