Example sentences of "is [to-vb] a particular [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A simple extension is to provide a particular value of the tag field which does not specify a data format , and which always causes an error condition to be signalled whenever an operand is accessed with this value in the tag field .
2 One is to allocate a particular colour to a number of contiguous levels in the image so that , for example , the levels 0–32 might be displayed in dark blue , 33–67 in dark green , 68–87 in cyan , and so on .
3 This is to give a particular impression of the organisation to its public .
4 Perhaps the most practical advice is to contact a particular person at the creditor 's premises and explain your financial difficulties .
5 He says social workers want to know how children will be affected if the main focus of the activity is to ensure a particular type of interview .
6 The use of non-colloquial speech in this way as practice material is to develop a particular skill .
7 Usually all the court is asked , or needs , to do is to authorise a particular course of treatment where the person or body whose consent is requisite is unable or unwilling to do so .
8 The present aim of shaft design is to specify a particular bending flexibility in the shaft while reducing twisting as far as possible .
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