Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Prince of Wales is due to fly in to the war-torn former Yugoslavia today for a morale-boosting visit to British troops . |
| 2 | Thus the soignee appearance of Cresson and other French women politicians blazes a torch and tells others that , while everyone is mortal and while women may have many cards stacked against them , it is possible to face up to the worst as well as the best . |
| 3 | One of those walks stretches alongside the estuary , and at one point it is possible to look back to the solidity and placidity of the harbour and out , across Doom Bar , to an unpredictable sea . |
| 4 | At low tide , sands are exposed and it is possible to walk out to the sea-pool . |
| 5 | I think Chris Patten is right to stand up to the Chinese , even though it may make very little difference in the end . |
| 6 | Then try to use any lift nearby , keeping within easy reach of the field and in a position from which it is easy to drop on to the circuit . |
| 7 | Any patient who recurs after the three month check cystoscopy is reassessed going back to the beginning and they may be reassigned to one of the the o o one or other of the groups erm depending on that . |
| 8 | But a combination of the £1.3 billion cash call and the general lack of confidence in the pharmaceutical sector means that Zeneca is unlikely to get off to the sort of flying start that some had hoped for . |
| 9 | When referrals have come from other professionals it is important to get back to the parents ' view rather than working from the information in the referral letter . |
| 10 | When a dolphin becomes trapped in a net , it drowns because it is unable to get back to the surface to refill its lungs when the supply of air runs out . |
| 11 | It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage . |
| 12 | A single order may not be sufficient for this latter aim , and it is advisable to go back to the shelves some months after the new stock has reached them and decide whether a further order is necessary . |
| 13 | Chris is desperate to go back to the Hargate , but erm |
| 14 | At the same time , it is fair to point out to the Government of Pakistan , as we do , that is is not right or sensible for violence to be encouraged across frontiers . |
| 15 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 16 | To understand why Jews should be bothered by Catholics praying at this site it is necessary to go back to the role played by the Catholic Church in fomenting antisemitism , the passivity of the Pope during the war while the exterminations were underway and even the suspicions caused by the reception of Austrian President Kurt Waldheim , with his dubious war record , by the present Pope , John Paul II ( from Poland ) . |
| 17 | In order to understand how the Children 's Hearing system works , it is necessary to go back to the beginning and explain how it was established and how it was intended to operate . |
| 18 | But to get the subject as a whole into perspective , it is necessary to look back to the past … |
| 19 | To understand the font situation it is necessary to step back to the time before there was desktop publishing , at least in an electronic sense . |
| 20 | But of course it is nice to come back to the same places over and over again , sort of er see friendly faces . |
| 21 | Rosenthal , who is keen to move back to the continent , has also been touted in France although as yet there has been no definite interest . |
| 22 | It is tempting to hang on to the launch , thinking that it will pick up speed , but if you do you may arrive almost over the end of the field with very little height or speed — an awkward situation . |
| 23 | Yet it is not clear that Thailand is well-placed to move on to the next stage of economic development . |
| 24 | If he does this then a sociological perspective has been brought to bear on the first idea and the researcher is ready to go on to the next step , which will be one of limiting his ideas to a feasible scheme of work . |
| 25 | where both claimants are parties ] , the claimant is liable to account over to the other person having a right to claim to such extent as will avoid double liability ’ ; and by section 7(4) , ‘ where , as a result of enforcement of a double liability , any claimant is unjustly enriched to any extent , he shall be liable to reimburse the wrongdoer to that extent . ’ |