Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If just a few processes need soft water , it is practicable to pipe the soft water to the machines concerned . |
| 2 | That has now been achieved and , although we know that a long road awaits the negotiators , it is refreshing to see the leaders of the Palestinian people at the conference table and to watch their demeanour as they approach the massive problems . |
| 3 | When the Davy Lamp is taken into air that contains more than 5 per cent of firedamp , or if the air passing the lamp is suddenly contaminated to that extent , the air inside the lamp explodes and puts out the light but the mesh prevents the explosion being transmitted to the air outside the lamp Thus although the miner is put in the dark he is alive to tell the tale . |
| 4 | With regard to the control of corporate crime , there is little to deter the corporate criminal . |
| 5 | Through the fifteenth-century wooden door there is little to detain the visitor , just a few tantalizing traces of eleventh-century frescoes . |
| 6 | If there is little to distinguish the Christian from his non-Christian neighbour , then discipleship can have little significance . |
| 7 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 8 | Thus , it is unnecessary to consider the alternative ground of maladministration . |
| 9 | Communication between firms is unnecessary to achieve the market equilibrium , since this is done by the firms independently thinking through the logic of the situation . |
| 10 | Events have also shown that in this day and age the exercise of a right to silence affords protection for the guilty and is unnecessary to safeguard the innocent . |
| 11 | It is undesirable to finish the approach with very little airbrake , although even this situation , from the point of view of an accurate touch down , is better than full airbrake and too much speed causing the glider to overshoot the point . |
| 12 | Unlisted Securities Market-quoted Sherwood , chaired by David Parker , is due to report the 30 per cent-plus profits increase on Tuesday . |
| 13 | She is due to join the other royals , including estranged husband Prince Andrew , at Sandringham 's Christmas church service . |
| 14 | But National , which is due to join the stockmarket next month , never suffers from leaves on the line , says McEnhill , and BR 's privatisation should force rail fares higher and speed the closure of routes . |
| 15 | There will be some red tape to cut through as Hodkinson is due to defend the WBC title against mandatory number one challenger Kevin Kelley of the USA . |
| 16 | Tomorrow Gooch is due to bequeath the bat with which he made 333 against India in the Test here two years ago to the Lord 's museum . |
| 17 | I understand that the Scrutiny Committee is due to examine the detailed text on 27 November , and we certainly plan to have a debate in early December . |
| 18 | The news comes just days before Stratus is due to take the lid off a nest of new symmetric multi-processing systems built around the Intel 80860XP RISC ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 19 | But the mother of three , whose son Anthony is due to take the tests in English , Maths and Science in the autumn , said : ‘ They do n't scare me . |
| 20 | AFF is due to publish the hefty State of the Environment later this year . |
| 21 | Monica is due to hit the big screen in January with the release of Dracula . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , his book , Black Coffee Blues , is due to hit the shops in mid-December . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Twinhead 's Twinstation MP , a dual-processor Sparctstaion 2-compatible offering , already out in the US , is due to hit the UK shortly according to director , Allen Wu . |
| 24 | Leicestershire County Council is due to give the go-ahead to mine 1.5 million tonnes of coal a year from the north-east Leicestershire coal field on 14 April . |
| 25 | He borrows Grayson 's typewriter , with which he rewrites the paper he is due to give the next day ( scene ten ) . |
| 26 | Last season 's player of the year is due to miss the Bradford game and the following midweek home clash with Reading because of an accumulation of penalty points , but there is now a question mark over whether he will have to serve a three match or one match ban . |
| 27 | The Home Office is due to close the prison in 2 years time , with the building being passed on to Oxfordshire County Council for a nominal £9,000 . |
| 28 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 29 | The Congress , which is expected to last 10 days , is due to consider the economic crisis and hear a state-of-the-nation report from Mr Yeltsin . |
| 30 | The High Court is due to consider the case tomorrow of Hillsborough disaster victim Tony Bland , 21 . |