Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign financial institutions are expected to contribute to the project and an Israeli company will provide technical assistance . |
| 2 | Annual emissions of sulphur from the mines are thought to amount to 700,000 tonnes , together with large quantities of metals such as nickel , copper and zinc . |
| 3 | The gems are thought to belong to a female member of an Arab royal family . |
| 4 | Even today , most convicts are sentenced to ‘ rigorous ’ imprisonment , and , although some revisions are currently being made , the gaols in most states are run according to manuals dating from the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Some employers are beginning to respond to these demographic pressures by recruiting more older workers . |
| 6 | On the basis of a 5-4 majority in a Missouri case judged in July , the cases are expected to lead to expansion of the right of individual states to pass laws regulating abortions . |
| 7 | In referral meetings attended by all the staff , an educational psychologist , and an education social worker , decisions on particular cases are taken according to a broad consensus which operated around two major and related considerations . |
| 8 | The Court held , however , that the phrase ‘ in accordance with law ’ means that the law ‘ must be sufficiently clear in its terms to give citizens an adequate indication as to the circumstances in which and the conditions on which public authorities are empowered to resort to this secret and potentially dangerous interference with the right to respect for private life and correspondence . |
| 9 | If , however , local authorities are going to continue to be responsible for personal social services , then they need to look at alternative methods of service organisation and delivery . |
| 10 | The peaks observed in the α scans are labelled according to the trajectories indicated in the cross-section drawing . |
| 11 | Mountain peaks are classified according to their shape , in terms of the five elements of fire , wood , water , metal and earth . |
| 12 | Several types of market mechanism are under discussion — like the ‘ carbon tax ’ whereby fossil fuels are taxed according to their carbon content . |
| 13 | With Britain 's roads becoming more crowded and dangerous , cyclists are looking to escape to the countryside in the Forest of Dean . |
| 14 | The surface is not subdivided in any way : cyclists are expected to keep to the left and to have consideration for walkers . |
| 15 | The conditions are available in a printed booklet , which solicitors are advised to provide to their client in instances where the conditions are incorporated by reference . |
| 16 | Few of those artists are expected to return to the island soon . |
| 17 | Meetings are conducted according to rules of debate modelled on the rules used in what is probably the most famous talking shop in the world — the Houses of Parliament at Westminster . |
| 18 | Ions are deflected according to : a ) mass — lighter ions are deflected more than heavier ions b ) charge — 2 ions are deflected much more than 1 ions . |
| 19 | Desperate holiday-makers are forced to go to local bureaux de change , where they get very poor rates for sterling . |
| 20 | Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists . |
| 21 | Officials are full-time employees , promotion is according to seniority and achievement ; pay scales are prescribed according to the position or office held in the organisation structure ; |
| 22 | As the real value of falls , wealth-holders are induced to switch to real assets , such as houses , cars and other consumer durables : this will exert upward pressure on prices of real assets and so make inflationary conditions worse . |
| 23 | Convention establishes certain procedures so that when clear rules are adopted according to these procedures , people can rely on state intervention in their behalf ; they can also rely on the state not to intervene at the behest of other citizens except as these rules stipulate and can plan and coordinate their affairs accordingly . |
| 24 | Arguments about carbon emissions are expected to come to a head in the forthcoming UNCED " Earth Summit " to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 , where a global warming treaty is expected to be signed . |
| 25 | Two-syllable simple adjectives are stressed according to the same rule , giving : |
| 26 | All disks , power supplies , fans and array controllers are redundant and hot pluggable while running , and it is designed to eliminate all single points of failure so that dual power cords are provided to connect to dual power sources . |
| 27 | The practice is intensifying among women 's magazine because many circulations are falling owing to sustained competition from new titles , and the reduction in consumer spending . |
| 28 | Products are grouped according to the principal benefit which customers perceive that their purchase will bring . |
| 29 | The human development of the disabled person is highly respected , so SPRED groups are organised according to four age levels : 6–10 year olds ; 11–16 year olds : 17–21 year olds : 22 and over . |
| 30 | Even in Blaisdon , fruit growers are beginning to look to more reliable crops . |