Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [adj] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Invariably the surveyor 's work is associated with a property or business transaction and because investment and interest rates are an inevitable part of the project , delay or slow progress may prove unacceptable to a client . |
| 2 | Hearing : After they have been in their homes for quite a short time , people who live near railway lines cease to hear the sound of the passing trains , even though the noise may seem deafening to a visitor . |
| 3 | The king 's wife , like the wives of other potentes , often remained at home while her husband journeyed and campaigned : throughout the medieval period , for as long as kings led armies in person , the queen 's role in household management could become tantamount to a regency . |
| 4 | But that offence is one against propriety , against what a community may find appropriate to a particular time or place . |
| 5 | If new information leads to a move in the futures price before the spot price , the basis will change prior to a change in the spot price . |
| 6 | The promise of plenty of planting can prove useful to a company in search of planning permission , so Waterers has found its services increasingly in demand by supermarket giants Sainsbury 's and Tesco as they try and inveigle their way on to the green belt . |
| 7 | A man can teach another man that a red light means " stop " ; a man can teach this to a chimpanzee ; a chimpanzee can not teach this to a man , and one chimpanzee can not teach this to another.4 |
| 8 | A consequence of this duty is that a fiduciary must make available to a [ customer ] all the information in his possession which is relevant to the [ customer 's ] affairs ; ( 4 ) The duty of confidentiality : a fiduciary must use information obtained in confidence from his [ customer ] , the beneficiary , for the benefit of the [ customer ] and must not use it for his own advantage or for the benefit of any other person . |
| 9 | The teacher 's ruler would point first to a pupil and then to a particular feature on the map . |
| 10 | Consequently , the assisted party will not receive the full amount of a money award , the Board retaining sufficient to cover the shortfall , or other property will come subject to a charge , which may be enforced by the Board . |
| 11 | The 9 per cent discount rate can vary , but a scheme must link this to a recognised index such as the long term yield on government stocks . |
| 12 | A pulse technique can reduce this to a controllable level . |
| 13 | A republic might secede subject to a referendum called by the republic 's Supreme Soviet either on its own initiative or in response to a petition signed by at least 10 per cent of USSR citizens permanently resident in that republic . |