Example sentences of "[vb base] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The court may grant the application if — ( a ) the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross demand which equals or exceeds the amount of the debt or debts specified in the statutory demand ; or ( b ) the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial ; or … ( d ) the court is satisfied , on other grounds , that the demand ought to be set aside . |
| 32 | The court may set aside the demand if the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross claim equalling or exceeding the debt demanded , the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial , the creditor appears to hold some security for the debt of sufficient value , or the court is satisfied on other grounds that the demand ought to be set aside . |
| 33 | Wales YFC is an affiliated member of CPRW and the definition of such is ‘ a corporate member whose objects appear to the Council to be similar to those of CPRW ’ . |
| 34 | A person may be nominated for direct entry to fellowship if , by reason of public standing and professional experience , they appear to the council to be able and willing to personally advance the objectives of the Association . |
| 35 | Before summarising what appear to the writer to be the major points of difference between the two value positions , it might be advisable first to outline their apparent areas of agreement . |
| 36 | ( 1 ) For the purposes of the discharge of its functions under this Act , every licensing board ( a ) shall hold a meeting in January , March , June and October of each year beginning on a date in each such month fixed by the licensing board at least eight weeks prior to the meeting ; ( ii ) may hold such other meetings as appear to the board to be appropriate . |
| 37 | Another and perhaps even more striking example of the undesirability of the practice can be found in the case of Woolwich Equitable Building Society v. IRC where the finance Act 1985 had included sections enabling the Inland Revenue to make regulations for the payment by building societies of tax on ‘ such sums as may be determined in accordance with regulations ’ and went on to provide that any such regulations might contain ‘ such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Board to be appropriate ’ . |
| 38 | ( 4 ) Where any such property is disposed of , the Funding Council shall pay to the Secretary of State such portion of the proceeds or value of the consideration for the disposal , after deduction of such expenses as appear to the Secretary of State to have been reasonably incurred in the disposal , as the Secretary of State may , after consultation with the Funding Council , determine . |
| 39 | But it is clear that the data collected in close investigations of live speech communities are much richer than the data preserved from early language states , and they are observable in a larger number of dimensions and at a much finer level of detail ; thus , the patterns revealed in systematic investigations of live communities appear to the observer as much more variable and multidimensional than historical patterns ( as these are usually reported ) . |
| 40 | Designs composed of small masses of veneer forming a readable ‘ picture ’ , correspond roughly in looks , if not in colour , to subjects as they actually appear to the eye ; they seem to be in 3D even though they are flat , and to a degree they are naturalistic . |
| 41 | Even people who have lived a normal and contented life are likely to see ghosts , sometimes called ‘ crisis ghosts ’ , which appear to the living to warn of some imminent danger . |
| 42 | At the end of the article he writes : ‘ We may say , if we like , that the introspected mind is just a body and its goings on as they appear to the body in question and not to anybody else . |
| 43 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 44 | ‘ Should I die , Richard would under normal circumstances accede to the throne with the lady Anne as his consort . ’ |
| 45 | Why should anyone look at this silent , red-haired violinist and leap to the conclusion that he was in the Department of Trade and Industry ? |
| 46 | In other words , the note patterns of a series serve as a stimulus to the imagination , and creative ideas leap to the mind in abundance once we begin to work . |
| 47 | No doubt many people in advertising and public relations , as well as their professional associations , will protest that their work is not all about making money and that they do care about the communications they create and the messages they send to the public . |
| 48 | ( Link would be pleased to pass any details on to — send to the editor at the address shown on the back page ) . |
| 49 | Where the defendant makes a payment into court he will normally : ( 1 ) obtain a certificate of total benefit from the Compensation Recovery Unit of the DSS and ; ( 2 ) send to the court with the payment a certificate showing the amount deducted . |
| 50 | If the Registrar finds that the further particulars are in order , he must note the date of their receipt and send to the company and any person interested in the charge a copy of the particulars and the date on which they were delivered . |
| 51 | The revival of small-scale farmhouses cheeses and the subsequent interest in these individual products has been brought about partly by the farmers ' need to cut the amount of milk that they send to the Milk Marketing Board and partly by the public 's demand for ‘ real ’ cheeses with traditional texture and flavour . |
| 52 | Nominees who do not attend the party conference shall be deemed to have withdrawn their nominations unless they send to the secretary on or before the date on which the conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence , satisfactory to the party Conference Arrangements Committee . |
| 53 | Commons Members unable to attend conference through sickness or because they are abroad on parliamentary business may send instruction to the secretary of the party or to a parliamentary colleague on how their vote shall be cast provided that they send to the secretary on or before the date on which conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence . |
| 54 | If you would like to attend this important event , simply fill in the coupon and send to the address below . |
| 55 | Please complete the back of the ticket counterfoil and send to the Amnesty Fundraising Department , with your request for extra tickets . |
| 56 | Please complete and send to the office by return . |
| 57 | There are still a few more places available if you are interested please send to the Office as soon as possible . |
| 58 | Write your answer , name and address on a postcard and send to The Limit 's Donington competition , Daily Mirror , … … ( new address ) . |
| 59 | ‘ Send to the hospital and bring the head doctor here . |
| 60 | The President would ( i ) submit to the Congress of People 's Deputies annual reports on the state of the country , and would brief the USSR Supreme Soviet " on the most important matters of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy " ; ( ii ) propose to the USSR Supreme Soviet ( and subsequently to the Congress for confirmation ) candidates for the posts of the Chair of the USSR Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) , Chair of the USSR Committee of People 's Control , Chair of the USSR Supreme Court , USSR Procurator General and USSR Chief State Arbiter , as well as recommend to the USSR Supreme Soviet and to the Congress the removal of these officials ( with the exception of the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court ) ; ( iii ) place before the USSR Supreme Soviet the question of forcing or of accepting the resignation of the USSR Council of Ministers , and would appoint and remove in conjunction with the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers members of that body ( subject to confirmation by the USSR Supreme Soviet ) ; ( iv ) sign USSR laws , being entitled within a period of no more than two weeks to refer a law and objections to it back to the USSR Supreme Soviet for further discussion and voting ( should the USSR Supreme Soviet confirm its earlier decision by a two-thirds majority in both its chambers the President would be obliged to sign the law ) ; ( v ) enjoy the right to suspend the operation of USSR Council of Ministers resolutions and instructions ; and ( vi ) propose to the Congress of People 's Deputies the dissolution and re-election of the USSR Supreme Soviet in the event of an irreconcilable dispute over legislation arising between that body 's two chambers . |