Example sentences of "is essential [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Housing can be a tool of social policy ; in fact it can be argued that it must be , since it is a crucial element in people 's lives and fair access to housing is essential to achieving social justice ( Burke 1981 ) . |
| 2 | The device is essential to determining the effects of varying degrees of gravity on everything from cells to people . |
| 3 | In contrast , a categorical imperative bids me , as a rational being , do such and such , whatever my desires may happen to be , because doing so is essential to living up to my status as a rational being . |
| 4 | The government , local authorities and voluntary organisations agree that training and staff supervision is essential to creating a positive setting . |
| 5 | The National Health Service and Community Care Act ( 1990 ) offers the possibility , but by no means the certainty , that assessment practice will be improved and developed into the comprehensive needs- and risk-led approach which , I have argued , is essential to improving the quality of life of older people . |
| 6 | Much of the evidence discussed in the next few chapters will rely on EEG and other electro-physiological information , and some understanding of the basis of these measures is essential to understanding how we know what we do about sleep . |
| 7 | Thus the conflictual , state-centric model , with its privileging of military security issues , is an essentially masculine representation , in which the separation of domestic and global politics precludes acknowledgement of the social processes constitutive of gender divisions , analysis of which is essential to understanding the role of the state — in particular its military capacity . |
| 8 | This feature relates solely to the characteristics of the states comprising the membership of international society and is essential to explaining and understanding the international arenas where non-state actors operate . |
| 9 | An understanding of that involvement is essential to grasping his methods . |
| 10 | Warm sunny weather is essential during harvesting of the crop to enable the plant to make its fragrant oil . |
| 11 | The effect , however , has been to produce what they describe ( 1984 , p. 425 ) as ‘ managerial myopia ’ , a fixation with short-term managerial innovation at the expense ‘ of that long-term focus which is essential for achieving programme and policy effectiveness ’ . |
| 12 | Imagination is essential for getting on the wavelength of religious people |
| 13 | The computer : 1 always offers an encouraging , positive response ; 2 provides a successful experience ; 3 lets the child work at his or her own level ; 4 treats the child as an individual ; 5 gives instant feedback which is essential for correcting bad habits ; 6 presents reading in a peer-approved way ; 7 is highly motivating . |
| 14 | Binocular vision , or some other sense with accurate three-dimensional assessment , is essential for catching prey or performing acrobatic feats among the trees . |
| 15 | If your telephone is in the hall , a good light is essential for looking up numbers and writing down messages . |
| 16 | Also known as a bleed key , this small tool is essential for letting air out of radiators . |
| 17 | But has it he certainly does , and ‘ if there is some one belief that is essential for possessing our concept of a bone , the preference-belief ‘ has at least as strong a claim to that title as any other belief … . |
| 18 | Many of the concepts explained might have appeared self-evident but a thorough grasp of these basic points is essential for understanding later sections of the book which deal with international banking and finance . |
| 19 | We suggest through this chapter that the use of such concepts is essential for understanding the social processes through which classes are reproduced as social groups . |
| 20 | Imagination is essential for understanding religious language and other forms of expression |
| 21 | Population projection is essential for planning but subject to considerable error due to the probable invalidity of assumptions about current and future trends . |
| 22 | This information is essential for interpreting the fossil assemblages , but Stuart rightly stresses the lack of work on cold-blooded vertebrates fishes , amphibians and reptiles . |
| 23 | A metal tape-measure of a good length is essential for measuring your window . |
| 24 | At any age , good toilet hygiene is essential for preventing infections . |
| 25 | Imagination is essential for gaining knowledge in religion |
| 26 | A reversal of the current presumption for secrecy in many areas of environmental control is essential for restoring battered public confidence in the regulatory system . |
| 27 | A small electrician 's screwdriver with an insulated blade is essential for making connections to terminals in plugs and other electrical accessories ; kill two birds with one stone by buying the type that incorporates a mains tester in the handle , so you can test whether terminals are live before working on them . |
| 28 | The most sought after is the silver and golden holly , which is essential for making the most attractive wreaths . |
| 29 | Firstly , an effective guard is essential for defending against your opponent 's wild punches . |
| 30 | An efficient maximum/minimum thermometer is essential for keeping a check on the heating and to assess whether ventilation and shading are adequate to keep day temperatures down to a reasonable level . |