Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] is to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of this is to decentre the subject by locating social being in the social practices of groups . |
| 2 | The evidence in support of that is to be found in the evidence of Helen Taylor . |
| 3 | The physical mark of this is to be seen in the indentation between the upper lip and the nose . |
| 4 | An example of this is to be seen in a developing educational programme . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most interesting example of this is to be found in the Manor House garden , where a large section was unearthed and found to be well preserved . |
| 6 | An example of this is to be found in Re Pergamon Press Ltd . |
| 7 | Whether this ebullient novel of 1923 is to be considered as a parody or just as a light-hearted analogue of The Prisoner of Zenda , the resemblances are too close to be mere coincidence . |
| 8 | the Tories are gon na introduce their alternative , but they 're still going to through this banding system , the whole objective of that is to , is to make sure that the better off people do n't pay their full whack |
| 9 | But the world of 1806 was to Captain Marryat what the world of 1935 is to us , at this moment , a middling sort of place , where there is nothing out of the way in a sailor with a pigtail or in a bumboat woman volleying hoarse English . |
| 10 | The earliest extant account of this is to be found in the Works and Days of Hesiod ( c.700 BC ) , who sought to account thereby for man 's present condition and , in particular , for his need to work . |
| 11 | A further illustration of this is to be found in the conventions governing spelling . |
| 12 | An illustration of this is to be found in Surinam on the Caribbean coast of South America . |
| 13 | Eloquent testimony of this is to be found in John Gay 's magnificent photographs of London terminals , depicting , for instance , the forest of columns , arches , and metallic tracery supporting the roof of Liverpool Street Station and the perfect form and line of Brunel 's ‘ all interior , all roofed-in ’ Paddington , achievements that could leave only the most die-hard curmudgeon unmoved . |
| 14 | The explanation of this is to be found in the matters propounded in Chapter One , that is , that members of the human race have a deeply felt need for a ‘ god ’ and a religion , and as almost everybody is reared within a family or group with some kind of religious background , each has at least a lingering allegiance to some form of established religion . |
| 15 | The purpose of this is to disapply some of the more onerous administrative procedures which would otherwise be required to be carried out . |
| 16 | Right the rationale is that the degree of parental investment and its effect on the offspring vary with the offspring 's age , and as says , one of the fundamental erm , principles of this is that the , by and large the younger the offspring the more valuable any unit of parental is to it , and the more efficacious it is , and the most obvious example of that would be food . |
| 17 | The proof of this is to be found in the calendar of saints ' days for the Canterbury community which he had so offensively purged . |