Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] is [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the general rule is clear — if liability for negligence is to be excluded , the clause should expressly say so . |
| 2 | If a scenario for action is to be socially and politically acceptable in an area it has to be linked into people 's beliefs about their present positions and purposes . |
| 3 | The statutory remedy does not , where compensation for loss is to be sought , impose any liability on those ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in the contravention . |
| 4 | Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold . |
| 5 | The statutory scheme for bankruptcy is to be found in the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Insolvency Rules 1986 and has the following main objectives : ( 1 ) to enable the bankrupt 's affairs and dealings to be investigated under the control of the court ; ( 2 ) to provide the statutory machinery for the collection and rateable distribution of the bankrupt 's available assets ( or those assets which ought to form part of his estate ) with a view to satisfying his debts so far as may be practicable ; ( 3 ) to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge . |
| 6 | The man of unity possesses no rivals for the very meaning of unity is to be at one with all men and all things . |
| 7 | If any sense of unity is to be preserved it must be created by the historians who tell the story . |
| 8 | The Department of Agriculture is to be contacted in a bid to have the problem resolved . |
| 9 | The point of preparation is to be well tuned and at the same time flexible to new interpretations and ideas . |
| 10 | Paul 's Act of Faith is to be co-produced with Soho Theatre of London on the following night . |
| 11 | The error of so many critics and scholars is to write as if the paraphrasable elements in literature constituted its substance , whereas the value of literature is to be found not in propositions , but in relationships , and these relationships are not logical , but imaginative . |
| 12 | A work of literature is to be judged by its effect on serious-minded purchasers , a comic book by its effect on children , a sexually explicit magazine sold in an " adults only " bookstore by its effect on adult patrons of that particular shop . |
| 13 | This immunity has now been abolished by the Animals Act 1971 , so that where damage is caused by animals straying on the highway the question of liability is to be decided in accordance with the ordinary principles of negligence . |
| 14 | Clearly more than one period of fortification is to be implied , with the likelihood that a masonry wall was added to the front of an existing bank , the contemporary ditch of which had to be solidly filled in order to carry its foundations ; a date for the bank of not earlier than c . |
| 15 | Scobie appears to borrow the connection from an article by Sandra Djwa — ‘ Leonard Cohen : Black Romantic ’ which first appeared in 1967 , where it is more skilfully and roundly argued : ‘ Cohen 's dominant theme ( is ) , ’ she says , ‘ the relationship between experience and art , and more specifically the suggestion that the value of experience is to be found in the art of ‘ beauty ’ distilled from it … ’ |
| 16 | The reason for this is that every income level ( which determines the transactions demand for money ) must now be associated with a lower interest rate and therefore a higher speculative demand for money if equality between the total demand for and supply of money is to be maintained . |
| 17 | Every type of jazz is to be heard in every type of venue across the city . |
| 18 | In advertising the purpose of research is to be able to plan the campaign so you know to whom you are talking , what you should be saying , which idea will best convey your message and , finally , whether that message is having the right results . |
| 19 | It is important to note that in any case this question of the essence of religion is to be debated by pupils , not assumed for them . |
| 20 | A board of management is to be set up with the Rev. Tom Barnfather , vicar of St. Herbert 's parish , Darlington , as its chairman . |
| 21 | If an order of rectification is to be made the case must be brought within at least one of paragraphs ( a ) to ( h ) of section 82(1) . |
| 22 | Wood dye : if the colour of wood is to be changed , then probably the most dramatic effect is obtained when the bare wood is coloured with a penetrating wood dye . |
| 23 | The European Court has stated that the concept of abuse is to be assessed by determining whether an undertaking in a dominant position ‘ has made use of the opportunities arising out of its dominant position in such a way as to reap trading benefits which it would not have reaped if there had been normal and sufficiently effective competition ’ . |
| 24 | The entire programme of work is to be capped by a report addressed to the government summing up what we now know about unemployment and reviewing the feasible policy proposals likely to solve the unemployment problem in Britain . |
| 25 | I repeat that they are part of a dissenting judgment but if one is to consider what principle of law is to be applied in an area where there is no direct authority of your Lordships ' House , it is relevant to have regard to them . |
| 26 | The manner in which the point of law is to be decided is a matter for agreement between the parties and the expert . |
| 27 | The answer he gave was that the only ground of legitimacy is to be found in the general will of the people , as only the people can say who has the right to rule them . |
| 28 | Clearly , if a threat of punishment is to be effective in sustaining collusion the firms must believe that the punishment would actually be carried out if the need arose . |
| 29 | If the Problem of holism is to be returned to the world of social science , this gulf must be overcome . |
| 30 | An enthusiast , on the contrary , entertains lofty notions of himself and degrading conceptions of the Deity : he conceives that the course of nature is to be regulated with a view to his own interest … |