Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we are trying to argue for is to try to prevent the cost , the pain , the hurt that is experienced after a divorce by alerting people to the fact that a divorce wo n't solve all their problems , it will transfer one set of problems for another and our great concern in this report is to go back one step , not just to speak to people who are experiencing hurt , but in the hope that we can say something before it reaches the stage that it had reached when they came to you . |
| 2 | A useful starting point is to go back twenty years to a time when computers were still huge , unfriendly devices demanding air-conditioned environments and costing millions . |
| 3 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 4 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will announce who is to carry out that review as soon as the consultants have been chosen . |
| 5 | Staff at the complex will shortly embark on training in disability awareness and Derry City Council is to carry out extensive renovations to the complex to improve access and comfort for people with disabilities . |
| 6 | Dell and AST have apparently been working closely with Sunsoft , say sources , and might be a good bet for the mystery OEMs Sunsoft is to trot out this week . |
| 7 | They were going to London for some weeks : they have friends in high places , you know , and the eldest Miss Bretton-Fawcett , the daughter you know , is to come out next year . |
| 8 | The purpose of the pre-hearing assessment is to sift out those applications which are unlikely to succeed . |
| 9 | The central purpose is to hammer out long-term strategies for the nation as a whole . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want you to do is to find out some information from another solicitor . ’ |
| 11 | The next priority is to screen out those inquiries which are unlikely to result in a sale . |
| 12 | The DTI is to set up working groups to examine the scope for change in some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 13 | One idea is to set up alternative decision-making processes for ‘ out-of-area ’ operations . |
| 14 | The technique in the experiments is to set up two photo-detectors on either side of the calcium or mercury source , preceded immediately by polarisers that allow through only those photons polarised in one direction ( Figure 1a ) . |
| 15 | One of the growing practices in modern legislation is to set up supervisory bodies , or ‘ watchdogs ’ , to monitor the effects of the law in society . |
| 16 | But better still , if you decide you are going to fish the same one or two swims each time , is to set up permanent anchors . |
| 17 | what , what you need to do , and the sooner you do it the better , the sooner you can get the information the better , is to set out those sort of philosophical issues |
| 18 | Alan Eastwood believes the the answer is to lock up young offenders instead of releasing them to commit further crimes . |
| 19 | Painting software 's most practical use is to clean up scanned-in photographs to improve the output quality . |
| 20 | The aim is to open up higher education to under-represented groups through provision which offers enhanced support plus guaranteed further training at the end of one year . |
| 21 | The idea is to pick up individual blocks , move them around and drop them next to matching blocks to make them disappear . |
| 22 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 23 | We go straight down and straight back and the only thing we stop for is to pick up some women at Beni Suef ! ’ |
| 24 | It 's only too easy to say , oh yes , we can make chairs … we can make kitchens and three-piece suites … grand pianos , anything you like , but what we have to do is to pick out one thing that we think is a winner and actually do that properly . ’ |
| 25 | What a gyro does do , however , is to damp out unwanted movements and allow the pilot more time to react . |
| 26 | A recommended route is to walk down one side of Lake Rotoiti and catch a water-taxi back , a stroll of about seven miles . |
| 27 | Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads . |
| 28 | The seller 's intention is to play off one buyer against another and introduce elements of haste and competitive bidding into negotiations in order to maximise the price . |
| 29 | That 's fine , now all we 've got to do is to tidy up this end of the halyard and tuck it out of the way . |
| 30 | The paper versions ( hard copy ) are extremely difficult to search through systematically , particularly if the search is to extend over several years . |