Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a pseudo-sophistication in our understanding of sexuality and its relation to human actions , for we have not grasped how very difficult it is to cope with all its manifestations . |
| 2 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 3 | Alison Halford has dropped her sex discrimination case against Merseyside Police and announced that she is to retire on medical grounds with a lump sum payment and pension . |
| 4 | R. Knowland , CChem , FRSC , is to retire as managing director of British Petroleum . |
| 5 | A PARISH council clerk is to retire in three months time after five years service . |
| 6 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 7 | The fear is that 65 per cent of this sum is to go into nuclear power , on the grounds of its low levels of greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 8 | For older people he is implicitly saying that the usual pattern is to go into residential care ’ . |
| 9 | The Government say that in all this , one of their main aims is to go for greater local accountability , er but this h people can hardly claim to know more about the community than the elected representatives , or more for example about educational or social service activities which can be relevant to police concerns and there are many local government member as enquiries have shown who can claim outside management and financial expertise . |
| 10 | Your second option is to go for tailor-made and professionallyinstalled doors that combine the latest design and construction techniques with materials that promise minimal maintenance , and which include the bonus of having extra-wide sealed-unit double glazing and built-in weather-stripping . |
| 11 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 12 | In Bristol , often the pressure is to go for high status careers . |
| 13 | The best way of escaping from the top-ropers is to go on one of the long classics . |
| 14 | I am sure they had the pious hope that this foundation would actually serve to increase the nation 's general fitness by pumping money into sport , but if the money is to go on improving facilities at cricket clubs and down the country , then a large number of cricketers who rely on lousy playing conditions for their place in the side will be forced into retirement . |
| 15 | The Tale of the Nail is to go on national tour in October , accompanied by workshops and teaching materials . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | An alternative is to go onto front points for the turn . |
| 20 | It will be quite hard as well cos say something 's coming up behind you , the only way you can see is to go like that . |
| 21 | The report just released by the Royal College of Physicians on Care of Elderly People shows just how far there is to go in improving services for mentally ill elderly people and their carers . |
| 22 | This leaves the designer with the choices of moving the hole , moving the bolt in the instrument , moving the whole instrument , or declaring a new relationship ( the bolt is to go in another hole ) . |
| 23 | Norway has announced that it is to kill between 300 and 800 minke whales this year . |
| 24 | The problem with such large fields is that it means a lot of walking , but the alternative is to search in smaller fields , which is not a good alternative . |
| 25 | The classic way to provide for school fees is to invest with one of the major life companies , which will pay out money each term when fees are due . |
| 26 | Surely the best way to protect the environment is to invest in better public transport and build fewer roads ? |
| 27 | The aim is to invest in Chinese stocks and shares which stand to benefit from the upsurge in economic growth which China is experiencing . |
| 28 | The usual advice is to wait for three menstrual cycles to go by , which is roughly the same as three months . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Decide where insert is to fall within existing recording |