Example sentences of "is [prep] be effective " in BNC.

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1 This framework must change if action is to be effective .
2 If a school is to be effective , the staff should all be working in the same direction , rather than pursuing conflicting goals .
3 If the leadership of educational institutions is to be effective then a number of fundamental changes are needed .
4 if information flow and exchange is to be effective it must be planned
5 The students and her needs must be known to the ward staff if learning is to be effective .
6 At the most fundamental level the primary objective of any training is to be effective , but to achieve this , as the Working Party on Training noted , the process , or ‘ cycle ’ of training , has certain inherent needs of its own .
7 If the single market is to be effective , companies must be able to provide goods or services across state lines without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries where this would be superfluous , and without being subjected to more burdensome rules in the host state than are absolutely necessary .
8 If exercise is to be effective it must become as natural to us as breathing , eating , or cleaning our teeth .
9 Both behaviourism and ‘ humanistic ’ views would have us believe that to be affective is to be effective in setting up conditions for learning .
10 Looked at from a White House perspective , it is clear that if a president is to be effective in achieving his objectives he needs unity and discipline within the executive branch .
11 Sitting in Brussels , his information sources are very limited so that , if the legislation is to be effective , the official depends on information brought to him from outside .
12 I want to emphasise that if the acute care of myocardial infarction is to be effective , it has to be very acute care .
13 If antiracism is to be effective in education , it is therefore necessary to take a hard and perhaps painful look at the terms under which we have operated so far .
14 Study , if it is to be effective , must be active and critical and not passive .
15 Clearly , if a threat of punishment is to be effective in sustaining collusion the firms must believe that the punishment would actually be carried out if the need arose .
16 If a self-access library is to be effective , you need to spend time viewing every recording , putting yourself in the position of trainees sitting down on their own to make what they can of it .
17 The exemption is a recognition of the desirability of spontaneity in certain circumstances ; where there are sudden events such as the ‘ release of pollutants , a traffic accident , a shipment of nuclear waste or a visit by a political leader , ’ the response to such events must be immediate if it is to be effective , and the giving of notice is in such circumstances not reasonably practicable .
18 If the resulting index is to be effective and efficient , the assignment of notation from a classification scheme or the application of subject headings from a recognized list involves skill and judgement .
19 If the law is to be effective , the criminals must know that the chance of their being caught is high , as is the chance of their being convicted ; and that they are certain to receive a sentence that matches the severity of their crime .
20 If the machinery of planning control is to be effective , some means of enforcement is essential .
21 teaching is to be effective .
22 In producing these drafts we bore firmly in mind the fact that if this duty on auditors is to be effective then it 's vital that the auditors can continue to rely on the trust of their clients .
23 ‘ If a PR programme is to be effective , then it is vital that its objectives be defined ; that means of achieving them shall then be determined … and that progress , success and failure be reviewed . ’
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