Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the critics of the Touche Ross report , Professor Arthur Midwinter , of the department of politics at Strathclyde University , said last night that it now looked as if the scope for savings would be narrowed to the point where it had to be asked whether it was worthwhile proceeding with the reforms . |
| 2 | Again , this second set of reasons would be subscribed to by Free Presbyterians , who would only differ from the bulk of the Protestant population in being more consciously committed to such arguments . |
| 3 | One study carried out in Canada showed that 20 per cent of cases could be attributed to true IgE-mediated allergy to food . |
| 4 | The Braggs thus showed that the angle of reflection of X-rays could be related to the distance d between the two layers of atoms : This is the Bragg equation A crystal may have several planes from which reflection can take place . |
| 5 | Thus each group of accounts might be said to be objective but they are not comparable . |
| 6 | Even from the point of view of ‘ saver ’ , let alone ‘ worker ’ , conservative/speculative management of funds can be shown to be damaging : savers ' interests lie in ensuring that when they retire , or reach a specified age , the pensions , endowments or annuities they receive will support a reasonable standard of living . |
| 7 | In addition , this criticism of referees could be extended to their manifest reluctance to referee the line-outs in a fair proportion of the games . |
| 8 | ( 4.7 ) unc The sequential composition of a pair of assignments to different lists of variables may be reduced to a single assignment using this law with 3.2 and 3.3 . |
| 9 | John Newsom , who later became my friend , endeared himself to headmasters by asserting the principle that as much freedom as possible in the running of schools should be delegated to heads — even although , or perhaps because , he well knew that many of them were rogues . |
| 10 | It was the way in which repentance and forgiveness of sins could be offered to all people ( Luke 24:47 ) . |
| 11 | This is somewhat similar to Olson 's ( 1982 ) argument that the rise and then decline of countries can be linked to their degree of pluralism — an argument which has found little substantial empirical support . |
| 12 | John Wildman , who sat in the Convention as member for Great Bedwin , produced a tract in which he argued that the King 's legislative veto and power to dismiss Parliament be removed and that control over the militia , the declaration of war and the appointment of judges should be transferred to Parliament . |
| 13 | One group of sites could be seen to be more or less contemporary because they produced the same types of tool , while those which produced other types could be shown to be earlier or later in date . |
| 14 | The third group of witches could be likened to the Daily Telegraph end of the spectrum . |
| 15 | The suggestion made to the Argyll interest was that an order from the Board of Customs should be sent to Wigtown demanding the attendance of these officers in Edinburgh on the day of election , whereby it was hoped that a party of Lord Galloway 's enemies might carry the day . |
| 16 | The idea that the value and merit of individuals should be related to their income or wealth is wholly repugnant to a Christian view of the world . |
| 17 | It might also be suggested that for officers of an LEA to concentrate time and resources on prescribing how the physical arrangements of classrooms should be attended to represents a rather demeaning view of teachers and heads , whose proper concern such matters undoubtedly are . |
| 18 | However , to ensure that the highly regarded ethos of , and future development of , traditional climbing ( involving the use of leader-placed/second removed protection ) is not threatened , it is felt that the use of bolts should be limited to the production of SPORT climbs , ( there should be no retrospective bolting on established climbs for protection or belays , and there should be no minimalist bolting ) . |
| 19 | Younger scientists are particularly welcome at BNASS meetings and a number of bursaries will be offered to research students . |
| 20 | The reversal of fortunes can be attributed to two factors . |
| 21 | no amendment which would be to the advantage of participants may be made to the following without the prior consent of the Company in General Meeting : |
| 22 | To provide an effective working atmosphere , the number of participants will be limited to approximately 50 . |
| 23 | The form ( which you will have received from the Court ) for certifying loss of earnings should be passed to the Personnel Department . |
| 24 | If a-trait is heritable , all classes of relatives will be correlated to some extent . ) |
| 25 | More frequently , the cause of problems can be traced to an excessive desire to stick to policies or to a lack of understanding by the planning officers of the realities of life for developers and occupiers of property . |
| 26 | If the student is studying under a tutor or supervisor an adequate number of problems will be supplied to him . |
| 27 | There has been a strong movement in favour of delegalization and privatization of family and personal matters ; but when moral panic breaks out law continues to be invoked as ‘ binding on everyone in society , whatever their beliefs … the embodiment of a common moral position ’ , despite the recognition that ‘ in our pluralistic society it is not to be expected that any one set of principles can be enunciated to be completely accepted by everyone . ’ |
| 28 | This sad state of affairs may be attributed to feckless parents or to a society which projects its standards and values in such an ambivalent way . |
| 29 | If the court appoints an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report , a copy of the order and the petition and statement of affairs must be sent to him , and the court must also fix a venue for the report to be considered with notice of this being given to the practitioner and the debtor ( r 6.44 ) . |
| 30 | The results of searches can be saved to floppies for import into word processing or bibliographic software . |