Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] is [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | stresses the importance of direct experience in the education of children : ‘ Children soon forget what they say or what is said to them , but not what they have done nor what has been done to them ’ ; ‘ Give your scholar no verbal lessons ; he should be taught by experience only ’ ( ibid . |
| 2 | May we have the courage to respond when we sense that He is speaking to us . |
| 3 | Five million more motor cars on the roads since 1980 mean that there is bound to be more damage to , theft from and taking of motor vehicles . |
| 4 | This edge is largely due to its WYSIWYG ( what you see is what you get ) output capabilities , which ensure that what is sent to the printer corresponds exactly with what is displayed on the screen . |
| 5 | The normative requirements of the defence of duress ( discussed in detail in Chapter 6.4 ) ensure that it is restricted to dire and realistic threats which a citizen of reasonable firmness could not be expected to resist . |
| 6 | Following a full day of debate on the Loyal Address and two days on the Second Reading of the Bill , the country is none the wiser about what the Labour party proposes on local government finance , save in one crucial respect : we now know that it is committed to ending all control on local authority expenditure . |
| 7 | Note that it is confined to males only , but includes retired people as well as those economically active ( relevant to the composition of the electorate as a whole ) . |
| 8 | If we feel that something is going to be an ethical consideration , then we will probably not get involved in the project … |
| 9 | You want to promote anticipatory grieving and emphasise that everybody is going to be affected . ’ |
| 10 | You see if There is going to be a war , and God 's people had also to be warriors and so there was that element of religion as well that that we had to be trained as warriors for the Lord . |