Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | To visit the Lovell village of Puebla Aida is to see possibly the greatest commitment by any developer to real individuality and imagination . |
2 | The obvious way of handling things is to connect together the two 0 volt terminals in order to give the central 0 volt output . |
3 | Often books will have a list of different places ; the convention is to choose only the first . |
4 | will be the respect and regard with which the populace hold their own Chiefs and Elders , and not him , combined with general good relations between the private individuals which compose the clan , and the general prosperity of the unit … where the policy of the government is to rule indirectly the political officer must be satisfied with the knowledge , locked securely in his breast , that he is very important to the native population although they are not aware of it . |
5 | For a human swimmer , to step on one of these almost invisible bottom-dwellers is to experience perhaps the worst possible pain . |
6 | Another approach is to apply consistently the supposed advantages of present spelling . |
7 | ‘ The aim is to draw together the various industry bodies so we can discuss issues of common interest . |
8 | Another simple way to continue a theme is to use exactly the same phrase , but beginning on another note , usually higher . |
9 | The final stage in preparing the ground for the elaboration of particular arguments for specific groups is to put forward the broad arguments presented by the National Curriculum History Working Group in their formal report in April 1990 . |
10 | But I believe that what you should do with trying to come to estimates of housing provision , is to put together the best technical assumptions that you can , to then sit down and take a long hard look at the figures based on the erm the policies of the County Council as approved by the Secretary of State in previous structure plan approvals , the current government policy . |
11 | ICL Plc is to market worldwide the 400 and 600 LPM line printers from Output Technology Corp Europe BV , the Hoofddorp , Netherlands-based subsidiary of Output Technology Corp , under a three year , $7m contract : they will replace ICL 's traditional line printers for Unix systems and be targeted at local government and large corporate customers ; ICL will directly market the printers under its own LP400 and LP600 label though its resellers will likely handle some sales . |
12 | A refinement is to transplant only the so-called beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans , the picturesquely named nodes of tissue which actually produce the insulin . |
13 | One neutral viewpoint is to consider formally the relative advantages and limitations of men and machines . |
14 | The aim of the single market is to integrate progressively the distinct national markets which have for so long characterised trade between EC member states , with the object of providing opportunities for economic growth irrespective of the location of producer , supplier , wholesaler , retailer or customer . |
15 | As well as being visually inspired and scientifically informed , the book 's main achievement is to review thoroughly the congruent symmetries . |
16 | The immediate aim is to develop further the marine business , in which Courtaulds is market leader , serving the vast number of sea and river craft . |
17 | This function is more fully described elsewhere but the idea is to raise artificially the idle speed when the throttle stick is pulled right back . |
18 | ‘ What you 've done , Mr Brown , ’ said the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire with icy rage , ‘ is to blow away the biggest drug-bust this county was ever likely to have and now , I fear , never will have . |
19 | The aim of his book is to explain historically the intellectual origins of the ‘ Keynesian revolution ’ . |
20 | Its purpose is to survey systematically the whole sky in the infrared , from a vantage point well above the obscuring effects of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
21 | The overall goal is to improve both the angular and spectral resolution of gamma-ray observations . |
22 | A possibility next year is to bring forward the Central Wales Line trip — assuming that we do n't try another line — to make a point about BR 's cancellation of the evening trains for the duration of the winter timetable . |