Example sentences of "[conj] [n mass] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | … ( 7 ) A modification of the contents of any computer takes place if , by the operation of any function of the computer concerned or any other computer — ( a ) any program or data held in the computer concerned is altered or erased ; or ( b ) any program or data is added to its contents ; and any act which contributes towards causing such a modification shall be regarded as causing it . … |
| 2 | For the next three years little more than £1,000 was sent to Bordeaux for the defence of the duchy , and Edward concentrated his attention on Brittany . |
| 3 | A survey has found that £86m was paid to , or collected by , the taxman in error this year . |
| 4 | He died in 1753 , in his ninety-third year , having made arrangements for his great collections , valued at £80,000 , to be left to the nation , on the condition that £20,000 be paid to his daughters . |
| 5 | The directors recommend that £9,239,000 be transferred to the profit and loss account as set out in note 19 on page 41 . |
| 6 | Summarizing reduces ambiguity by pointing things out explicitly and helps to reduce the likelihood that people are agreeing to different things ( see Agreeing on page 3 ) . |
| 7 | But I 'm aware that people are going to be suspicious of another band mixing guitars with dance beats . |
| 8 | ‘ And after all the controversy involving Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis this summer , Lancashire and Surrey will be well aware that people are going to be looking at their performances . |
| 9 | ‘ It is understandable , after the years of repression , that people are drawn to anything Western , modern and glamorous . |
| 10 | It may be that people are drawn to journalism because of this negativity — the chance to cut everyone else down to size to make themselves feel better . |
| 11 | ‘ It is n't enough to have all the safety plans in the world if you do n't ensure that people are adhering to them . ’ |
| 12 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 13 | I was constantly hearing that people were reacting to all this technology , expressing a wish to go back to basics with a simple bow , a look at the wind , an arrow loosed into the heavens and a hope that with luck it might hit the target . |
| 14 | He began by saying that people were starving to death , and it got more pessimistic from then on : the resettlement camps , the ensuing dislocation which meant people could no longer grow their food , the dying children . |
| 15 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 16 | Caterers now have every reason to ensure that staff are trained to the appropriate level and already there is pressure on the Awarding Bodies to provide a more realistic range of courses than at present . |
| 17 | In 1925 , moreover , the royal commission on awards to inventors ordered that £30,000 be paid to Pollen for his contributions to the Dreyer system , which before the war had incorporated — albeit imperfectly — elements of the Argo clock without his knowledge or permission . |
| 18 | In Dundee in the first year more than 2,000 students applied to the access fund and more than £300,000 was allocated to them . |
| 19 | In addition in Mehmet v Perry , on the lines of Watkins J 's decision in Regan v Williamson [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 305 , £1,500 was awarded for the loss of the mother 's individual care for the children and £1,000 was awarded to the husband for his loss of his wife 's individual care and attention . |
| 20 | But if data is imported to a spreadsheet , the imported data 's structure must be stripped away , and this severs the intelligent data connection between server and client . |
| 21 | In the NCO - ion the terminal atoms have similar masses and the force constants f(CO) and f(CN) are expected to be much the same . |
| 22 | Cos people are going to be sending you messages on it |
| 23 | The overall facility is quietness and staff are trained to be unobtrusive . |
| 24 | In this exercise , the library is providing a service to meet expressed need ; there is active cooperation with other professional staff in the school ; and staff are introduced to the potential of information technology . |
| 25 | LASMO 's managers and staff are committed to working closely with the Governments of the countries in which it operates . |
| 26 | It was while the assembly was breaking up , and parents and staff were drifting to their various meeting points , that Major Tilney heard distinctly , through the closed door to the kitchen , a high-pitched hiccup and an outbreak of hysterical boyish laughter . |
| 27 | In addition to the emergency grants to individuals and small teams , the foundation has also given $500,000 to the Komarov Botanical Institute in St Petersburg for the preservation of one of the world 's largest herbaria , Some $80,000 was awarded to a popular science magazine Chemistry and Life and $4,000 was given to a special high school in Moscow that maintains high standards for teaching physics and mathematics . |
| 28 | Professional outlooks and personal feelings about cases and people are bound to be affected . |
| 29 | Yeah I agree with that , if you know somebody well , especially if you know somebody well and if you work with people and you communicate with people you build up trust , and if the communication 's there and people are talking to each other and passing on information , information 's going round and round trust 'll be there , the only time trust disappears is when somebody feels somebody 's keeping something back . |
| 30 | It looks So often it looks beautiful and it looks innocent , and people are attracted to it , Christians also . |