Example sentences of "is to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us assume that we already know the size of sample , the type of respondent ( child , housewife , air traveller , etc. ) , whether or not questions are to be asked on more than one occasion , whether there are likely to be seasonal fluctuations , whether the study is to be factual or attitudinal or both , and so on . |
| 2 | But a degree of independence and impartiality will have to be achieved if re-investigation is to be beneficial . |
| 3 | In Pelkmans and Winters ( 1988 ) , and Padoa-Schioppa ( 1987 ) , there is discussion of the importance of appropriate institutional and legal frameworks in the areas of competition , regional , social , and technology policies if the European market is to be beneficial to all parties . |
| 4 | Estes and Binney ( 1988 , p. 69 ) describe the image of older people in America as ‘ to be old is to be frail , sick , dependent and vulnerable ’ . |
| 5 | Gordian goes on to provide that the same is now to apply in pecuniary cases : an action for trust is to be available in all circumstances . |
| 6 | As any of the information in the Figure 1 may have a bearing on a section in question , it can readily be seen that advanced hyper-text features are needed if all the relevant subject matter is to be available and easily reached in the electronic medium . |
| 7 | The client-server version is to be available in the second half of 1993 ; the terminal-based version early 1994 . |
| 8 | Louis Shores foresees the student shaping his own course and his own curriculum , with the library providing the main means of achievement of his objectives as he sees them ; the teacher is to be available " when needed " . |
| 9 | Each different form requires the mastery of its specific skills if , as is surely the object of the enterprise , the product is to be available and to communicate to all who may be interested . |
| 10 | As a rough-and-ready guide , one can think of these gestural usages as requiring at least a video-tape of the speech event if the proper interpretation is to be available from a recording . |
| 11 | If a non-competition covenant appears likely to infringe Article 85(1) exemption is possible under Article 85(3) although such an exemption is unlikely to be granted in respect of restrictive covenants because of the difficulty of showing that such provisions fulfil the four requirements set out in Article 85(3) that must be satisfied if an exemption is to be available . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) Where any part of the portfolio or account is to be available for investment in contingent liability transactions ( such as futures ) , the maximum amount or percentage so available . |
| 13 | While certain proteins cause these effects to a less extent than others , it is generally considered that uncontrolled adsorption of protein on surfaces in large amounts is undesirable if the surface is to be biocompatible . |
| 14 | If the reductivist is to be consistent , he will have to say not only that explicit existence claims are not a necessary constituent feature of a complete description of the world , but that explicit truth claims are n't either . |
| 15 | If the hon. Gentleman is to be consistent with his opening sentence in which he quoted AMMA 's report , he must proceed to argue — rightly — that the Bill is confused and inadequate for its purposes and he must tell us what revisions he will seek . |
| 16 | Any of these methods is satisfactory ; the important thing is to be consistent . |
| 17 | Again , the important point is to be consistent . |
| 18 | So to be concerned with fashion , to dress up and have fun with clothes , is to be stupid , even whilst every single day the fashion , advertising , and plastic surgery businesses ( not to mention slimming aids , diet books , fitness centres , cosmetics industry ) pump millions of pounds into all these things . |
| 19 | there are three requirements which must be met if the prison system is to be stable : they are security , control and justice … ‘ security ’ refers to the obligations of the Prison Service to prevent prisoners escaping . |
| 20 | To be the hired help is to be helpless in the face of taunts and insults . |
| 21 | The network is to be accessible from nodes within all the Cosine member countries , and is to offer a range of access speeds up to 2Mbps . |
| 22 | Similarly , an attempted close may put the Japanese in a position where they are concerned for the seller 's loss of face if the answer is to be negative . |
| 23 | The trap of the observer is to be distant from the needs of others . |
| 24 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |
| 25 | This relationship , if it is to be helpful , must be informed , on our part , by an appropriate purpose , knowledge , self-awareness and clear , consistent boundaries . |
| 26 | If the development of capital accumulation ( k ) is to be unaffected , we require that the sum of the underlined terms be zero . |
| 27 | It emphasises , too , man 's primitive belief that if his real life task is to be successful , then it must first be enacted in the magic made by dance ( see page 15 ) . |
| 28 | If this approach is to be successful there need to be benefits to the wife , the farmer , and the farm . |
| 29 | The experience of Cherry Willingham School suggests that several key strategies need to be included if LMS is to be successful with support staff . |
| 30 | This arrangement is vital if long-term co-operation and co-ordination in user education is to be successful . |