Example sentences of "be [prep] equal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chest circumference should be about equal to the height at the withers , plus 20cm . |
| 2 | Santa Clara , California-based RasterOps Corp warns that it will record an operating loss and take a $5m to $7m restructuring charge for the third quarter ending March 31 : it says third quarter sales will be about equal to the second quarter 's $25m , and it blames ‘ general market softness and lingering effects of the transition from third party channels to its own sales force . |
| 3 | These might be of equal size or one small one and one larger one . |
| 4 | They may turn out to be Of equal value to those who do . |
| 5 | Kepler Wessels , the South African captain , has said , somewhat surprisingly , that he considers the one-day series and the Test to be of equal importance . |
| 6 | This is set out in the statement but clarification may be needed as to whether the bands are to be of equal size or that ability grouping determines different sized bands . |
| 7 | If you live far from any natural source of running water , an ornamental fountain in a park or garden can be of equal value . |
| 8 | Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject . |
| 9 | Employment law provides employees with a range of rights including the right not to be unfairly dismissed , the right not to be subject to discrimination on the grounds of race or sex , and the right for women to receive the same pay as men if employed to do the same work or if the work is considered to be of equal value . |
| 10 | The view that applied studies should be of equal value and status with the theoretical is far too little understood in this country , almost alone in the world . |
| 11 | The lines must be of equal length , and fully paid-out before launch . |
| 12 | Each will be of equal width and length and the shape is created by a curved taper which will be directly related to the circumference of the ‘ chute at each stage as it progresses from the open mouth to the crown . |
| 13 | The King 's own statements , however , show the extent to which his view of the Church was political : ‘ It is not the change of Church government which is chiefly aimed at ’ , he wrote in 1646 , ‘ ( though that were too much ) but it is by that pretext to take away the dependency of the Church from the Crown , which , let me tell you , I hold to be of equal consequence to that of the militia ; for people are governed by the pulpit more than the sword in the time of peace . |
| 14 | In any situation of conflict , whether serious or trivial , the complexities of our inner self are likely to be of equal , if not more significance , than the role of the other party . |
| 15 | SGS-Thomson Microelectronics BV and Mitsubishi Electric Corp duly announced their agreement to work together on development of Flash memory chips , designing 16M-bit parts using a 0.5 micron CMOS process : the agreement is considered to be of equal value to both companies , so no financial compensation will be made by either ; SGS-Thomson has begun production of 1M Flash memories but no-one is doing 16Ms yet . |
| 16 | Allowing doctors to choose whether to spend time in teaching , or research , or management will work only if all of the options are seen to be of equal importance . |
| 17 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
| 18 | The display will thus be of equal or lower model quality to that used in the analysis . |
| 19 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
| 20 | In 1838 Captain ( later vice-admiral ) John Washington [ q.v. ] , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , remarked upon these West African surveys : ‘ this tedious undertaking is drawing to a close , and will then be of equal utility to the fair traders , and to the anti-slavery cruisers . |
| 21 | This was the first time that the government had confirmed that all votes would be of equal value ; de Klerk did not specify , however , whether there would be a common voters ' roll or separate rolls . |
| 22 | The traveller or stranger can be of equal status ; this allows you to ask particularly useful questions in role : " How do you organise your meetings ? |
| 23 | This is not to say , however , that prevention is impossible , simply that preventive programmes need to concentrate not only on the removal or modification of isolated stresses , but also on the factors surrounding and responsible for such stresses , for these may be of equal or even greater importance in the development of later psychiatric disorders . |
| 24 | It assumes each age to be of equal significance and represents the total number of children born ( on average ) to each woman of a hypothetical cohort throughout her life . |
| 25 | And , since even rétro fashions evolve , the current rage would seem to be in equal measure for the gangrenous glamour of the Thirties gangster movie ( Miller 's Crossing , Dick Tracy , Bugsy ) and the clammy high-mindedness of the Sixties political biopic ( JFK , Ruby , Spike Lee 's Malcolm X , Danny de Vito 's Hoffa ) . |
| 26 | The construction of climatic protection would surely encourage entrepreneurs to invest in leisure and entertainment facilities that would be without equal in the British Isles and would rival or eclipse most facilities abroad . |
| 27 | All were to be at equal expense for the working of the mine . |