Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Trade union education , particularly where opportunities are limited to representatives who enjoy day-release facilities , can simply highlight the differences between the active minority and ordinary members .
2 Harden 's data indicate an annual range of soil losses varying from , with the highest rates of erosion occurring where soils are exposed to drought , overgrazing or tillage .
3 However , we are aware of the concerns that have been expressed about the system as compared with the arrangements in England and Wales , where appeals are made to valuation and community charge tribunals .
4 Examples are Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 , 5.84(5) which allows entry to a place where there are reasonable grounds to suspect signals or messages being sent to smugglers , various statutes relating to Customs and Excise matters , and various statutes giving powers of entry to Gas , Electricity and Trading Standards Officers , Firemen and Valuation Officers .
5 Coloured guiding lines or tracks are related to signs as ‘ self-guiding ’ devices .
6 The Act adds a credit token classification : where cash , goods or services are advanced to people who produce a credit card , trading check or similar credit token .
7 Where employees are transferred to posts within locations other than Chesser House , payments of excess travelling expenses/excess travelling time as appropriate will be made in accordance with the Council 's approved arrangements .
8 It is a very neat metaphor so , for example , foremen or supervisors are likened to Warrant Officers who are ‘ worthy gentlemen of extreme power ’ , as one manager described them .
9 Although he is a thoughtful person , who loves to put his ideas down on paper in the form of articles for such august publications as the Harvard Business Review , he suspects that labels are attached to management practices in hindsight rather than as objectives executives set out to master .
10 There is general agreement that pogonophorans are related to annelids .
11 And it 's a myth that foxes are torn to pieces while still alive .
12 The most important feature is the reservoir of larvae in the tissues of the cow , with subsequent milk-borne transmission ensuring that calves are exposed to infection from the first day of life .
13 ‘ If people wish to mark their respect , the family would ask that donations be made to Alder Hey Children 's Hospital in Liverpool through the funeral director , L J Clegg of 98 Liverpool Road South , Maghull , Merseyside . ’
14 We know that families are tied to school holiday dates , and for that reason we offer our highest discounts during these periods ; this is the best time to go combined with the best value .
15 The moment that answers are sought to questions such as what particular properties of a painting lead to a specific kind of reaction , or what processes go on inside viewers ' minds as they respond with delight or dislike , ‘ … we enter a realm full of complexity and uncertainty ’ ( Cupchik and Heinrichs , 1981 ) .
16 In determining whether such a seizure was reasonable the court had to balance , on the one hand , the freedom of the individual and his rights which protected against undue invasion of his property , and on the other hand , the interests of society in ensuring that valuable evidence was not destroyed and that wrongdoers were brought to justice .
17 However , there is nothing in the White Paper to act as a positive incentive for such work , and Age Concern is worried by the proposal in Working Paper 3 that once allocations are made to practices holding their own budgets , they will be free to shift expenditure within the year between the individual components of the budget .
18 The FRED proposes that warrants are credited to shareholders ' funds and that a gain is recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses when a warrant lapses unexercised .
19 They also recommended that regulators take into account the fact that children may be eating foods containing several different pesticides that share common toxic effects , and that children are exposed to pesticides from other sources , such as drinking water , air , and soil .
20 While FoE is not arguing that children are exposed to radiation levels above legal limits , it is criticizing BNFL for not doing enough to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce the radioactivity of its discharges to the minimum .
21 In the text James Mill writes that it is ‘ obvious , and certain , that men were led to class solely for the purpose of economizing in the use of names ’ :
22 It is worth noting that dividends are paid to shareholders net of basic rate income tax .
23 But in the commanding heights of the First Division with huge crowds and ambitious directors , there is no doubt that incentives were given to players .
24 Lord Denning said that it had to be so serious that it was of the first importance that offenders be brought to justice .
25 In the meantime , maintenance equipment and personnel were relocated to Renfrew from Abbotsinch and began preparing the Spitfires for transfer to the docks .
26 He had fasted and prayed , desperately seeking the answer to why men such as Implexion succeeded in life , at the expense of others , and noble men such as Dauntless 's peers and superiors were doomed to failure .
27 This Act was repealed by the new Labour government in 1974 and in legislation in 1975 and 1976 , further rights and immunities were granted to trade unions .
28 Communities of fish and invertebrates are attracted to structures such as oil platforms and nuclear waste dumps .
29 the knowledge and skills are matched to outcomes and performance criteria in SCOTVEC modules and units
30 Yesterday , the stock stood at 298p as the annual report and accounts were sent to investors .
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