Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time a subtle change may be made to the details of the computation of the index . |
| 2 | Even without evidence of a causal role in schizophrenia , the reduction of overprotective parenting may be seen to be a valuable preventive strategy for other psychiatric problems . |
| 3 | This is particularly so in beef herds where nutritional supplementation will be limited to good quality roughage . |
| 4 | ( 3 ) A proportionate part of any advance payment will be refunded to you if this tenancy is determined before the expiry of the period which such payment is intended to cover . |
| 5 | This major social and economic change can be attributed to two main causes . |
| 6 | It has been said that the Court should consider an interim sum ‘ which would alleviate or mitigate the sufferings or hardships of the pursuer as a result of the injuries during the interim period until the case is finally decided ’ but , more recently , some judges have been persuaded that there is no reason why the interim payment should be restricted to the period up to the date of Proof and that if some estimate of the full value of the claim can be made , the pursuer is entitled to receive a significant portion thereof . |
| 7 | Almost a hundred years later the Levellers , in the Putney debates , were to reach deadlock over the problem whether men without an assured livelihood could be admitted to the political nation . |
| 8 | ‘ Terrorism is to be condemned from whatever quarter and in an effort to do so the same rules of descriptive terminology should be applied to all victims , ’ Mr McMichael added . |
| 9 | Godfrey McIvor , Central Region 's education convener , expressed disappointment at the parent ballot , and said a strong case would be made to the Scottish Secretary to keep St Mary 's in local authority control . |
| 10 | However , this is no excuse for inaction , for a number of systems have been described which are of considerable assistance ; for example , the Telford system which relies largely on professional judgement can be used to good effect ( 1 ) . |
| 11 | The United States wished to secure a transitional period in which limited American military and economic aid would be extended to south Korea in the hope that the communists would be kept at bay , at least for a decent interval . |
| 12 | The RNLI 'S Storm Force junior club will be known to a much wider audience now , following the naming of an InterCity 125 locomotive ‘ Storm Force ’ on Saturday 27 April . |
| 13 | Extensive time-allowance should be given to this . |
| 14 | I therefore trust that no such inquiry will hereafter be entered into in Scotland , and that due effect will be given to every Act of Parliament , both private as well as public , upon the just construction which appears to arise upon it . |
| 15 | Due weight must be given to the child 's wishes , but the court is not bound by them . |
| 16 | This conception of the company as a private association will be referred to as the ‘ legal model ’ . |
| 17 | How curious that someone with such a short , neatly waved cap of brown hair should be talking to someone with such a fuzz of ginger hair — and talking so seriously , with no sense of disparity ! |
| 18 | Clearly , if a reader has had the experience of a holiday in France , or a visit to a factory , or of owning a pet , or of experiencing the death of a loved person or animal , this direct experience will be brought to a story or information book dealing with the same matters . |
| 19 | At the worst the plaintiff who starts in the wrong division will be removed to another division , and may have to pay the expenses , if any , incurred by his mistake ; but he can not fail altogether for his mistake . |
| 20 | Under the terms of the IMF loan , the fiscal deficit would be kept to 3.2 per cent of gross domestic product , but public investment would be allowed to rise , with priority given to education , health , water and sanitation , as well as infrastructure and research and development . |
| 21 | International diplomatic efforts during April were directed first towards an emergency relief operation , then towards finding a framework within which adequate protection could be provided to Kurds within Iraq itself . |
| 22 | On Tuesday , they decided that the most sensible course must be to return to London . |
| 23 | The government admitted that companies bidding for franchises after the privatisation of British Rail might be allowed to concrete over the tracks and run buses instead . |
| 24 | The law said that every first-born male should be consecrated to God . |
| 25 | The magnetic field may be confined to a certain part of space but the resulting electric field will pervade all space . |
| 26 | For example , a detached retina can be reattached to the underlying choria , its source of nutrition , by using a procedure known as scleral buckling . |
| 27 | The selection of the lead cases was aimed to ensure that the great majority of the very important points of law which are at issue in all cases are authoritatively decided , and it is hoped that , as a result , clear guidance will be given to the large number of remaining cases which are stayed , leading to settlements ( or at least the elimination of some issues common to the lead cases ) and the avoidance of a multiplicity of litigation . |
| 28 | An increasingly desperate president unavailingly demanded that at least a token British force should be sent to Vietnam . |
| 29 | ‘ The reason that Barnet are currently second in the League , and playing attractive and entertaining football must be credited to Barry Fry 's dedication , enthusiasm , loyalty and commitment all round ! |
| 30 | It seemed , somehow , monstrously unfair that a decision of such importance to England 's cultural future should be left to a person from Pakistan . |