Example sentences of "[noun pl] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who deal with firearms are generally aware of the attendant risks , and the days when those involved in motoring and other forms of transport could make light of the risks to life have now long passed , as various air , sea , rail , and road disasters have occurred . |
| 2 | There were some risks to life and limb , however , over which she had no control ; how could she ever have guessed that she would outlive her son Robert by almost exactly 10 years ? |
| 3 | Second , recognise the severe health risks to self and others . |
| 4 | There were serious risks to child users , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The Government were responsible for the preservation of law and order , and must assume the responsibility of a collective decision on the risks to law and order which the abolition of the death penalty might involve . |
| 6 | The Cabinet first considered whether it was their duty to advise Parliament that the abolition of the death penalty would involve serious risks to law and order . |
| 7 | The Environment Committee concluded by approving five new OECD acts aimed at bolstering the strategy of " sustainable development " as follows : i ) Environmental Indicators & Information ( for policy-makers and the public ) ; ii ) Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy ; iii ) Co-operative Investigation & Risk Reduction of Existing Chemicals ; iv ) Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control ( advocating policies which take into account risks to world environment ) ; v ) Reduction of Trans-Frontier Movement of Wastes * The reports can be ordered at HMSO Bookshops Guardian 28 January , 1 February Independent 28 January Times 28 January , 1 February Financial Times 28 , 29 , 31 January , 1 February International Herald Tribune 31 January The Economist 2 February OECD Press Releases 31 January |
| 8 | If everyone ( or at least those who can mould opinion and wield sanctions ) implicitly agrees that it is weak to get upset , and a sign of personal incompetence to make mistakes , then openness entails real risks to staffroom status and even to promotion and other career prospects . |
| 9 | The COSHH regulations are designed to protect workers ' health by requiring substances in the workplace to be identified and the potential risks to health associated with the use of those substances to be assessed . |
| 10 | Risks to health and the environment can be minimised and it is also important to produce the energy cleanly . |
| 11 | The relevant provisions are contained in s.2 of this Act , in particular s.2(2) ( e ) which refers to the provision and maintenance of a working environment for employees , ‘ that is , so far as is reasonably practicable , safe , without risks to health , and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work ’ . |
| 12 | Their role in the reduction of mortality was — and still is — to remove environmental risks to health , to encourage the building of proper sewage and water systems following the Metropolitan example , to enforce housing standards , to ensure that rubbish is collected , to organize health inspections of schoolchildren . |
| 13 | ‘ It shall be the duty of each person who has , to any extent , control of premises to which this Article applies or of the means of access thereto or egress therefrom or of any plant or substance in such premises to take such measures as it is reasonable for a person in his position to take to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the premises , all means of access thereto or egress therefrom available for use by persons using the premises , and any plant or substance in the premises or , as the case may be , provided for use there , is or are safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 14 | to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the article is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risks to health when properly used ; |
| 15 | to take such steps as are necessary to secure that there will be available in connection with the use of the article at work adequate information about the use for which it is designed and has been tested , and about any conditions necessary to endure that , when put to that use , it will be safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who undertakes the design or manufacture of any article for use at work to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any necessary research with a view to the discovery and , so far as is reasonably practicable , the elimination or minimisation of any risks to health or safety to which the design or article may give rise . ’ |
| 17 | to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the substance is safe and without risks to health when properly used ; |
| 18 | to take such steps as are necessary to secure that there will be available in connection with the use of the substance at work adequate information about the results of any relevant tests which have been carried out on or in connection with the substance and about any conditions necessary to ensure that it will be safe and without risks to health when properly used . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It shall be the duty of any person who undertakes the manufacture of any substance for use at work to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any necessary research with a view to the discovery and , so far as is reasonably practicable , the elimination or minimisation of any risks to health or safety to which the substance may give rise . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Where a person designs , manufactures , imports or supplies an article for or to another on the basis of a written undertaking by that other to take specified steps sufficient to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the article will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , the undertaking shall have the effect of relieving the first-mentioned person from the duty imposed by paragraph ( 1 ) ( a ) to such extent as is reasonable having regard to the terms of the undertaking . ’ |
| 21 | to protect persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ; |
| 22 | ‘ the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are , so far as is reasonably practicable , safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ arrangements for ensuring , so far as is reasonably practicable , safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use , handling , storage and transport of articles and substances . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under the employer 's control , the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks . ’ |
| 25 | He must also ensure that there is adequate information available about this and about any conditions necessary to ensure that it will be safe and without risks to health when properly used . |
| 26 | ‘ protecting persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ’ ; |
| 27 | Editor , — In addition to the risks to health care staff and patients from HIV and hepatitis B outlined by the Joint Working Party of the Hospital Infection Society and the Surgical Infection Study Group , during ‘ invasive procedures ’ there is also a risk of transmission from health care staff to patients . |
| 28 | To reduce exposure to risks to health associated with poor living conditions . |
| 29 | ‘ In the past we have taken too miserable a view of food , now we must say there is a glorious array of foreign cuisines which are associated with amazingly low risks to health . |
| 30 | But where we find the law is deliberately being ignored or flouted , inspectors will be prepared to take firm enforcement action , particularly if serious risks to health and safety are evident or where what needs to be done is not new , i.e. where existing duties have simply been replaced by new legislation . ’ |