Example sentences of "is [to-vb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marr technique of painting is to go and visit the subject , where she makes copious notes on eye colour and other little idiosyncrasies that will help catch the soul of the dog . |
| 2 | Here the philosophy is to go and find the clients in a range of sectors which have a compatible style and approach leaving the other clients to seek their executive search needs elsewhere . |
| 3 | Anger is common reaction , and one way to help overcome this distress is to go and discuss what happened with your vet . |
| 4 | Oh mostly that really , supposedly going to America in February the sixth and the doctor , she said to the doctor what 's the matter and he said you 're really , really run down then he said to her what I suggest you do is to go and buy some cartons of fresh orange juice , a jar of honey and some natural live yoghurt and she 's ate it all , now she 's got diarrhoea ca n't win can ya ? |
| 5 | Sir Jack Brabham says he 's never been so excited about a new motor car and the challenge is to go and take on the best |
| 6 | Beauracrats , teachers and pupils say the only way parents can judge a school is to go and take a look at it |
| 7 | Generally , the only way to find something out is to go and see the individual concerned ; however , appointments can not be made when the phone refuses to work . |
| 8 | The best and most reliable way to get good information — there is no comparison — is to go and see roses actually growing . |
| 9 | What I am seeking to do is to go and support Conservative candidates up and down the country and I 'm supporting many of them during this local election campaign . |
| 10 | I think if you feel like that , the great thing is to go and punch a cushion — let off steam somehow or other But , if possible , do n't let it off on your carer ! |
| 11 | The second is the principle of integrity in adjudication : it asks those responsible for deciding what the law is to see and enforce it as coherent in that way . |
| 12 | During the transfer to your resort , they will answer your questions and later , at a welcome meeting , will tell you all you need to know about your location ; including what there is to see and do . |
| 13 | Like this it is at once a moment of knowledge ( " to understand reality is to see and understand things in their connectedness and their interpretation , one to the other " ) and moment of praxis ( synthesis ) whose material embodiment is the process of modelling ( forming : here both in terms of cognitive modelling , including the modeling of meaning and the extension of this modelling , with all its reciprocal interactions ) . |
| 14 | He wrote : The big thing in developing the United Front is to agitate and bring the masses into activity around the particular issues and to get organisation ( Committees ) , expressing and representing the actual character of the movement . |
| 15 | Its purpose is to diagnose and remedy weaknesses rather than to exclude from further study the students who do not perform well . |
| 16 | The effect of such imagery is to enrich or enlarge our concept of the male , or of what may truly be said to be ‘ masculine ’ . |
| 17 | Is to support and to build up and to bolster the Prime Minister ? |
| 18 | Try putting yourself at five or six hundred feet directly over the landing area of your gliding site and see for yourself how difficult it is to plan and make a spot landing . |
| 19 | As already indicated , the function of these committees is to plan and oversee the form taken by the project within the school in question . |
| 20 | As Palmerston put it in the mid-19th century , ministers , especially the Prime Minister , must be able to defend themselves in Parliament daily , ‘ and in order to do this they must be minutely acquainted with all the details of the business of their offices , and the only way of being constantly armed with such information is to conduct and direct those details themselves ’ . |
| 21 | They claim ‘ AT&T 's real motivation is to harass and to attempt to intimidate a potential competitor ’ and ‘ to maintain a monopoly of the Unix System market by suing anyone who refuses to tithe to them . ’ |
| 22 | Essentially the engineer 's role is to monitor and supervise the construction and to ensure that the works are completed to time , cost and colour . |
| 23 | So as to avoid any political consideration of policies , the auditor 's brief is to monitor and report upon agencies ' and departments ' approaches for monitoring and reviewing their own effectiveness . |
| 24 | In studying the political economy of policy co-ordination , the plan is to compare and contrast the results of non-cooperative policy formation using computer programmes for policy design , ( with the aid of macroeconomic models where feasible ) . |
| 25 | The association produces a regular newsletter — one aim of which is to publicise and coordinate research- and is planning a series of conference on appropriate themes . |
| 26 | The mission of Teesside TEC is to promote and contribute to the economic growth of Teesside and it aims to do this by fostering individual initiative , community teamwork , business development and quality training . |
| 27 | Their function is to promote and protect the industry they represent . |
| 28 | However , an important secondary aim is to promote and protect Scottish interests . |
| 29 | The annual award is to promote and encourage imaginative projects and management of wild game conservation and its habitat . |
| 30 | Keeping track of the individual pupil 's exposure to health education is an even more difficult task , but one which is important if the purpose of health education is to promote and encourage future healthy living habits . |