Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not learned how to love properly , how to relate with a woman in a caring sense but , above all , he has not learned how to differentiate between an adolescent who is feeling the first stirring of her hormones and a fully-grown woman who is properly able to make her own emotional and sexual choices . |
| 2 | Readers of the various chapters in Unwin ( 1969 ) will see a clear distinction made between what may be called education plus technology ( where individuals try to find uses for available equipment ) and the study of instructional methods and systems , which is what the true discipline of educational technology is properly concerned to encourage . |
| 3 | The exceptions to the regulations are very limited and the question of whether it is medically inadvisable to wear a seat belt , considered in Froom v Butcher , for obese or pregnant plaintiffs , or in Mackay v Borthwick [ 1982 ] CLY 2157 where the plaintiff suffered from a hiatus hernia is probably pre-empted by para 5(d) of the regulations . |
| 4 | Here 's somewhere different to eat . |
| 5 | Although it is most usual to think of salami as an Italian speciality , they are , in fact , made throughout Europe . |
| 6 | When we consider temperament in horses , and especially in families , it is most reasonable to look at the stallions in a family to get a more valid picture of the family characteristics , as stallions often exhibit traits of temperament to greater extremes than geldings and mares . |
| 7 | ‘ I have asked at houses near the academy , but to rent a room there — yes , it is most embarrassing to say I can not afford what is asked , and I shall not be earning until I begin my work in two weeks . |
| 8 | It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others with gratuitous comments . ’ |
| 9 | There is more room for disagreement with Grant and Wallace 's assertion that a pro-labour climate is most conducive to strike violence , principally because workers may feel that such behaviour will be tolerated under a supportive regime . |
| 10 | Around the back it 's sparse , since the amp 's effect loop and headphone sockets are sited on the front panel , where the ‘ phones socket is most easy to access in the practice situation and where floor pedals most sensibly connect . |
| 11 | For insurance companies , building societies , credit operators and direct mail houses , ACORN is used to identify the types of customer it is most profitable to serve . |
| 12 | It is most annoying to have unintelligible chattering somewhere behind you whilst watching the fish or beating the eggs . |
| 13 | Luke is most anxious to make this clear and he uses the Greek word parthenos twice in the opening sentence . |
| 14 | Indeed it is ‘ the left ’ ( if it still makes sense to talk of left and right in Poland ) that is most desperate to present a solid front in support of market economics . |
| 15 | What are the contexts in which it is most appropriate to adopt a questioning stance ? |
| 16 | Ryarsh also makes non-standard special shapes , although it is most economic to select from the extensive range of standard specials . |
| 17 | Weekend talk of policy rifts at the highest level and of impending recession , and a perception that the Government is most reluctant to raise interest rates again , caused sterling to collapse to its lowest against the Deutschemark since the celebrated events of March last year . |
| 18 | It is most convenient to have a relatively small room near the byre for mixing and storing feeds in the short term . |
| 19 | " Perhaps it is most convenient to imagine you are doing all that you do here at the behest of some distant ogre . " |
| 20 | Grasscloth is delicate , needs handling with care , and is most suited to light-wear areas of the house . |
| 21 | At this early stage of the Indian election campaign , the debate is not over who is most suited to run the country , but which politician is the least bent . |
| 22 | According to Neal , two of the patterns which it is most difficult to plan accurately are eight-lozenge star arrangements and arrangements of " juggled " , interlaced squares . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , since there are so many possible explanations , the correct one is most difficult to ascertain . |
| 24 | I hope to show that the incompetence that is most difficult to correct is tightly coupled with skilfulness . |
| 25 | Clearly this is most difficult to achieve when people 's objectives are in conflict , but even then , with skill , a win-win can be secured . |
| 26 | It is as if he is most careful to avoid reference to ideology because that would imply a determinacy that his analysis would have to confront . |
| 27 | Solicitor David Parrish , representing North Yorkshire County Council , said : ‘ It is most unusual to attend a public inquiry to find an application with three alternative proposals . |
| 28 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the General Orders require explicitly that the grounds of objection be ‘ distinctly stated ’ ; notwithstanding this , it is most unusual to find a petition which does not say that the petitioner objects to the order ‘ for the reasons , amongst others , hereinafter stated ’ , and it is very common for the petition to end with a statement to the effect that there are divers other provisions of the Bill to which objection is taken . |
| 29 | The person with a healthy Inner Face is the one who is most able to form good relationships with others ; he does not feel that he has to put on an act to impress yet neither does he feel superior to those with whom he comes in contact . |
| 30 | The directors have chosen ABC first before several other companies not because it offered the most money , but because it is the organisation most in tune with Name 's philosophy , shares its commitment to growing the business and is most able to deliver ; |