Example sentences of "[to-vb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is n't a case of writers bleating because their own books wo n't be available ; we all spent hours in libraries learning our trade , the only way to learn to write is to how it 's done by other people be it well or badly |
| 2 | ‘ All I need to know is in your demeanour . |
| 3 | Anxious to conclude the meeting , he added : ‘ Everything else you need to know is in that envelope — that includes any funds that you may require . |
| 4 | Everything you need to know is in this document . ’ |
| 5 | The ability to observe is of far greater importance and is readily enhanced by practice . |
| 6 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 7 | Another low-cost way to draughtproof is with a DIY window insulation kit . |
| 8 | referring to adjudication those cases where a client 's entitlement to benefit is in doubt ; |
| 9 | * Finally , another place for presuppositions to hide is in a clause which sets the scene in a sentence ; an example is the TEMPORAL CLAUSE , as in the following example : When Blake saw his first angels he was sitting in his garden . |
| 10 | The BHF says the best way to slim is by losing just over 1lb a week , reducing energy intake to 1000 calories a day , cutting down on fat and alcohol and eating only moderate salt . |
| 11 | The requirement that a candidate must get the support of 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party in order to stand is like asking someone to collect 13,000 nominations in a constituency before they can stand for parliament . |
| 12 | NEXT YEAR is the 80th birthday of the Union of Catholic Mothers , and they plan to celebrate is with a national pilgrimage to Lourdes . |
| 13 | The best time to visit is in stormy conditions when the birds are on the wing , but the day we went was calm and we saw them only sitting on their nests . |
| 14 | The best time to visit is from early May to late July . |
| 15 | The man they want to trace is in his late fifties , about five feet five to five six . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If one is still searching for ways to explain this absence , believing with most ethologists , socio-biologists , and even some social anthropologists that aggression is part of human nature , then the obvious place to look is for some form of ritual as catharsis , or try to identify some other culturally constructed behaviour pattern which allows the individual Chewong to shed negatively valued arousal states , like anger , which according to such theories would build up and erupt in uncontrolled violent behaviour . |
| 18 | Another good place to look is in the soil around or beneath a compost heap . |
| 19 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 20 | So for now , the only music these hops are going to hear is from David . |
| 21 | The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement . |
| 22 | ‘ A third role the Guild has to play is in the promotion of the consumption and enjoyment of cheese . |
| 23 | But when you are really up against it there are times when the only way to win is by a little crafty reinterpretation of the rules . |
| 24 | Yeah , really the question I want to put is to the er B T Post Office er representatives , that y you made a perfectly reasonable objection to the way in which B T funded it 's early retirement scheme from the pension fund . |
| 25 | The most agreeable way to manage is to subordinate yourself to nobody |
| 26 | THE tone to use is with the bass selector switched in : the resulting mellow tone is classic , full-bodied jazz . |
| 27 | With due respect to these performers , Solomon 's achievement in those Beethoven sonatas which was able to record is in a different league . |
| 28 | While the presiding officer in charge of a polling station has the right to ask questions of any voter whose identity or capacity to vote is in doubt , no one who attended at the station said they had been challenged . |
| 29 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 30 | Liverpool Labour group member George Knibb said : ‘ What we are asking you to do is for what you believe in for the miners to commit yourselves to for your own workforce . ’ |