Example sentences of "is [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where tools and equipment are too bulky to store or too expensive to buy for occasional use , the answer is to go to one of the many hire shops . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Lilley should go to any city in this country and try to live with nothing … find how degrading it is to go to those places and ask for blankets and ask for food . ’ |
| 3 | The largest increase in funding is to go to coastal conservation , which received an increase of 25 per cent to 134 million francs , followed by money to rehabilitate degraded areas . |
| 4 | In 1991-92 , the TDC had a budget allocation of £51 million , which it is using to great effect . |
| 5 | However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc . |
| 6 | The solutions should then be discussed with the in-bureau tutor who is assigned to each trainee . |
| 7 | A grammatical score is assigned to each grammar tag based on the probability of the transitions that it occurs in . |
| 8 | During her training , a student is assigned to various clinical areas for periods of six to twelve weeks . |
| 9 | The attribute , describing the spherical seating of the lever into the cover , is assigned to both sets as attribute |
| 10 | Yet changes which at first seem major or dramatic often fade in significance as parts of them are assimilated into school operation or attention is diverted to newer concerns . |
| 11 | In the Aryan conception , human evil ( guilt and suffering ) is traced to active sacrilege , which is masculine ( der Frevel ) and committed by a man . |
| 12 | ‘ is to assure to each member state a share of the Community 's total allowable catch , determined essentially on the basis of the catches from which traditional fishing activities , the local populations dependent on fisheries and related industries of that member state benefited before the quota system was established . ’ |
| 13 | This is intended to both inform theories of driver behaviour and to provide a realistic applied test of and extension to theories about emotional arousal and memory which have been developed in other areas . |
| 14 | These are realistic enough , for we have copied layouts and borrowed phrases from genuine examples , but we must stress that no resemblance is intended to any actual organization or individual . |
| 15 | As has already been said , prisoners frequently ’ engage in conduct which is intended to further common purpose of overthrowing lawful authority in that prison ’ . |
| 16 | They were pilgrims in this world , aliens in the society of their pagan fellows , but they knew they were part of a vast community : ‘ this church which is now travelling on its journey , is joined to that heavenly church where we have the angels as our fellow-citizens ’ , said Augustine , faithfully echoing the conviction of all early Christians . |
| 17 | Where drains are connected to the public sewer , they can either be single , where each house has its own connection , or communal , where each house is joined to one big pipe which goes to the sewer . |
| 18 | Normally , one only meets a non-cumulative several liability where it is annexed to joint liability . |
| 19 | Yes Doris is seeing to that |
| 20 | It is to attend to all his master 's needs . |
| 21 | The company says it is porting to other platforms in September , hinting at ICL and Hewlett Packard . |
| 22 | The Finnish government is to appeal to other Western countries to give aid to East European countries in the form of technical , industrial and scientific expertise rather than direct financial help . |
| 23 | Instead of being largely obscured , as it is in the conventional process , the beautiful grain of the timber is highlighted to stunning effect . |
| 24 | Embroidery is taught to many of the girls at various centres established by ‘ Families for Children ’ and very high standards of craftsmanship are frequently achieved . |
| 25 | GEOGRAPHY is taught to Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies levels and we are one of only a few schools to offer GEOLOGY Higher Grade . |
| 26 | We organize family accommodation and , as classes take place in schools where English is taught to local inhabitants , there is every opportunity for making friends and for conversation exchange . |
| 27 | One does not wish to repeat oneself unduly and the reader is referred to other parts of this book which have relevance in this matter of sexual offences against children ( see Chapters 4 and 5 ) . |
| 28 | The reader is referred to other sources for a proper treatment of these matters . |
| 29 | This experience is referred to many times in the Cantos : what its author most values in theory , the weighing of syllables in the line and the leading on of the reader 's breath from one syllable to the next . |
| 30 | Lennie 's ultimate paradise in this dream is to get to tend rabbits , and this is referred to all the time throughout the book , adding to the sense of impending tragedy which exists all the way through the book , until the tragedy actually occurs . |