Example sentences of "is [verb] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general principle contemplates a model of a patient of an age recognized as endowing him with the competence to exercise a valid choice , and who is lucid in the sense not only that he regards himself as being in control of his mental faculties , but also that he is recognized to be so by others . |
| 2 | The motion that the Prime Minister has proposed for decision by the House tonight is intended to be so meaningless that any Tory Member can vote for it while interpreting it to suit himself or herself . |
| 3 | Of course , that is not in essence what education is intended to be about . |
| 4 | Therefore , all pictorial content is intended to be merely representative of the entertainment themes available within the Euro Disneyland complex and not specific . |
| 5 | In addition , since trade with the Soviet Union is intended to be bilaterally balanced , it has been necessary to find some Yugoslav products to supply to the Soviet Union in return for its petroleum and other raw materials . |
| 6 | My Lords , is the er Noble Minister aware that the site er which is referred to is not of great market value in the sense that it is scheduled by the planning authority for use only as an open space or for community housing . |
| 7 | Meanwhile — and here is a term that is proving to be particularly confusing — we have had a veritable flurry of activity in the area , or more precisely areas , designated as ‘ information management ’ . |
| 8 | Also , the project is proving to be even larger than originally thought . |
| 9 | London regional director , Mike Godfrey says : ‘ Redbridge is proving to be just what the doctor ordered . |
| 10 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 11 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 12 | In 1981 there were 480,000 18-year-old girls : 30,000 entered nursing 6.25% In 1986 there are 400,00018-year-old girls : 25,000 have entered nursing 5.635% By 1994 there will only be 300,000 18-year-old girls : HOW MANY WILL ENTER NURSING ? — In recent months , recruitment is proving to be more difficult and many of the London hospitals are experiencing severe staff shortages . |
| 13 | Knowing when to get out is not easy , particularly when the external environment is changing and/or the competition is proving to be more successful . |
| 14 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 15 | The cost of implementing EC standards is proving to be very serious for Britain 's small and medium sized firms . |
| 16 | Another strategy — and one which is proving to be very popular in schools with a history of open decision-making — is for the governing body to establish a structure of sub-committees which bring together LEA governors , parent-governors , teacher-governors , co-opted governors , the headteacher and teachers in the making of decisions . |
| 17 | It is , perhaps , a tribute to the privatisation structure that the market is proving to be very volatile , and industrial customers will not be tied to their suppliers unless they so wish . |
| 18 | The Free Voucher scheme is proving to be very popular . |
| 19 | It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for . |
| 20 | The cost of getting the display team to Edinburgh for the International Festival of Movement on April 2–3 is proving to be much higher than anticipated . |
| 21 | Where impairment enters , the character is proven to be socially dead ( Finkelstein , 1991 ) . |
| 22 | GRAHAM TAYLOR 'S England plans were hit last night by an injury scare to top scorer David Platt , who is struggling to be fully fit for next week 's World Cup qualifier against Turkey . |
| 23 | It is claimed to be equally efficient for removing stains and organic growth from bricks , concrete and stone . |
| 24 | It is claimed to be particularly useful for field engineers since it 's small size makes it ideal for use with portable computers . |
| 25 | Opportunism is claimed to be particularly relevant to the implementation of decisions . |
| 26 | Consisting of modular packages , the product range is claimed to be completely open to any specific version of Unix and any hardware or database running on open systems . |
| 27 | When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete . |
| 28 | Version 5.0 is claimed to be more portable , with better application programming interfaces : ‘ commercially cleaned up ’ , is how SGI described it . |
| 29 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 30 | SSL is claimed to be very difficult for ( hearing ) adults to learn ; some go so far as to say that it is impossible . |