Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] [is] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third main contribution of coins to the study of portraits is to their chronology . |
| 2 | The most fruitful feature of Pythagorean teaching was the key idea that the essence of things is to be found in the concept of number , which was regarded as having spatial and also temporal significance . |
| 3 | For instance , a clause providing for auditors to value shares may state that the auditor is to certify their " fair value " or similar words ( see 3.5 ) ; a minority holding of shares is to be valued without regard to the fact that it is a minority holding ( see 3.6 ) ; surveyors have to assume certain facts and disregard others in establishing a rental ( see 2.3.3 ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , the fact that experience of objects is to be had only under the form of space and time ensures the applicability of mathematics to the whole or the phenomenal ( and hence physical ) world . |
| 5 | However , most of the work involved in the identification of objects is to be carried out by independent groups of experts handling archives , libraries , museum collections and legal matters . |
| 6 | Simply a concurrence of events which one will inevitably encounter every now and then if the law of averages is to be believed . |
| 7 | In the former the tectonic movement and the migration of troughs is to the south and southwest . |
| 8 | The second key element in a rational approach to budgeting is the base on which the range of choices is to be set . |
| 9 | Registration of rents is to be abolished ( formerly rents were registered with the rent officer ) . |
| 10 | The beginning of this trend , in which the fundamental need of parents is to be happy in parenthood , can be seen in two ways . |
| 11 | In other words , each group of problems is to some extent causative of the other groups . |
| 12 | Reading this group of sonnets is to be reminded of the noble conclusion to the first book of Bacon 's Advancement of Learning : In describing his Friend as my love or He the Poet could be seen as using the third-person form in order to place him apart , perhaps to place him outside the sphere of time 's influence . |
| 13 | Nor can it be said simply that " this " in language A means " that " in language B. If the meaning of words is to be determined accurately , the following basic principles of semantics ( " the science of meaning " ) must be understood and applied : 1 . |
| 14 | The discretion of directors is to be exercised in the choice of means to attain that end , and does not extend to a change in the end itself , to the reduction of profits , or to the nondistribution of profits among stockholders in order to devote them to other purposes ’ . |
| 15 | The effect of the sharp rise of the ratio of women 's to men 's wages in 1972 is evident in the graph ( Ermisch 1979 ) . |
| 16 | As with men 's share of unpaid household work , indicators such as the ratio of women 's to men 's rates of pay , plotted in figure 10.2 , and women 's share in household earnings , have shown some changes but still display a gulf between the sexes . |
| 17 | Cultural and social forces are also likely to be important in explaining the fall in fertility , but among economic factors the ratio of women 's to men 's pay emerges as having contributed to falling birth rates during the 1970s . |
| 18 | The crucial factors are the relative opportunity costs and the ratio of men 's to women 's earnings . |
| 19 | … the Messiah is to suffer death and to rise from the dead on the third day , and … in his name repentance bringing the forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to all nations ( Luke 24:46 ) . |
| 20 | The first serious attempt was made as early as 1869 by a young Swiss doctor , Johannes Friedrich Miescher ( 1844–1894 ) , whose uncle was Wilhelm His ( 1831–1904 ) , a most unusual anatomist who maintained the forward-looking proposition ‘ La solution finale du problème du développement tissulaire se trouve dans la chimie ’ ( The final solution of the problem of development of organs is to be found in chemistry ) . |
| 21 | Plan is defined as " any hierarchical process in the organism ( student ) that can control the order in which a sequence of operations is to be performed " . |
| 22 | Imports are cheaper to consumers and hence a rise in the volume of imports is to be expected , as the cost of the goods excluding the tariff has risen but the domestic price of the goods including the CET has fallen . |
| 23 | Pots and pans , etc : The variable nature of this task with soil loads ranging from light to very heavy can impose special problems if a continuous flow of items is to be handled . |
| 24 | The most important bias of dictionaries is to the written rather than the spoken word . |
| 25 | First , the barrier is often a lack of theological understanding that the Spirit-filled life as described in the book of Acts is to be anticipated as the experience of believers today . |
| 26 | The full list of entries is to be announced on Friday , but organiser Wally Lord has already promised a line-up ‘ equal to that at Barcelona last year ’ . |
| 27 | The greatest number of forms is to be found in the group loosely called the Japanese type , Acer palmatum . |
| 28 | The response to the dilemma by a growing number of schools is to completely abandon the sale of food at breaks and to look to other means to generate funds . |
| 29 | A : Journalists always make the assumption that to be married for a number of years is to be happily married for those years . |
| 30 | Okay the second part of first appointment skill role play , I E step two the exploit of needs is to be conducted using the appropriate page of the photocopied CC C C Q which relates to your nominated product . |