Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm . |
| 2 | Two and a half million people are saddled with hire purchase agreements and mortgages they can no longer afford , and although fewer homes are being repossessed the debts eventually have to be paid . |
| 3 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 4 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
| 5 | And , for a deal to be reached , not all creditors necessarily need to be involved . |
| 6 | In either event , the employee will probably seek to argue that operational savings properly fall to be regarded as a benefit derived from the patent . |
| 7 | As their numbers grew so they spread out from the areas still occupied and the abandoned warrens slowly began to be reoccupied . |
| 8 | This is an astonishing view of the world ; a perversely reversed megalomania ; an assertion that all forms of political and military life were brought into existence by the grand design of the Soviet Union so that if those designs suddenly cease to be hostile , then all that is solid in the West will melt . |
| 9 | Other aspects necessarily need to be taken into account . |
| 10 | ‘ Mani manent cum nostris semper in aeternum , Primarche ! ’ the Reclusiarch chanted in the hieratic religious tongue , which his listeners only comprehended to be a blend of sacred plainsong and occult invocation . |
| 11 | Its two major parties scarcely deserve to be called political . |
| 12 | Earthworms are the main item in a badger 's diet and cow grazing pastures just happen to be a good source of earthworms . |
| 13 | In conclusion , the ACE/DD genotype is a new potent risk factor for myocardial infarction in middle-aged men , particularly in subjects normally considered to be at low risk . |
| 14 | That is , of course , because people who steal biscuits from are usually are usually middle class etcetera etcetera but people who steal cars generally tend to be toerags , I think the expression is , erm and therefore nobody much cares . |
| 15 | Social classes , political parties , ideologies and state organizations still seem to be ‘ explained ’ by the logic of the mode of production . |
| 16 | However , the AIB inspectors always try to be helpful and provide the coroner with the basic information he needs to establish the cause of death , but nonetheless , they sometimes get little thanks for the efforts they make to assist the coroner and sometimes they are treated in a rather off-hand manner . |
| 17 | At the other end of the scale there are meals that will linger in the mind long after the credit card has recovered , and blowouts at top restaurants still tend to be cheaper than their London counterparts . |
| 18 | Databases which list books usually aim to be comprehensive in their chosen field , rather than selective or evaluative . |
| 19 | Quantitative explanatory variables usually need to be reduced to the ordered categorical scale when the outcome variable is not quantitative ; if natural cut-points are not apparent ( such as 5 year age intervals ) , then quantiles can be used . |
| 20 | Frederick Campbell , when District Judge at Tangalla , also noted that cattle stealing prosecutions were identical : ‘ For example , no two parties ever happen to be together , and witness the removal of a stolen animal , one sees the removal at one , and another at another place , whilst a third sees the removal of the flesh . ’ |
| 21 | However , even discounting geographical reasons , ‘ ethnic minority risks still tend to be higher ’ with Asians more vulnerable to mugging and vandalism . |
| 22 | The second and fourth acts end with massive , sectional ensemble finales in which varying numbers of characters appear and disappear , as in a farce , and create new crises ( to which solutions rapidly have to be found ) that contribute to the overall pace and tension of the drama . |
| 23 | Some candidates still seem to be anticipating an examination paper that exclusively tests discrete technical topics ( for example , leasing , deferred tax , disposals , pensions and foreign currency translation ) . |
| 24 | TRAINING Running costs had already been identified in the business plan although funds still had to be released officially from the health authority budget . |
| 25 | The fact remains that , quite apart from being outside the capabilities of smaller companies , losses still have to be funded from the organisation 's own resources . |
| 26 | Consequently , some first performances also prove to be the last . |
| 27 | The ACE/ID polymorphism seems to be a potent risk factor of coronary heart disease in subjects formerly considered to be at low risk according to common criteria . |
| 28 | Applications of pesticides also need to be carefully timed both to have maximum effect on the pest and to avoid damaging natural enemies . |
| 29 | For optimum clarity at night , the eyes also need to be large . |
| 30 | The hens also appeared to be very consistent in their decisions , with individual birds choosing the same nest day after day . |