Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [to-vb] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The well-known supermarket teaser is to put all the sweeties up by the till , so you have to buy when you queue . |
| 2 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 3 | The object is to catch all the other players by hitting them with the ball . |
| 4 | The important thing from the start is to assess all the buildings on the site in terms of existing resources . |
| 5 | The visual system of a toad is a world of moving dark objects of various sizes and shapes ; its gastronomic choice is to put all the objects of a certain size in its mouth . |
| 6 | The ultimate threat of the federal army is to destroy all the vital supply lines of Croatia , including power plants , oil refineries and chemical industries . |
| 7 | The best thing is to collect all the longer lengths to sew up with and anything more substantial , KNOT firmly together , then cone up and knit into ‘ tops ’ for Save The Children Fund . |
| 8 | The most important thing is to consider all the options . |
| 9 | The Bank is to give all the necessary details in relation to PIC Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | One trick is to plaster all the shops in one particular chain with ‘ Sale ’ and ‘ Massive Discounts ’ posters while prices have only really been reduced in one branch . |
| 11 | The easiest trick is to make all the leading values a multiple of the base or text leading — we call this the modulus . |
| 12 | The effect of this index is to reduce all the argument about the appropriate shape of the social welfare function to a question of the size of . |
| 13 | The main purpose is to get all the squad match fit … good performances are very much bonuses . |
| 14 | The idea is to take all the valuable circuitry and electronics from the separate wind speed , water speed , depth sounder , and other instruments , from the Decca , radar , satnav and GPS systems , from the VHF — and perhaps the cellphone and the SSB as well — and integrate the whole thing in one box . |
| 15 | The only way to combat the disease is to kill all the pigs , as was done in Cuba when the disease was confirmed in 1976 . |
| 16 | To see him fumbling with our rich and delicate language is to experience all the horror of seeing a Sèvres vase in the hands of a chimpanzee . |