Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The part to go is the Business Systems line of Motorola Inc 68000- and Intel Corp iAPX-86-based Unix machines that are the direct successors to Texas 's old TI 980 and TI 990 minicomputer business that goes back to the early 1970s . |
| 2 | The decision to retire is never an easy one for architects . |
| 3 | ‘ Their decision to retire is selflessly motivated by the recognition that we are now entering a new and election-oriented phase in the political process , ’ Mr de Klerk said . |
| 4 | The most probable effect of exposure to light is a change of colour , but this is not necessarily the only or even the most important effect . |
| 5 | The single most difficult skill for the calligrapher to acquire is consistently good letterform in a rhythmic , written hand . |
| 6 | Resistance to flow is called viscosity . |
| 7 | The decision of an inferior tribunal with a limited jurisdiction and a limited function to perform is capable of creating an estoppel for all purposes , subject to the principles that it can not conclusively determine the limits of its own jurisdiction and that a public official can not be debarred from performing his statutory duty . |
| 8 | referring to adjudication those cases where a client 's entitlement to benefit is in doubt ; |
| 9 | The verb in a sentence such as The sun shines brightly is not deictic in the sense that the verb to come is , but is nevertheless deictic because it is part of a system which relates specific entities to reference points . |
| 10 | At its most extreme , someone 's capacity to choose which course of action to perform is removed from them . |
| 11 | ANOTHER long-serving employee to retire is senior design engineer Keith Ashcroft who has completed 36 years in the industry . |
| 12 | Second , when the question turns to how God is everywhere , the analogy to light is seen as useful . |
| 13 | At the distant end , the conversion from electrical signals to sound is carried out by the earpiece and the listener receives the information . |
| 14 | Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er |
| 15 | The mere intention to obstruct is insufficient . |
| 16 | The observer 's readiness to modify is admirably honest ( Mr Palomar is a nice man ) and ultimately exhausting : the process of adjustment can go only so far before atrophy threatens . |
| 17 | An intention to frighten is not by itself sufficient mens rea for s.20 : Sullivan , above . |
| 18 | In fact , it is all too easy to conclude that if one 's message is misunderstood , the receiver is at fault ; and if the other person 's attempt to communicate is not understood , then the other person 's mode of expression is deficient in some way . |
| 19 | The most important condition to exclude is colonic carcinoma . |
| 20 | But what I want the Hearts Mid-Lothian supporters to know is that if we do n't go to Hermestone , it is highly likely we 'll be remaining at Tynecastle , and we could put together a very attractive proposal there . |
| 21 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 22 | A useful rule to remember is that a diagonal line between opposite corners of any rectangle is the longest dimension available . |
| 23 | A geometric lock which requires no force to lock is seriously out of adjustment . |
| 24 | It has been held by the Court of Appeal in one instance , that the ‘ employer 's conduct ’ which entitles an employee to resign is conduct which ‘ fundamentally breaches ’ the employment contract . |
| 25 | Frequently the key to advance is in better ways of measuring or quantifying technical processes , or material advances which in themselves remove one of the constraints on development . |
| 26 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 27 | Another fault to avoid is to shoot horizons which are not horizontal ; it pays to line up your scenes squarely in the viewfinder . |
| 28 | A useful rule to apply is that of Jack Morton ( 1964 ) , a past Head of Components Laboratory at Bell Telephones , New Jersey . |
| 29 | A useful rule to apply is that of jack Morton ( 1964 ) , a past Head of Components Laboratory at Bell Telephones , New jersey . |
| 30 | The best tape to use is matt ‘ invisible ’ mending tape , as standard Sellotape rapidly becomes brittle and splits . |