Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is here to accompany her uncle . |
| 2 | Living first in Switzerland and now in Spain , she only really sees Britain when she is here to work . |
| 3 | ‘ She is here to get a husband . |
| 4 | She is also to serve three years ' probation and do community service at Hale House in Harlem . |
| 5 | If a woman becomes weary , or at last dead , from child-bearing , it matters not ; let her only die from bearing , she is there to do it . |
| 6 | The model you see is secondary ; she is there to sell the product . |
| 7 | She is there to encourage and to react . |
| 8 | The best advice I can give you is simply to go for unfair dismissal on the basis that you 've got two managers who do exactly the same job , there 's no need for you to go on site , there are other drivers that could get you there , therefore it 's not necessary to finish your job simply because you 've lost your licence . |
| 9 | It is rather to point up the intense cultural sensitivity to the face as a motif in western representation . |
| 10 | This is not to deny that plan-making is a very valuable function of our local authorities ; it is rather to point out that the existing powers to implement their plans are restricted by the price that the market puts on some land , and by the fact that the planners ' resource is in the hands of private owners rather than at the disposal of the community . |
| 11 | It is rather to see how Marx handles these problems , and what views he holds about them . |
| 12 | Its purpose , he argued , is not to supply immediate or direct knowledge of God ; it is rather to enable the overcoming , with God 's help , of the contradictions which run through human existence . |
| 13 | This is not to say that PGCE ( and in-service ) tutors do not attempt to develop ‘ professional ’ rather than ‘ craftsman ’ knowledge and attitudes , it is rather to say that the professional knowledge is built on shaky foundations . |
| 14 | It is however to evade the issue as to whether Christianity and feminism are compatible . |
| 15 | Again , this is not to claim that we all aspire to it equally : it is simply to claim that , whatever our personal specific goals , some amount of money is almost invariably required for their realisation . |
| 16 | If I regurgitate this , it is simply to put down a vote of censure from this column on ministers , particularly Douglas Hogg of the Foreign Office , who did nothing to prepare for the eventuality of oil slicks . |
| 17 | Well if the definition of salinity is the amount of salt dissolved in a particular volume of water , perhaps the logical way to do it is simply to take a volume of water and evaporate it and weigh the amount of salt that 's left so that might be the simplest approach . |
| 18 | 1 room-by-room guide to Chatsworth ( bit cheeky , this , as it is simply to perplex guides and attendants who are not used to seeing people coming round their house with noses stuck in guide to a completely different mansion , though you 'd be surprised how often it fits well anywhere ) |
| 19 | This is not to deny the differences ; it is simply to stress both the connections — which link them within what Raymond Williams calls a Long Revolution — and the importance of the word ‘ potential ’ . |
| 20 | It is simply to make a comment about their style of doing things . |
| 21 | It is simply to recognise that the structure of the ‘ proof ’ in both cases , in Rawls 's case an a priori proof , in Kohlberg 's case an experimental one , actually presupposes what it sets out to establish . |
| 22 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 23 | It is simply to recall the fact that almost all human behaviour , at least that which deserves the name of ‘ action ’ , is in fact culturally moulded and elaborated . |
| 24 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 25 | Er and finally to say that the strategy th that we have is not to take jobs from other areas , it is simply to meet the needs of the resident workforce . |
| 26 | Known familiarly as ‘ Jack-in-the-Box ’ , it is soon to undergo clinical trials . |
| 27 | It is soon to appear in paperback ( and will doubtless go ‘ quadruple platinum ’ , or whatever ) and is to be a major TV series . |
| 28 | I touched earlier on some of the reasons why we find open behaviour in this country so difficult and I believe it is partly to do with emotion . |
| 29 | It is shortly to apply for planning permission to extend the pits . |
| 30 | IRPC 's Personal Legal Assistance Plan costs £70 a year , although it is shortly to rise to £80 . |