Example sentences of "which is [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new PSW initiates the interrupt handling routine , a first task of which is to save the accumulator array . |
| 2 | Le Corbusier talked of the " man-of-today … following in his leisure the organic development of his existence , which is to create a family and to live , like every animal on this earth and like men of all ages , an organized family life " ( 1927p 268 ) . |
| 3 | Mr Large proposed changes to make the system work better ( see page 15 ) ; but he stopped short of the obvious answer , which is to revise the act itself . |
| 4 | But they do n't care that the only honest answer to the West Lothian Question — which is to deny the right of Scots MPs to share in legislating for England and Wales on those subjects which in Scotland have been devolved to the Scottish parliament — would render any British government unstable , since it might possess a majority on some issues but not on others . |
| 5 | In chapter 2 I discussed one of the central aims of the English curriculum , which is to extend the range of language in which children are competent . |
| 6 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
| 7 | It is not unknown for a philosopher or scientist , lured by the song of the sirens , which is to say an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics , to drift off course to a proposal as to a better or improved conception of causation . |
| 8 | Meanwhile Svidrigailov has taken over the suicide role , which is to say the blanket boredom has become positively terminal . |
| 9 | They take place in and indeed are sometimes identified in part by a location , which is to say the location of a person or other organism . |
| 10 | None of which is to say the record labels are not trying hard to stretch country where they can . |
| 11 | We linked up with the Daily Express to help run the campaign , part of which is to champion the cause of Marine Nature Reserves . |
| 12 | Moreover , not having a job strikes at that aspect of citizenship which involves the carrying out of social duties , one of which is to earn a living for oneself and one 's family . |
| 13 | As you know , SCOTVEC and colleges have been engaged in an extensive development plan , the aim of which is to transform the approach to the Advanced Courses provision . |
| 14 | He must tighten that clause and accept the argument that he claimed to be attempting to grasp , which is to target the offence on violent offenders . |
| 15 | For example , if you wish to create a new Charge Code 1234 for your LSLIVE process , which is to use the directory $DISK7 : [ CONFIG_MAN.LIFESPAN.LSLIVE.S1234 ] , follow this procedure : |
| 16 | According to Dr Declan Murphy , project director in Washington , Rome has not forgotten this help and despite a certain weariness engendered by the numerous calls for loans of 1492 material received last year , it cooperated enthusiastically with Washington over the exhibition ( which is to mark the reopening of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress after a three-year renovation ) . |
| 17 | The term ‘ flight recorder ’ is normally taken to include both the flight data recorder ( FDR ) which records the value of selected flight parameters like airspeed , altitude , magnetic heading , etc. and the cockpit voice recorder ( CVR ) , the primary purpose of which is to record the crew conversation . |
| 18 | The finished case is thrown upon the floor ; the long narrow strip which is to form the frame of the drawer is laid upon the bright strip of ready-pasted paper , then bent together and joined by an overlapping bit of paper ; the edges of paper below are bent flat , the ready-cut bottom is dropped in and pressed down and before the fingers are withdrawn they fold over the upper edges of the paper inside the top . |
| 19 | The former makes for a flexibility in design and allows for local idiosyncrasies , while the latter are slightly quicker and ensure that the craftsman spends less time working in the room which is to receive the decoration . |
| 20 | He devoted Sunday to sightseeing , including a ride on Tokyo 's subway , a trip to Asakusa Temple and a tea ceremony at Takashimaya Department Store , which is to open a branch on New York 's 5th Avenue this spring . |
| 21 | To obtain interest relief on loans to subscribe shares in a Newco which is to purchase the business of , rather than shares in , Target , it appears that management no longer has the difficulty of persuading the Revenue that Newco " exists wholly or mainly for the purpose of carrying on a trade … " , as required by s13A(2) ( a ) . |
| 22 | The fact of canonization puts any work beyond questions of establishing its merit and , instead , invites students to offer only increasingly more ingenious readings and interpretations , the purpose of which is to validate the greatness already imputed by the canonization . |
| 23 | What we are able to do in my job is to do what I was happy to do which is to give a performance in aid of a charity , one soon learns how to expend one 's energy and in which direction to focus it . |
| 24 | The problems of valuation and banding will also be compounded by the Government 's proposed method of valuation , which is to give the job to people such as estate agents who have a vested interest in ensuring that the valuations are as high as possible . |
| 25 | Much of the vessel is often black , and there seems a desire to emphasise the sharply defined contours which is to remain a feature of Greek ceramics , and mutatis mutandis of Greek art in general . |
| 26 | He takes her to live in the Valley of Paradise , where all her desires are met except one , which is to see the face of her husband . |
| 27 | The Bosnian government yesterday ordered all armed formations to submit to the Interior Ministry , which is to oversee the reorganisation of security forces into a multi-ethnic defence force , said Mr Mirsad Srebrenikovic , assistant Interior Minister . |
| 28 | Having reached a consensus on the shape of the interim administration , which is to steer the country to full democracy , and what that democracy should look like , they have come under pressure from the others involved in the stalled multi-party discussions about South Africa 's future . |
| 29 | Reid 's role in this coup is not to put money on the eventual winner but to back other horses in the race , thus distracting the bookies ' attention and stopping them pulling their usual trick which is to depress the winner 's official starting price by similar last-minute shenanigans . |
| 30 | as if this was not enough , Tom Clarke , newly returned to politics after illness , has another difficulty , which is to represent a party in the process of remodelling itself . |