Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much easier to show a child how to draw , how to compose a Picture , how to use colour , than it is to allow the child full self expression . |
| 2 | The public domain , therefore , can do more than it is to secure the active citizenship of individuals . |
| 3 | Notice that it is much easier to satisfy the condition , , for this active circuit to act as an integrator , than it is to satisfy the condition , , for the corresponding passive circuit of figure 4.11(b) to act as an integrator . |
| 4 | So safety is a thing which is ca n't just be said Oh it 's it 's safer to go by train than it is to cross the road . |
| 5 | Obviously , after a major international disturbance of this kind , people are concerned about the airways , and the reality of course is that it 's erm a damn sight more dangerous to cross the M forty than it is to cross the Atlantic . |
| 6 | Critical consents are those which it is essential for the purchaser to obtain if it is to conduct the business after completion . |
| 7 | Labour must now display some political creativity if it is to offset the effects of Major 's plans for Toryism . |
| 8 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |
| 9 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 10 | East Germany must change course it if it is to stop the haemorrhage of its own people , he said , and renewed Bonn 's offer of financial assistance for reforms . |
| 11 | The chaffinch must have opportunity to learn if it is to sing the normal song rather than the crude version . |
| 12 | Althusser faces this question , but warns that it has to be carefully formulated if it is to illuminate the process of the production of knowledges . |
| 13 | The extra complexity of the second hypothesis may seem a good reason for preferring the first , but in fact any theory of latent inhibition will need to find some place for the idea that associability can change if it is to accommodate the chief conclusions to emerge from Chapter 3 . |
| 14 | If it is to take the eye with it , the line becomes a series of vectors . |
| 15 | The nearer a satellite is to its sun , the faster it has to travel if it is to counter the sun 's gravity and remain in stable orbit . |
| 16 | That is to say , the infant must convert stimulation from light rays , sound waves , from the speech stream into the appropriate representational grist if it is to get the kind of information that it requires from the world ; but this gleaning of information does not constitute thought . |
| 17 | A pensions directive is currently being prepared by the European Commission and it will require extremely careful consideration if it is to achieve the desired effect of not restricting labour mobility with the European Community . |
| 18 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 19 | Despite such successes in imaginative shoestring operations , the UN is desperately in need of reform and strengthening if it is to meet the critical tests of the post-Cold War era . |
| 20 | The payment in can be made any time after service of the writ or particulars of claim , and should be made at least 21 days before trial if it is to protect the defendant in costs . |
| 21 | Control of the terms chosen for the headings list ( what is technically called the " thesaurus " ) is of crucial importance if the coordinate index is to attempt to provide a service over the whole field of knowledge , and if it is to provide the depth of service that is technically feasible . |
| 22 | A cropped picture should have more impact than an uncropped one but beware of over-cropping , the eye needs room to move round the image if it is to absorb the information . |
| 23 | However , if this holist conception is to provide a standard for at least some explanations within the social sciences , and if it is to avoid the difficulties discussed in Part II , it is obvious that it will need to be greatly refined and elaborated . |
| 24 | Above all , the robotic surgeon must be safe if it is to inspire the confidence of the surgeon and of the patient . |
| 25 | The profession has managed to offer CPD on a shoestring up until the mid-1980s but henceforth some funding will have to be found if it is to fulfil the role given it by the membership . |
| 26 | If a tax is to be fair , if it is to have the support of the people and if it is to be collectable , it must be based on the fundamental principle of ability to pay . |
| 27 | Bedroom lighting needs to be planned just as carefully as that elsewhere in your home if it 's to provide the right atmosphere and be practical . |
| 28 | The England manager is a slave to slip catching practice , difficult though it is to recall the last time one of his bowlers located an outside edge . |
| 29 | But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife . |
| 30 | Thirdly , if the marriage is dissolved the disposition may be one where no gratuitous benefit is intended ( see Inheritance Tax Act 1984 , s10 ) as it is to settle the claim of the former spouse ( see Chapter 2 , p20 ) . |