Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The disciplined use of decorative devices demands proper consideration of their function , ’ he emphasizes , ‘ even if or perhaps especially if that function is just to be eye-catching . |
| 2 | When Mrs Whatsit asks him tonight why her little Johnny is n't making more progress with his English , Iain McWhirter will reply that progress is not to be expected from a boy who is abysmally lazy and congenitally stupid . ’ |
| 3 | If he disturbs a trespasser , for example , and tells him that he is about to use force to expel the intruder , there is no doubt that the intruder realises that he is being threatened , and that violence is about to be used against him . |
| 4 | Violent and peaceful social interaction is not to be understood through the search for a thing called ‘ aggression ’ , but through the sensitive and detailed explication of the values and meanings that embody and shape behaviour in different social settings . |
| 5 | Finally , I would observe that the justice in this case is not to be criticised for the decision she reached on the Friday , which was based on advice given her by a legally qualified court clerk , reinforced by the submission of the representative of the Crown Prosecution Service and acquiesced in by the defendant 's solicitor . |
| 6 | However , Lanzarote 's swinging , lively nightlife is not to be missed and there 's a good selection of restaurants within five minutes , and a lovely bar terrace can be found right next door in Cinco 's Plaza . |
| 7 | No , this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone , late at night , through fairly deserted streets . |
| 8 | When a company relies on PCs for its entire business , however , the direct route is not to be recommended . |
| 9 | It was not wholly superseded until the publication of Richard Westfall 's Never at Rest in 1980 ( a condensed , updated version of this biography is soon to be published by Cambridge University Press as The Life of Isaac Newton ) . |
| 10 | This figure is now to be index-linked . |
| 11 | While this practice is not to be recommended , it does happen and even without the wording of clause 17.1 Section 2 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 could be instrumental . |
| 12 | The pre-packed range is shortly to be expanded to include maintenance and low-protein diets : I suggest any interested BKKS section or other Koi group gets in touch with Steve Kuzio |
| 13 | How often do we see a scene on television where , when some help is about to be given to a seriously ill person , the family members present are asked to wait outside . |
| 14 | Imbalance of this sort is only to be expected ; for we are very human and our understanding is limited and our perspectives often determined by what has particularly struck us . |
| 15 | This continuity is hardly to be wondered at when it is remembered that precious substances have attracted and continue to attract interest by reason of their inherent qualities . |
| 16 | But , since shareholders have a prima facie right to transfer to whomsoever they please , this right is not to be cut down by uncertain language or doubtful implications . |
| 17 | I am suggesting that this relationship is also to be found in games , in the arts and in life . |
| 18 | This station is soon to be followed by another 250 000 sq . |
| 19 | The threat need not be one offering physical violence , since it may be such as to provoke another to engage in violence , although it usually will be an offer of force of some kind leading the victim to believe that violence against him or another person is about to be used or provoked . |
| 20 | This conflict is clearly to be seen at the level of organized local politics ( chapter 1 ) , although the particular interests of the farming and landowning community add complexity to this . |
| 21 | Where an old person is still to be seen at the centre of a web of relationships that extend down the generations and through the individual members to the community beyond it can be quite startling how the pleasure derived from life remains undiminished despite quite severe physical and material handicaps . |
| 22 | This procedure is not to be used if a payment into court would have protected the defendant 's position . |
| 23 | In cases of choice between techniques and decisions about when to invest , this rate is also to be used as a test discount rate . |
| 24 | It should be noted however , that this advice is not to be taken as suggesting that pupils must study these four Short Courses throughout S3/4 . |
| 25 | This operation is not to be attempted by novices . |
| 26 | However , the sheer charm of this performance is not to be denied . |
| 27 | This performance is not to be dismissed , especially given the paradoxical scarcity of fine recordings of an apparently overrecorded work . |
| 28 | They know that yet another public asset is about to be hived off , with more promises of greater efficiency and better public service . |
| 29 | In 1973 the tide turned with a 5-to-4 majority ruling by the Supreme Court in Miller v California that obscenity , as narrowly defined , was not protected by the First Amendment , and that each state could set its own standard : ‘ People in different States vary in their tastes and attitudes , and this diversity is not to be strangled by the absolutism of imposed uniformity . ’ |
| 30 | This combination is still to be found in his letters as archbishop , especially in his letters to small communities of nuns . |