Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [subord] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast " they " , the outsiders , are treated as related to " us " in a much more optional way . |
| 2 | This libretto is based on the revised version published in 1961 but there were many phrases which had been altered when set to music , and the final text has been preferred here . |
| 3 | They are regarded as belonging to an earlier age of superstition and ignorance . |
| 4 | The offeror will need to show that he has been unable to trace the shareholders after reasonable enquiry , that the shares for which acceptances have been received when added to those held by untraceable shareholders amount to not less than the 90 per cent threshold , and that the consideration offered is fair and reasonable . |
| 5 | Both literature and social or cultural reality are de fined by structuralist theory in semiotic terms , so that ( as in the Bakhtinian theory ) they are seen as belonging to the same order . |
| 6 | Always young women , they recline and modestly turn their faces into their arms which are raised around their heads , so that their graceful , elongated bodies are presented as objects to be looked upon without the discomfort of a confronting stare back into the viewer 's gaze . |
| 7 | All of these , to repeat , although there is some uncertainty and inconsistency , are presented as answers to the question of the meaning or semantics of certain " if " statements , certainly including dependent nomic conditionals . |
| 8 | More curiously still , by promoting the figure of Charlemagne , Otto has also been seen as contributing to the creation of the French state : ‘ The notion that there was such a country as France , at a time when the royal authority was very little recognised outside the narrow boundaries of the royal domain , the Île de France , was fostered by the legend of Charlemagne . ’ |
| 9 | Likewise , it was common ground that faulty administration contemplated the procedures by which decisions are made as opposed to the merits of the decisions . |
| 10 | It seems likely that this entailment is interfering with antagonism in 49 — both events are interpreted as happening to the ‘ global door ’ , of which the door-panel is a part . |
| 11 | However , in practice this exception has been interpreted as applying to similar contracts issued by other entities . |
| 12 | These are classed as belonging to a retail organisation with ten or more branches , each selling a similar range of merchandise . |
| 13 | In order to limit the degree of confusion that these factors may cause , the names of the traditional weaving areas ( Persia , Anatolia , the Caucasus , Afghanistan , Turkestan etc. ) have been used when discussing the weaving , history or design influences of their rugs , and the names of the modern states have been used when referring to purely commercial factors , such as import tariffs , government actions and subsidies . |
| 14 | of all vehicles taken and driven away unlawfully are damaged when returned to their owner . |
| 15 | To achieve the twofold aims of consultation — deepening teachers ' understanding of any pupil 's special needs , and enhancing their ability to meet them — the consultative role has been geared as outlined to : |
| 16 | The problems identified here of delay , cost and complexity have long been recognised as requiring to be redressed . |
| 17 | The further problems are associated with difficulties that are encountered when trying to be precise about just how probable a law or theory is in the light of specified evidence . |
| 18 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 19 | By a notice of appeal dated 23 April 1992 the Treasury Solicitor appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) on a true construction of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 the court was precluded from making the order for examination ; ( 2 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in making the order and in holding that ( i ) it was possible to interpret section 9(4) of the Act so as not to preclude the order sought , ( ii ) the exclusion contained in section 9(4) was restricted to cases where the actual capacity in which the witness was called on to give evidence was a Crown capacity and that the fact that the evidence sought was acquired in the course of the witness 's employment as a servant of the Crown was not of itself sufficient to bring the case within the exclusion , ( iii ) the fact that the witness was now retired from his position was relevant to the question whether the exclusion in section 9(4) applied , ( iv ) if some other interpretation were possible , it would be unacceptable to approach section 9(4) as requiring the court to refuse to make the order that a witness who was competent and compellable within the United Kingdom should give evidence for foreign proceedings , ( v ) there was nothing in the material sought to be given in evidence which it could have been the policy or intention of the Act to have prevented being explored ; ( 3 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in approaching the question of capacity by concentrating on the position of the witness at the time that the evidence was to be given as opposed to the position of the witness at the time that he acquired the information which was the subject matter of the evidence and the nature content and source of such evidence ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly ignored the fact that the Crown as a party to the Hague Convention was in a position to give effect to it and to provide evidence to foreign courts in accordance with it without recourse to the court ; and ( 5 ) the judge had wrongly approached section 9(4) on the footing that it most likely addressed prejudice to the sovereignty of the state . |
| 20 | One British Tank Brigade commander commented : ‘ Many times it was impossible to hear or be heard when speaking to Corps Headquarters at a distance of five or six miles . ’ |
| 21 | Also , at the end of the day there may not be a great deal of difference between a system which requires all charges subject to exceptions to be registered as opposed to the present one which requires specified charges to be registered subject to the power of the Secretary of State to add to or delete from their number . |
| 22 | The Minister of Public Security , Wang Fang , said that foreigners would also be punished if found to be involved in any of the above activities . |
| 23 | They are not intended to confine police investigation of crime to conduct which might be regarded as sporting to those under investigation . |
| 24 | It was said that if a claim is directed to a technical process which is carried out under the control of a program ( whether implemented in the hardware or the software ) , then the claim can not be regarded as related to a computer program as such . |
| 25 | ‘ 5(1) Property shall be regarded as belonging to any person having possession or control of it , or having in it any proprietary right or interest ( not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an interest ) . … |
| 26 | ‘ But whether , in the ordinary case to which section 5 of the Theft Act 1968 does not apply , goods are to be regarded as belonging to another is a question to which the criminal law offers no answer and which can only be answered by reference to civil law principles . |
| 27 | It is therefore to be expected that where an animal had been classified as ferae naturae at common law it will be regarded as belonging to a dangerous species under the Act ( e.g . |
| 28 | The goods will therefore be regarded as belonging to the original owner unless one of the exceptions applies . |
| 29 | By s.5(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ p ] roperty shall be regarded as belonging to any person having possession or control of it , or having in it any proprietary right or interest ( not being an equitable interest arising only from an agreement to transfer or grant an intent ) . |
| 30 | Commercial contractual relations had become valuable rights which could be regarded as entitled to at least some of the protection given by the law to property and while it was argued that the plaintiff ought to be satisfied with his action for breach of contract against the party induced , the latter might be incapable of paying all the damages . |