Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] is to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is still about 500 times larger than the gravitational red shift that is to be measured . |
| 2 | Virgin Group Plc is planning to enter the mass-market UK personal computer business via a computer supplies company , Virgin Euromagnetics Ltd that it has owned for two years , the Financial Times reports : £12m-a-year Virgin Euromagnetics packages supplies such as floppy disks , which are sold in Virgin stores , and has designed an 80486 machine that is to be built under contract for Virgin in the UK , initially at a rate of around 3,000 a month ; the paper says that the machine may be bundled with a laser printer for about £1,200 , and the plan is to launch in September . |
| 3 | The great all seem to have had this cross to bear , and that is no comfort — I think more is to be found in the wicked suspicion that perhaps it 's a thing those Snows have n't experienced . |
| 4 | Attempting to convey some idea of the massive population increase that is to be expected , Census Commissioner Amulya Nanda pointed out that an increase in population of 17 million a year was equal to the entire population of Australia . |
| 5 | ( iv ) In proof-reading any work produced on a word processor , pupils may have access to a computer spelling checker. ( v ) Pupils should be encouraged to use whatever presentational devices are appropriate for a given piece of work — particularly work that is to be displayed or made public . |