Example sentences of "b to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , ratios do not retain the same decimal value when the base for comparison is altered : if the ratio of A to B is 7/1 or 7.0 , then the ratio of B to A is 1/7 or 0.143 . |
| 2 | The radiation from B to A is again subject to both doppler and gravitational effects ( Figure 1b ) . |
| 3 | Move A to 7 Move B to A Move T to B For this reason some computers provide an instruction to exchange the values , either in an accumulator and a store location ( for example the DEC PDP- 10 ) , or in two processor registers . |
| 4 | Suppose it is known that a certain element A stands in a relation R to a second element B. If R is an asymmetric relation , then it necessarily follows that B does not stand in the relation R to A ( the relation of B to A in that case is the converse of R ) . |
| 5 | That principle might be formulated as follows : if A tells B ( by words or conduct ) that B need not perform a contractual ( or other ) obligation owed by B to A and B takes A at his word and does not perform that obligation , A can not treat that non-performance as a breach of contract entitling him to damages or to terminate the contract . |
| 6 | Foakes v. Beer appears to be an application of a second , quite different , principle : if A tells B that B need not perform a contractual ( or other ) obligation owed by B to A , A can change his mind and require B to perform that obligation in so far as it is still possible to do so . |