Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way that illegal wildlife trade will be successfully curbed is by governments committing more time and resources to do so . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | personally do is as a mo er er for my kids that I teach is they write their homework in the back of their exercise book so their homework diary is the back you know |
| 5 | energy council , I 'm not make a bid , we 've just , er we 've just heard , what I think is a , is an example of enlightened and model practice , so praise is on the superfluous , but I think we 're probably not typical of of the business sector in being so enlightened , and my question is only a wide one , and it is this . |
| 6 | Martin Hardie wrote : ‘ Where all the plates are so excellent , it seems unfair to make distinctions , but where Daniell especially excels is in suggesting the warm haze that hangs over a summer sea , or sunlight playing on the roofs of a fishing village and the walls of its harbour . |
| 7 | Where statistically significant differences do not exist is between high-achieving men and high-achieving women . |
| 8 | The fact that it was later more generally recognized is in part due to the attention which Roth 's scholarly and semi-popular writings attracted ; and the circumstances that his findings have not always survived the scrutiny of able younger scholars itself attests his own success in helping to put Jewish history on the academic map . |
| 9 | They may be defended simply because in certain circumstances not helping is to be preferred to helping . |
| 10 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |
| 11 | The picture thus sketched is in strong contrast to the popular view of housewives as a leisured class . |
| 12 | Pascal captures the negative side when he writes , ‘ Doubt then is an unhappy state , but there is an indispensable duty to seek in doubt , and thus anyone who doubts and does not seek is at once unhappy and in the wrong . ’ |
| 13 | So with the particular diary system , I mean this , what I 've just said is about the whole course , but the particular diary , I would say get to grips with the diary first , and then you know , once you 're , you 're on , on , on tap with that , then get involved with the erm , project sheets and the project management forms . |
| 14 | Cos what normally happens is with tetanus , that the reason it kills you is that you stop breathing because your muscles that work your lungs , the diaphragm , the intercostal muscles between the ribs , those seize up and you just stop breathing . |
| 15 | There are also pressures to raise agricultural productivity to accommodate population increases , though most of the land that can be thus exploited is in the uplands and is consequently susceptible to erosion . |
| 16 | ‘ The business I 've just bought is on the rocks , and you tell me that 's lucky ? ’ |
| 17 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 18 | It may be that the injuries are such that their full effects will not become apparent for some time and a hasty settlement might lead to an underestimation of the damage , but generally delay is on the side of the defendant . |
| 19 | A more normal way of satisfying the prospective buyer 's concern that the vendor may not proceed is for the vendor to agree to pay or contribute towards the cost of the report if the matter does not proceed to completion for any reason not involving fault by the prospective buyer . |
| 20 | Certainly the message ‘ defeatists ’ need not apply' is worth making loud and clear ! |
| 21 | Yachting World has long believed sailing to be one of the principal sports in which women can compete directly with men , particularly as , in sailing , brain and not just brawn is of the essence . |
| 22 | Where we agree with the suggestions of the feminist philosophers we have just quoted is in their insistence that philosophical theory comes out of experience , so that philosophy formulated exclusively by men will reflect the experience of men . |
| 23 | The backing plant , already improved beyond recognition , is to be given an upgraded main drive for the latex applicator , and the cutting table already mentioned is to be upgraded to result in a 25% increase in the cut length capacity . |
| 24 | None of the points just mentioned is of any great significance in itself . |
| 25 | Beecham said that any fool can conduct three concerts with an orchestra , but to go on improving is like going on a race track where it is possible to improve your time at first , but each new improvement involves great effort and often some danger . |
| 26 | The money £200,000 more than Darlington usually receives is to be used on three major improvement schemes alongside the main East Coast railway line . |
| 27 | But the impression Andrew has always given is of being married first and foremost to his work . " |
| 28 | Cleaning your house while the kids are still growing is like shovelling the snow before it stops snowing . |
| 29 | You know , when all I 've ever known is plus is this way , negative this way , it 's either that way or that way , you know . |
| 30 | Three colours on the palette will give an incredible range once mixing is under control . |