Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is also determined to prevent osteoporosis , having seen a friend confined to a wheelchair with the disease until she started HRT . |
| 2 | The Queen has been talking to prime ministers every week since the early fifties : when it comes to practical experience , she is better placed to give advice than her own advisers . |
| 3 | In addition to this lump sum the annual half a million pound allowance will be paid to the Duchess by the Queen partly to ensure that she is never tempted to publish memoirs or talk about her failed marriage . |
| 4 | In Zambia it is widely used to control termites and as a pesticide in maize fields . |
| 5 | And the firm 's dominant share of the country 's group-life insurance and pensions market means that it is well placed to make money as private pension plans expand to supplement over-stretched state retirement schemes . |
| 6 | It is also hoped to produce estimates across the board up to 1962 as a contribution to the complete picture up to the present . |
| 7 | The area is rich in raw materials such as timber and construction materials and it is also planned to attract ship repair , machinery manufacture and electronic assembly plants . |
| 8 | It is also planned to make use of explosives . |
| 9 | It is also intended to compare methods in terms of their outcomes . |
| 10 | It is also claimed to reduce space usage . |
| 11 | There is a butyl based Rockwell flashing tape which can be used for sealing edges of a roof ( it is also used to seal holes in roofing felt ) , and there are Rockwell angle trims and wide angles to provide attractive finishes . |
| 12 | It is also used to create PDF files from applications that bypass the system level printing facilities . |
| 13 | During normal operation of LIFESPAN , it is also used to record times of operational data . |
| 14 | It is also used to transfer modules back into LIFESPAN . |
| 15 | Designed for 80486- and Pentium-based machines , it is also designed to support Windows NT when it becomes available . |
| 16 | Designed for 80486- and Pentium-based machines , it is also designed to support Windows NT when it becomes available . |
| 17 | The rationalization is that everything is done in the interests of the patient , but it is also designed to protect professionals from feelings that are , for them , genuinely intolerable . |
| 18 | It is also reputed to prevent diabetes , asthma , heart disease and ‘ stress ’ . |
| 19 | If it is later decided to compare primaries , then equal-sized samples from each are likely to give greatest precision . |
| 20 | It is obviously capable of overlapping other sections of the Act ; equally , it is obviously intended to catch exclusions of liability not covered by the other sections of the Act . |
| 21 | Concrete is a good choice , but make sure it is fully cured to avoid chemicals leaching into the water and seal it with a polypaint sold for ponds . |
| 22 | Light and invigorating , it is specifically designed to combat skin ‘ sponginess ’ , the unsightly dimpling that can occur especially on buttocks and thighs . |
| 23 | ‘ It is absolutely forbidden to have soda except with whisky , ’ Himmler said . |
| 24 | ‘ He says it is absolutely forbidden to have soda except with whisky . |
| 25 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 26 | It is now intended to draw conclusions from these statistics and other related information on four aspects of Soviet assistance : |
| 27 | Formerly in the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York , it is now estimated to fetch £800–1.2m ( $1.4–2.1m ) . |
| 28 | Formerly in the Richard von Kaufmann Collection , it is now expected to bring £275–320,000 ( $500–600,000 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ he continued , ‘ I know we all call this place the summer-house , and it is only used to keep salmon nets and baskets in nowadays , but it is really a gazebo , where the local gentry used to meet their ladies of ill repute in the old days . ’ |
| 30 | He is also expected to confirm Mr Hurd 's decision to ignore the European Court 's ruling against seven-day detentions under the Prevention of Terrorism Act . |