Example sentences of "[v-ing] is to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 2 | Therefore , if the assumption that the speaker is actually cooperating is to be preserved , some informative inference must be made . |
| 3 | It 's a pity in a way that we did n't have this discussion before , because I do think it 's important and I think parties these days , goodness knows what we 're matching is to , should be a bit and they want more , sort of less than putting in less fifty percent . |
| 4 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 5 | As gossip is to ladies and gambling to gentlemen , flirting is to both together . |
| 6 | Variable speed is almost essential if drilling is to be accurate . |
| 7 | Tourist offices will be open seven days a week ; signposting is to be improved for visitors who do not know an alpha from an omega ; there will be tougher inspection of hotels and boarding houses . |
| 8 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 9 | This has been referred to frequently and the panel meetings where I 've been present erm the authority has agreed that Council and what it 's doing is to using a review of the District Planning Procedure is going to list this entire process working in partnership with Hertfordshire 's own Organisation , County Council , the department of transport , and other relevant erm national and local government Organisations as well as of course with and are the owners of the site . |
| 10 | What he might be doing is to actually seek to increase the proportion of our very vulnerable population into the means testing category and that what he 's got to watch is that he does n't end up in a position whereby defining health care in one way and social care very carefully . |
| 11 | Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ ) |
| 12 | Line and Sandison conclude , ‘ Variations between individual titles , of serials as well as monographs , are likely to be so great that substantial data must be collected for each individual title , perhaps in each library ( certainly in each type of library ) if weeding is to be done on a rational basis ’ . |
| 13 | Er there 's with no evidence of an oversupply , my suggestion is that the decision you must be taking is to what degree do you assume er to what degree do you er recommend a reduction in migration rates . |
| 14 | One way of ensuring that locals have a reasonable chance of winning is to slightly bias just a few of the questions . |
| 15 | To some extent a loss of conditioned responding is to be expected purely on the grounds that conditioning tends to be context-specific . |
| 16 | They may be defended simply because in certain circumstances not helping is to be preferred to helping . |
| 17 | Shopping was to them what the rumba and singing is to Brazilians . |
| 18 | Daily grooming is to be recommended for most breeds , and it can be helpful to allow a puppy to become used to the sensation , even though its coat will probably need less attention than that of an adult dog . |
| 19 | If centring is to be used for main headings , then sub-headings may be either centred or blocked . |
| 20 | An old method that is still worth trying is to soak-spray the plants and soil all round early in the new year with Bordeaux mixture ( this can be bought as a proprietary mixture ready for mixing ) that combines the fungicidal properties of copper and sulphur . |
| 21 | For him , thinking is to the soul as motion , not extension , is to the body . |
| 22 | I was a union representative for 14 years , and I know a lot about the industry and how important the legislation to protect the hours of working is to miners . |