Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish to correct a wrong impression that has gained some credence amongst the ignorant and unreasoning public , that sign language — the agency through which we inter.exchange thought and opinion — is calculated to do injury to the intelligence of the deaf and dumb . |
| 2 | Sometimes the simple margin formula is adjusted to take account of any change in the reference interest rate since the last coupon reset date . |
| 3 | Earnings per share are up er , more than forty percent over the same period last year and when the E P S is adjusted to take account of the non-operating items , the figure has increased by nearly ninety percent . |
| 4 | The score assigned to each migrant is intended to characterize progress in the transition from an insulated to an integrated type of network , and as such is a tool capable of investigating looseknit types of personal network structure ( see 5.7.3 ) . |
| 5 | These , then , are the kinds of factors to be borne in mind when any new knowledge or innovation is intended to affect practice . |
| 6 | Will he tell us whether it is intended to give help for water projects , sanitation or afforestation ? |
| 7 | If community care is intended to give priority to the most vulnerable groups in society , the rising numbers of people with dementia and their carers must be addressed urgently as a specific group by local authorities , policy makers and government . |
| 8 | The Code of Practice which the Secretary of State has approved is intended to give traders practical guidance . |
| 9 | The prize is intended to support research projects over a period of several years . |
| 10 | I understand from the hon. Gentleman that the station provided for in the Bill is intended to serve trains coming initially along a different route — not from Stratford — to the Euroterminal . |
| 11 | The question now is American aggression — imperialist aggression — which is intended to destroy Iraq and subjugate the region . " |
| 12 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 's NTT Mobile Communications Network is to split itself into nine regional units : its present headquarters in Tokyo will become the group 's parent company , which will wholly own the equity of the eight subsidiaries , and the move is intended to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the fight with its biggest domestic rival Daini Denden Inc , which has no unit in Tokyo and Tokai area , which together account for half the population . |
| 13 | Our new computer system is intended to monitor course registrations , but more students have registered than were represented on the computer printout . |
| 14 | The Festival is the brainchild of the Prime Minister John Major and is intended to celebrate Britain 's term of presidency of the European Council , which runs from July to December 1992 . |
| 15 | It is intended to replace Directives 72/159 , 72/160 , 72/161 ( see Chapter 3 ) and Articles 4–17 of the LFA Directive , 75/268 . |
| 16 | The revenue from the tax , currently around £1.2 billion per year , is intended to subsidize projects using alternative fuel sources , but at the moment more than 90 per cent goes to the nuclear industry ( which is why the tax is often called the " nuclear levy " ) . |
| 17 | While Davidge could not at that time be more specific , he observed , ‘ the appointment of Sir Anthony is intended to stimulate discussion and to help us rexamine all existing and potential services ’ . |
| 18 | What follows is a personal view , rather than official PRO policy , and is intended to stimulate discussion as to what might be the model legal and cultural infrastructure for such activities . |
| 19 | Such a juxtaposition of two manifestations of the ‘ new ’ in fin de siecle art is intended to stimulate debate . |
| 20 | The UK Department of Trade & Industry has chosen AT&T EasyLink Services Inc 's Open System-conformant electronic mail service for its Open Systems Programme Initiative : it will be used for communications between Open Systems Programme participants , including blue chip companies , suppliers and consultancies ; the initiative is intended to stimulate take-up and use of open systems within UK industry ; value of the pact was not given . |
| 21 | The label — showing a four-leaf daisy , the twelve stars symbolizing the EC , countries , and the letter " E " — is intended to harmonize standards across the Community and take the place of proliferating national labels and sometimes questionable environmental advertising . |
| 22 | Nothing which we have said is intended to cast doubt on the accepted legality of properly conducted games and sports , lawful chastisement or correction , reasonable surgical interference , dangerous exhibitions , etc . |
| 23 | The move is intended to allow Wharfedale to rationalise its activities and to concentrate on developing the Cambridge and newly announced Leak ranges . |
| 24 | The proposal is intended to allow students access to understanding business more fully through core and foundation subjects . |
| 25 | This ambitious project is intended to allow employees in Indonesia access to international awards and thus increase the potential of the Indonesian workforce . |
| 26 | Some have expressed the fear that financial delegation to schools is intended to allow cuts in spending and to weaken further the grip of recalcitrant LEAs . |
| 27 | This is intended to shed light on the important question of whether or not unions do increase wage rigidity , and limit the ability of the economy to cope with a decline in product demand . |
| 28 | For example , if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors , but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal , then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard , with either a joking or a hostile intent ( the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon ; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available , see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff ( 1979a ) ) . |
| 29 | The technology , which is intended to enable users tp link , transfer and share objects between documents created by different Unix desktop applications and between Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows applications , is intended to become a standard feature of Unix desktop applications by the first half of 1994 . |
| 30 | ‘ It is intended to enable parents to dovetail their career and family commitments and thereby to ease recruitment problems which are already being felt in all areas of commerce as a result of the steadily falling number of school leavers and graduates . ’ |