Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The avoidance of such fluctuations was considered desirable not only as a first stage in monetary union but also for the smooth operation of the Common Agricultural Policy , since food prices are calculated according to the exchange value of member currencies . |
| 2 | The capacity of a watercourse and the tolerable limits of polluting effluent are calculated according to a mathematical model , which ideally should be applied routinely and objectively to all dischargers regardless of their means , the costs of treatment , their prior efforts , or the demands made of their competitors . |
| 3 | Discounts are calculated according to who is resident in a dwelling , and ’ resident ’ means having one 's sole or main residence there — a concept not unfamiliar to Labour Members . |
| 4 | Full-time fees for students are calculated according to total parental income . |
| 5 | Fees for investment business certificates are calculated according to the number of principals in an MNP or directors and shareholders in an RB . |
| 6 | In a three-variable table with one response variable and two explanatory variables , the proportions are calculated to sum to 1 within each of the cells formed by the categories of the explanatory variables . |
| 7 | Those who exercise power or authority over others typically claim legitimacy for doing so , ie that their position and actions are justified according to recognised principles . |
| 8 | Whether the cries of anguish for 1991 alone are justified remains to be seen . |
| 9 | Accidentals are placed according to the emotional needs of the melody itself . |
| 10 | The positions Into which seasonal workers are placed tend to be relatively unskilled ones demanding little or no previous experience . |
| 11 | In brief , it seems that stresses are altered according to context : we need to be able to explain how and why this happens , but this is a difficult question and one for which we have only partial answers . |
| 12 | The contention being that , as regards companies , the statute can not have been intended to apply to them if they are non-resident , one asks immediately — why not ? |
| 13 | A list of Cornish saints recently studied in an early tenth-century manuscript , where in several cases the saints are listed according to geographical contiguousness of parochial dedications , suggests that the parochial structure of Cornwall , as we know it today , was already in existence at that time . |
| 14 | The ability of some species to undergo explosive increases in population had been largely ignored by exponents of the balance theory , but the significance of such phenomena had now been recognized owing to the writings of Thomas Malthus . |
| 15 | The systems planning team will ensure that the subsystems are developed according to the plan which allows for some form of integration later . |
| 16 | In South-west England a number of strand lines are developed corresponding to different sea levels which fluctuated up to 130 m above present sea level ( Camm and Hosking , 1985 ) . |
| 17 | The reason for this is that inflationary expectations are revised according to what has happened to inflation in the past . |
| 18 | Weights are adjusted according to the following rule . |
| 19 | Manufacturers and specialists are struggling to respond to constantly changing requirements , he said . |
| 20 | These values have been calculated according to the rules prescribed by Lautro . |
| 21 | The surrender values set out in these tables have been calculated according to the rules prescribed by Lautro . |
| 22 | The surrender values set out in these tables have been calculated according to the rules prescribed by Lautro , ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) . |
| 23 | Repayments and interest have then been calculated according to the terms of the agreement and the estimates of drawings . |
| 24 | Three kinds of power are differentiated according to the means employed to make the subordinates comply : physical , material or symbolic . |
| 25 | However , the areas they inherit will have been developed according to policies very different from those supported by the local council , which is after all the elected body . |
| 26 | Various techniques have been developed to respond to the problem of incomplete crime statistics , of which ‘ victim surveys ’ and ‘ self-report ’ studies are the most common . |
| 27 | ‘ The particulars we had been given referred to an estate of 680 acres having four cottages and a stone house … |
| 28 | A child who had been taught to pray to a Mother in Heaven would have a religious life radically different from that of a Christian child . |
| 29 | Allegiances are formed according to colour and group censorship demands conformity as ritualized insults fly : |
| 30 | So too , if we consult the Report of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Constabulary , 1975 ( or almost any other year for that matter ) we find ourselves assailed within the space of only a few paragraphs with repeated references to The report was generous enough to remind us that the personal violence over which so much ink had been spilled amounted to less than 4 per cent of known serious crime . |