Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] is [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver everyone is tipping to be a future world champion … |
| 2 | A gasifier is a furnace which is bolted to a vehicle , and produces a combustible gas by burning biomass in a restricted air supply ; the gas replaces petrol or diesel . |
| 3 | The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products . |
| 4 | ( This is not to say that car refers to something different in each of these sentences — in both cases it is the whole car which is referred to . ) |
| 5 | The upgrading of the play facilities is included in Year 2 of the revised rolling programme which is expected to be implemented in the 1994/95 financial year . |
| 6 | The upgrading of the play facilities is included in Year 2 of the revised rolling programme which is expected to be implemented in the 1994/95 financial year . |
| 7 | The herbs are ground together and either rolled into pellets for pondfish or made into a kind of tea which is added to the aquarium water . |
| 8 | There is , then , no shortage of social science research which is claimed to be necessary if we are to cope with environmental change . |
| 9 | There does seem to be a case , therefore , for some work in initial training to be based on a general language section or sub- department which is committed to presentation of language issues , and considering their relevance in schools and other institutions . |
| 10 | Hello there … this week summer sport has brought us to the south coast to take a look at a sailing revolution that 's being pioneered from the heartland of Central South … we 're going out on the solent to sea test a boat which is reckoned to be the formula one of the water |
| 11 | She had already been given an operation for biliary atresia which is designed to unblock or bypass the blockage leaving scar tissue which is more likely to bleed . |
| 12 | A popular choice for use on heavier wooden gates is the tee-hinge , consisting of a long strip attached to the gate and hinged to a cross piece which is screwed to the post . |
| 13 | What has not been substantially deflected , however , is the practical assumption ( in teaching , if not in theory ) of an unchanging literary essence which is taken to inhere within some or other selection of English texts , irrespective of any introduction of parallel , contextual , or complementary studies . |
| 14 | Some subleases reserve a rent which is linked to the rent payable under the headlease . |
| 15 | Kadhafi himself is referred to as " the leader of the revolution " , and as such wields considerable authority , although he holds no official post , in common with Maj. Abdel Salem Jalloud , widely known as " the Libyan number two " . |
| 16 | There are several new initiatives to promote including : a new flavour/sweetener complex which is added to the milk powders and dry pelleted feeds to encourage early acceptance , giving the milk powders a strawberry aroma ; a novel milk shaker for on-farm mixing demonstrations ; a half-kilogram weaning scoop ; and a unique ‘ Earlycare 6 Pack ’ containing all the farmer needs to wean six calves from four days of age to weaning in a convenient one tonne pack . |
| 17 | Any light fitting which is secured to a ceiling should ideally have at least one of its screws going into a joist , but where this is not possible , it is best to secure a piece of wood between the joists to take the securing screws , rather than relying on hollow wall fixings into plain plasterboard or , especially , into lath-and-plaster . |
| 18 | Pregnancy is often associated with two definite gall bladder abnormalities — namely , reduced gallbadder contractility which is believed to be due to raised progesterone concentrations , and the development of biliary sludge . |
| 19 | If we include here that part of the Dalradian succession which is known to be Cambrian in age , then there would be an ocean of unknown width lost in the space now occupied by the Southern Uplands of Scotland . |
| 20 | This is then used to formulate a specific data search which is transmitted to the second site . |
| 21 | Barney , of course , is currently struggling his way through the next set of fabulous lyrics for the upcoming New Order album which is staggering to completion . |
| 22 | For the remedy which is sought to be applied , the removal of grievance is not a remedy at all , because the grievance is not the case , on the contrary it is an aggravation , it is dynamic . |
| 23 | One of the regions adjacent to Surrey which is referred to in Frithuwald 's charter is Sonning , the province of the Suningas in east Berkshire , and it is possible that one of the three sub-kings who witnessed with Frithuwald ruled here , in which case Wulfhere 's presence in Berkshire was already established at the time of Frithuwald 's grant . |
| 24 | Denton has classified the various forms of aid to industry under three headings : general incentives provided under various programmes to all industrial firms in all parts of the country ; industrial restructuring which again is universal in scope and geographical area and which is intended to encourage industrial efficiency ; and regional aid which is limited to firms in the deprived regions of the country . |
| 25 | Delays before trial can therefore affect the result , for a defendant who is committed to hospital and recovers there would usually be released back into the community fairly swiftly . |
| 26 | Allie Byrne gives an enjoyable performance as the cool countess who is attracted to Viola now known as Caesario . |
| 27 | In future she is going to be harder . |
| 28 | Cheques were presented by Judy Stewart and Richard Calderwood to Wallace Gregg , who is travelling to New Zealand later this year on a YFC exchange programme , and to Kenneth Rock who is going to Sweden . |
| 29 | In these traditional roles she is shown to be effective . |
| 30 | Clause 22 and Sch 3 provide for an employee who would otherwise have to be suspended from work for health and safety reasons on maternity grounds , such as pregnancy , recent birth , or where the woman is breast-feeding her child , to be offered suitable alternative work ( if available ) and for an employee who is suspended to be paid during the suspension . |