Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boxes both have six SIMM slots and can be incremented to a maximum 96Mb. +1 408 432–0292 |
| 2 | Such " consensual " , " common law " or " companionate " unions ( or " marriages " ) , however , may be recognized to a certain degree by society ( or even by the law ) . |
| 3 | The reasons for a separation and its temporary nature can be explained to a ten-year-old child , so that anxiety can again be minimised . |
| 4 | This must be explained to a client at this early stage , because many do not understand the requirement for a deposit , and many do not have the full 10% available . |
| 5 | These may all be traced to a reluctance to consider the managerial function which provides the context for the tasks , activities and behaviour of individual managers [ Hales ( 1986 ) ] . |
| 6 | At a later stage , if errors are found in the procedure 's performance which can not be traced to a falling within the local system , it may be necessary to examine these influencing factors further , for instance the design of the form might be inadequate for the accurate recording of information , a factor outside the direct control of the section involved . |
| 7 | Some seem to have thought that if a case could be traced to a feud , it was false . |
| 8 | The origin of the theory of sexual selection can be traced to a peacock — or , rather , a peahen owned by Lady Tynte . |
| 9 | These acts can be traced to a plethora of practices which encourage sexually aggressive behaviour in men and boys , in a context in which there are few effective sanctions . |
| 10 | In his work , theoretically relying both on Freudianism and on variations of Parsonian functionalism , which sees the biological , egalitarian family as the culmination of the modernising process , he argues that the rise in illegitimacy can be traced to a change in the attitude towards sex of lower-class women , a change so great as to amount to a sexual revolution . |
| 11 | Unless a watercourse is very small or the pollutant particularly powerful , the natural processes of dilution and purification will often make it very difficult for either proactive or reactive discovery to reveal the existence of pollution soon enough and in sufficient detail for it to be traced to a particular discharger . |
| 12 | In every one of the cases to which your Lordships have been referred where such dicta appear , the source from which the evidence sought to be excluded had been obtained has been the defendant himself or ( in some of the search cases ) premises occupied by him ; and the dicta can be traced to a common ancestor in Lord Goddard 's statement in Kuruma v. The Queen [ 1955 ] A.C. 197 which I have already cited . |
| 13 | Faults can range from the merely inconvenient , when water spills out of sagging or blocked gutters on to unsuspecting people underneath , to the more serious problem of penetrating damp , where peeling decorations and damp patches inside the house can often be traced to a leaking gutter or downpipe outside . |
| 14 | Indeed much of the weakness of recent educational research can be traced to a failure to take account of such factors . |
| 15 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 16 | Puddephat 's anger , the paper said , could be traced to a most unflattering review of his new book , written by Sykes , in the TLS . |
| 17 | These policies should be particularly aimed at adjusting the ratio of the nominal stock of money to the absolute price level since , following Modigliani ( 1944 ) , the origins of general excess supply can be traced to a ‘ misalignment ’ between the money stock and the levels of money wages and prices . |
| 18 | More frequently , the cause of problems can be traced to an excessive desire to stick to policies or to a lack of understanding by the planning officers of the realities of life for developers and occupiers of property . |
| 19 | Andersons 's insistence that the notion of social class must be defined in structural terms can be traced to an over-riding commitment to holism . |
| 20 | His psychological theorizing developed throughout his life , but many of the assumptions he made can be traced to an early work , the " Project for a Scientific Psychology " . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , s14(4) of SGA 1979 , which is replicated in other supply contracts ( s10(4) of SOGIT 1973 as substituted by the CCA 1974 and ss4(7) , 9(7) of SGSA 1982 ) , provides , " An implied condition or warranty as to quality or fitness for a particular purpose may be annexed to a contract of sale by usage " . |
| 22 | It is also a great time-saver when the same message has to be relayed to a group of people , for example , the times of meetings . |
| 23 | Or you may be referred to a dietitian . |
| 24 | However , you can ask for a review of the decision , and if you are still not satisfied you can ask for your situation to be referred to a social fund inspector . |
| 25 | THE LABOUR leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , challenged the Prime Minister yesterday to allow the pay of 22,000 ambulance staff to be referred to a pay review body , as is done for 600,000 health service workers . |
| 26 | In each case , if I am to claim that this revelation or experience is of ‘ God ’ , and is not simply an expression of some form of mental delusion which should be referred to a psychoanalyst , then I am forced to debate the interpretation that I am giving . |
| 27 | You may ask to be referred to a chiropractor by your GP , or arrange a consultation on your own initiative . |
| 28 | You may be referred to a hospital specialist . |
| 29 | In cases where a patient needed to be referred to a specialty , usually orthopaedics for digital nerve or tendon injuries , a registrar or consultant had made the referral on my behalf . |
| 30 | All cases of pica should be referred to a doctor . |