Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Since a share is a financial claim on the firm 's real wealth in the form of its physical assets , the economic earnings of a share are defined as the maximum amount of real resources that can be withdrawn from the share and used for real consumption without impairing the ability of the share to deliver real consumption in the future .
2 Where there is uncertainty about the financial information in the target 's most recently published financial statements , any important factors must be highlighted by the board and the financial adviser .
3 Then the odd whitewashed marshland cottage stands strangely palpable , as if it could be plucked from the scene and held for ever .
4 Both can be implicated in the crime and convicted .
5 For instance , arrows need to be propelled by a bow and chariots need to be drawn by horses .
6 So the same instruction would , on one model , be executed directly by hard-ware and , on another , be recognized as an extracode and interpreted by a subroutine in the supervisor .
7 Thus period costs will be recognized in the profit and loss account in the accounting period when they are incurred .
8 On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements .
9 If you suspect , for example , that your neighbour intends to build on your land , or if your windows are going to be blocked so that no light can get through , or if an unreasonable nuisance is going to be caused , then your last hope may be to go to the courts and ask for an injunction .
10 Nevertheless , at some future data an exercise would be undertaken by the Organization and Methods section to examine the feasibility of using one document to produce the updating information required by both the Payroll Master File and the PMIS .
11 From 1993/94 , the planning of computing expenditure will be undertaken by the Information and Central Services Planning Unit , within the Garden 's planning cycle .
12 Some of these methods were to be undertaken by the Branches and some by HQ .
13 Some of these methods were to be undertaken by the Branches and some by HQ .
14 THE BRITISH are said to be fascinated by the weather and talk of little else when the talk is small .
15 The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied .
16 There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life .
17 The work attempted in the classroom was often constrained by exclusive emphasis placed on the examination syllabus , on topics thought to be favoured by the examiners and on the acquisition of examination techniques .
18 The trade union legislation introduced in Britain in the past decade has enabled the expression of a variety of worker attitudes to unionization , because it has ensured that workers can not be coerced into a union and it has also increased union democracy .
19 Lavish praise should then be heaped on the dog and the dog be allowed to go again .
20 In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay .
21 In this respect , there were many ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay .
22 Faced with the two conflicting bids the Department of Trade and Industry decided that the agreed merger between Imperial and UB should be referred to the Monopolies and Merger Commission ( MMC ) , as the combined company would hold over 40 per cent of the snack food market — this together with a similar share of the market held by Nabisco would create a duopolistic situation in the market .
23 They are covered by the Fair Trading Act 1973 ( FTA ) , under which mergers involving the takeover of assets worth ( currently ) £30m or more may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) .
24 In the UK any firm with more than 25 per cent of the market can be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , which must then consider whether or not the monopoly is against the public interest .
25 If a proposed merger is likely to lead to the merged firms having a market share greater than one quarter or alternatively involves assets in excess of £30 million , then it may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
26 The company said the proposed merger should be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
27 THE take-over of Dan-Air parent company Davies and Newman by British Airways is not to be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , it was announced yesterday .
28 However , under the Financial Services Act 1986 complaints about any aspect of the conduct of a unit trust can be referred to the Securities and Investments Board .
29 My Lord Mayor , I move that the motion and amendment be referred to the Policy and Resources Committee for that Committee to consider the matter and make a decision and that the right of any member of that Committee to refer the matter to Council be removed under standing order A twenty three .
30 I wish the petition to be referred to the policy and resources committee .
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