Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [pos pn] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duna 's ultimate aim is to support its distribution activities by advertising in its own local computer publications , while also hoping to attract advertising from its competitors . |
| 2 | The alternative , says Johansson , is to plan your power supply in terms of the services you need , considering the possibility of making existing energy go further , as well as simply generating more power . |
| 3 | In the longer run , if Thailand is to sustain its growth rate it will need to create more jobs in higher-value-added industries . |
| 4 | ‘ What we can not afford to do is to sacrifice our core investment programme in Chemicals which is so important to the long-term future . ’ |
| 5 | BARCLAYS Bank is to increase its counter charge to non-customers from £2 to £5 per transaction , to reduce queues at branches . |
| 6 | Mallinckrodt Medical , a unit of Imcera , is to increase its production capability of ioversol by expanding its existing plant in St Louis , US , and building a new one in Ireland . |
| 7 | Your Toyota is a sophisticated piece of machinery ; to fit non-genuine parts is to compromise its design integrity . |
| 8 | BOOTS is to launch its heart drug , Manoplax , on the US market — worth £500 million a year — next month . |
| 9 | ICI believes that if the UK is to meet its EC target then a whole new infrastructure of plastics collection , cleaning and separation is needed and that an industry-led response is preferable to one operated by government . |
| 10 | However the only financial commitment a State routinely makes to an organisation is to meet its membership contributions . |
| 11 | The aim of BOP is to destroy your opponents air power and achieve total superiority . |
| 12 | One of its latest pledges is to destroy our A-level system . |
| 13 | IT WILL be a hectic Easter weekend for Lord Petre , who is to open his family seat , Ingatestone Hall , to the public for the first time . |
| 14 | IT WILL be a hectic Easter weekend for Lord Petre , who is to open his family seat , Ingatestone Hall , to the public for the first time . |
| 15 | GPG , Ron Brierley 's investment company , suspended at 23p in December 1990 after the sale of the group 's main business , is to regain its stock market listing . |
| 16 | Panfida is to sell its US retailing and trading interests to concentrate on its British business , the Martin Retail Group . |
| 17 | Transforming at a stroke the state of its balance sheet , Philips Electronics NV on Friday announced that it is to sell its 35% stake in the Japan-based Matsushita Electronics Corp to its partner in the venture , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd for a whopping $1,600m . |
| 18 | My advice to you is to sell your OTC stock immediately , while you still can . |
| 19 | Another idea is to decorate their school bags ( see above left ) using Glitzers — glitter pens from Tomy , which include one that glows in the dark . |
| 20 | 3Com is to combine its routing expertise ( in the form of its NETBuilder routers and Boundary Routing System Architecture ) with Cascade 's Frame Relay STDX switches to help customers build large multiprotocol wide area networks . |
| 21 | Find a foundation that is the same colour as your skin — the aim is to enhance your skin tones rather than totally block your complexion . |
| 22 | Imro is already making organisational changes and is to strengthen its monitoring resources . |
| 23 | That is because AT&T 's best bet for maintaining growth is to divide its manufacturing businesses from its telephone arm , not to buy more of them . |
| 24 | The reason creditors agree to such arrangements is to give their debtor time to sell assets , usually his stock , without the pressure of a forced sale and so realise a maximum rather than a minimum amount for the benefit of all involved . |
| 25 | The Liverpudlian is to use his street credibility to try to get the anti-vandalism message across to schoolchildren in Wrexham Maelor . |
| 26 | A BOY who has won the first national Kids Who Care award is to use his prize money to buy a guide dog for his brother . |
| 27 | MORE than 1,000 Scottish jobs were secured yesterday with the confirmation that the US computer company Digital is to retain its Ayr plant . |
| 28 | The Mail and London Evening Standard group is to put its book publishing interests into Chapmans . |
| 29 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 30 | TV STAR Richard Dysart , 66 , is to quit his hit LA Law role as Leland McKenzie . |