Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The transcripts were handed over to the Serious Fraud Office , and duly and properly given to the defendants in the criminal proceedings . |
2 | But not even Michael had known about the other sum — smaller , but just as regular — that Holdfast had dourly diverted to the fighters on his own side of the great divide . |
3 | He dispassionately and properly referred to the feelings of locomotive drivers . |
4 | ‘ Obviously , by background and experience I 'm wholly committed to the benefits of the capitalist system . |
5 | ‘ Having been brutally denied her rightful place to be an elected leader of her people , Aung San Suu Kyi remains courageously committed to the principles of freedom and democracy , ’ he said . |
6 | Indeed the major criticism is properly addressed to the advocates of nationalisation , who had given far too little attention to the general question of pricing and investment rules by which the public sector should operate . |
7 | It is the media department of the agency that is constantly exposed to the approaches of media salespeople , who may well be offering interesting new ideas — occasionally . |
8 | Only through membership would her economy be sufficiently exposed to the rigours of competition . |
9 | Her uniform was festooned with epaulettes , badges and stripes : Amiss wondered why a profession so given to the trappings of power stopped short of medals . |
10 | Both the previous meal , which was regurgitated prematurely , and the next , which starts with the advantage of high pH , would therefore be less exposed to the effects of stomach acids and the bone accordingly less strongly modified . |
11 | In this case , a simulated prison was created and twenty-four volunteers were randomly assigned to the roles of ‘ guard ’ or ‘ prisoner ’ . |
12 | With a very limited manufacturing base and agricultural production of foodstuffs insufficient to feed the country , Zambia became highly exposed to the vagaries of international markets . |
13 | During the days of abundant farm labour women were very much confined to the roles of housewife and mother , with the feeding of the poultry the only outside activity . |
14 | He remained too personally committed to the values of the Council and to a certain vaguely liberal spirit . |
15 | The sale of council houses and flats , the soaring costs of capital projects in the 1980s , the loss of accommodation provided directly by employers ( for example , farmers and hoteliers ) , the increasing need for single-person or small-number occupancy dwellings for young people and small family units , have all added to the numbers of people without a home of their own . |
16 | design jobs and allocate duties such that teachers ' skills are better matched to the demands on them ; |
17 | I have personally written to the chairmen of the country 's 100 largest companies urging them to regard prompt payment as a matter of best practice . |
18 | The size of the beds is much more easily appreciated , the spaces between them can be better compared to the dimensions of the beds , and the proportions of the various plants can be correctly assessed , so that mistakes in juxtaposition can be adjusted . |
19 | When acting for management , it is important to ensure that the ratchet is not entirely geared to the vagaries of the stock market in the event of a flotation , but also reflects the profitability of the company . |
20 | The term includes : ( i ) any income chargeable to income tax by deduction at source or otherwise ( first limb ) and any income which would have been chargeable to income tax if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( second limb ) ( s681(1) ( a ) ) ; [ ( ii ) where the amount of the income of any body corporate has been apportioned ( ie shortfalled ) under Schedule 16 to FA 1972 or could have been so apportioned if the body corporate were incorporated and resident in any part of the United Kingdom , so much of the income of the body corporate for that year or period as is equal to the amount which has been or could have been so apportioned to the trustees of or a beneficiary under the settlement ( s681(1) ( b ) ) [ abolished in relation to income of bodies corporate for accounting periods beginning after 31 March 1989 by FA 1989 , Sched 17 , Part V ] ] . |
21 | While there are some aspects of general SVQs that will require further consideration , such as articulation with Standard Grade , accreditation of prior learning , and flexibility in the vocational options , we do feel that the curriculum now on offer in the upper school is better geared to the needs of the students . ’ |
22 | Of Gallagher , it said that by pulling into Gooch 's path he caused Gooch 's car to swerve and so contributed to the deaths of the 5. 2 children and 3 teenagers were killed . |
23 | If this interpretation is correct , curriculum managers who wish to manage the curriculum in the sense of modifying it so that it is better adapted to the needs of real children and a real society , will be best advised not simply to resist and criticise , but rather to use the power that many people at all levels of the system actually have . |
24 | Moreover , it can be argued that MDC 's revised strategy , focusing upon leisure and tourism , supplies jobs better suited to the skills of the local population than the London Docklands emphasis on service sector growth . |
25 | If such schemes can successfully be developed they may provide future services better suited to the needs of the elderly at lower costs than the continued use of social and health services on current levels . |
26 | Process rights can however , as we shall see , be fashioned in other ways which may be both better suited to the needs of particular areas , and ago better attain the instrumental and non-instrumental values which process rights are designed to serve . |
27 | We now have the opportunity to demonstrate in practice that our more hybrid approach is better suited to the needs of the next decade . |
28 | There is no doubt , however , that the programme envisaged for 1993 and beyond is more coherent , better balanced and better attuned to the realities of a professional game which is increasingly dependent on the success or failure of the England team . |
29 | It is a relief to know that the police , at least , were sufficiently attuned to the realities of contemporary social research to drop charges even if a nagging doubt remains as to how or by whom they were set on to the investigators . |
30 | In the South Wales case , for example , there is a zone called the ‘ golden triangle ’ which is widely perceived as especially attuned to the specifications of the new , ‘ high tec ’ , mainly Japanese industries . |