Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [noun pl] to the " in BNC.

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1 The main purpose of this paper , apart from saluting a distinguished colleague , is to alert excavators to the possible existence of evidence which could help to refine and clarify this present vague outline .
2 In this the aim is to find answers to the following questions :
3 Teachers must always realise that the ‘ obvious purpose of school is to fit children to the society in which they will grow up ’ .
4 Where are two methods of dry lining walls using plasterboard ; one is to fix battens to the wall and nail the plasterboard to them , and the other is to fix the plasterboard directly to the wall using a plaster-like adhesive .
5 If the point of inducing labour is to reduce risks to the neonate then it may be failing .
6 The second is to add factors to the scoring system that take into account the interventions that have to be performed to achieve the physiological result .
7 In time leaders may emerge but our aim is to beat competitors to the cream of the graduate field , young people who will really enjoy our industry .
8 The purpose of the present chapter is to review approaches to the interrelationship between politics and organization by identifying and sketching two types of interpretation .
9 Indeed , extra-curricular activity includes attracting as much media attention as possible as a member of Act-Up , the New York activists whose purpose is to elevate Aids to the top of government priorities .
10 One priority is to introduce students to the notion of the ‘ development ’ of children 's writing abilities .
11 Mac users will know how important it is to drag icons to the correct position .
12 Our policy is to make changes to the structure of local government in the shire counties .
13 One thing she can do is to make appointments to the state 's numerous policy-making commissions and boards .
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