Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 2 | Inevitably most of the players will be from the Hearn and Doyle camps , which are headed by Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry respectively , but Doug Mountjoy , who is unmanaged , and Dean Reynolds , who is managed by Mark McCormack 's International Management Group , are also provisionally in the top eight . |
| 3 | As can be seen from table 6.6 , the proportion of all families with dependent children which are headed by a single parent increased from just over 8 per cent in 1971 to just under 12 per cent in 1981 . |
| 4 | Scotland and Wales enjoy separate administrative systems operated by their own government departments which are headed by ministers with seats in the Cabinet . |
| 5 | Now they have developed , with the help of Professor Van Aken of Utrecht University , a simple method of Roentgen photography , whereby a low-powered X-ray ( 220 volts exactly , which are converted to 5000 volts ) passes through the paper and exposes the negative directly behind it to the exact amount of radiation needed to show up the detailed structure of the impression left by the mould and the watermark . |
| 6 | The book comprises five chapters and a Postscript which are bound into a cohesive whole with the aid of the image of an intercontinental flight that functions " as a sustaining narrative device " ( p. xii ) . |
| 7 | Free fatty acids , which are bound to albumin , are quantitatively less important than the lipoproteins but may be very significant in the context of poorly controlled diabetes with accumulation and production of ketone bodies . |
| 8 | Despite the rich possibilities of developing social work practice with elderly people and their families , there is caution about suggesting ways of working which are bound to be more time-consuming . |
| 9 | Given the horrific effects which are bound to be visited upon the countries of Eastern Europe in the event of a prolonged conflict , the Warsaw Pact 's non-Soviet members may be disinclined to resist he logic of Soviet strategy . |
| 10 | On reflection , does my right hon. Friend agree that precious police resources — the figure of £2 million has been mentioned — should not be used on vindictive , Soviet or Israeli-type show trials which are bound to be a travesty of British justice as practised by this country for a long time ? |
| 11 | Lord Finlay implied that the trust mechanism could be adapted for use in international law , whereby a new State could be a beneficiary of rights contained in an agreement between other States which are bound by the agreement to accord it those rights . |
| 12 | In selecting the best method of prophylaxis much depends on whether the farm consists primarily of permanent pasture or has pastures which are rotated with crops so that new leys or hay and silage aftermaths are available each year . |
| 13 | Large spiders have long hairs , which are tuned to the wingbeats of large insects , while small spiders have short hairs . |
| 14 | The antennae are divided into large feathery plumes covered with tiny sensory hairs which are tuned to the female 's smell molecules . |
| 15 | Rather than focusing on a few substances which are painted in lurid colours , the specialists say , the goal should be a workplace free of compulsive chemical use of all kinds . |
| 16 | These shapes are built into moving pictures which are inspired by those drawn by Blake to illustrate stories from the Bible . |
| 17 | But the term takes on a specific meaning in those studies in the sociology of policing which are inspired by ethnomethodology and phenomenology , where it describes a quality of the accomplishment of these tasks — that they are produced in a taken-for-granted , commonsensical , and habitual manner . |
| 18 | We shall preface our discussion with a few remarks about the nature of information and about the transformations which are undertaken in the mind of the skilled reader . |
| 19 | They offer free professional advice on jewellery repairs , all of which are undertaken by highly skilled goldsmiths , and as Registered Valuers , approved by the National Association of Goldsmiths they offer detailed , accurate valuations , and advice on the purchase of jewellery . |
| 20 | But my purpose in dwelling on this theory is to demonstrate how ideas are spread by the action of persuasion on uncritical acquiescence and get converted into solutions , which are assumed to be valid everywhere , like American Express traveller 's cheques . |
| 21 | Note that this allowance is for independent monsters which are assumed to be magically bound , trained , or otherwise loyal to your cause . |
| 22 | Stylistic categories are more complex phenomena which are often difficult to define , but which are assumed to be describable in terms of linguistic categories , although they are not a necessary part of the description of a language . |
| 23 | Different people solving slightly different problems in separate rooms create no difficulty — until they come to communicate their solutions , which are assumed to be for the same problem . |
| 24 | Where the task has been to make judgments of affective tone or extract central information from a slide , differences have emerged between central and peripheral details and this may well reflect the fact that attention to arousing information or central information ( which are assumed to be the same thing ) is explicitly required for task performance . |
| 25 | For comparison with BrdU , therefore , only the strongly stained nuclei , which are assumed to be in S phase , were counted . |
| 26 | We submit that even scores such as the Glasgow coma scale and the Apgar score , which are assumed to be independent of medical management , may , in fact , be susceptible to a similar effect to that demonstrated with APACHE scoring . |
| 27 | Central authority has been progressively weakened since the outbreak of civil war in 1975 , and real political power in Lebanon now effectively rests with the leading figures of the rival militias which are organized along religious lines . |
| 28 | Agreeing with Sahlins that ‘ Culture is not ordered by the primitive emotions of the hypothalamus ; it is the emotions which are organized by culture ’ ( 1977 : 13 ) , we have presented some different social orders where fighting , competition , and other violent behaviour are not part of the order , or part of the people 's ideas of what a human being is . |
| 29 | In Torrington and Weightman 's ( 1989 ) terms the work of managers may be defined as ‘ agendas , lists of things to be done ’ which are achieved through networks — ‘ cooperative relationships with people who can help to get things done ’ ( p. 112 ) . |
| 30 | In a caste stratification system — traditional India provides the most complete version — an individual 's position totally depends on those status attributes ascribed by birth rather than on any which are achieved during the course of one 's life . |