Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [art] [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The request was addressed to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which is the central authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Convention . |
2 | Construction : shingle construction — sections of fibre are sewn to the outer and liner and overlaid to eliminate any cold spots . |
3 | Sometimes used as an alternative expression for the field , but generally applied to the underlying or background colour of any part of the rug ( e.g. , a blue-ground border ) . |
4 | This theory of ideology introduces a distorting dynamic in the process of knowledge that is not due to mistakes or faulty thinking but is systematically related to the social and material relations of society . |
5 | The initial application was for : ( i ) Madame Bihi to be joined as a party to the proceedings as a representative of the Democratic Republic of Somalia ; ( ii ) paragraph 3 of the order of Saville J. not to be brought into effect , ( iii ) the court to direct letters to be written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asking what state in Somalia was recognised by Her Majesty 's Government as a foreign sovereign state and with what entity , if any , therein Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings of a governmental nature ; and ( iv ) the court to request the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae . |
6 | 6 Corporate systems must be aligned to support TQM : Two of the great pioneers of total quality management , Edwards Deming and J.H. Juran , whose work had great influence on Japanese companies after the Second World War , discovered that quality problems were usually built into the design of production processes and could not be attributed to the ill-will or incompetence of workers . |
7 | Over the years he had become as used to the rocking and swaying of a train as an experienced sailor is to the pitching and rolling of a ship . |
8 | The propaganda effort is very low-key compared to the diplomatic and trading activities discussed in chapter 6 and in general appears to be intended to complement them . |
9 | The " PartsBank " service is widely recognised in the U.S. as the most unique transportation and distribution system for time sensitive inventories , which is especially suited to the electronic and computer industries . |
10 | In 1974 this fund was allocated to the regional and area health authorities , and in 1982 it was once again reallocated to the new district authorities . |
11 | The book is similarly cursory in its treatment of style ( a term that is never defined by the writer ) with not much attention given to a formal or material analysis of the work . |
12 | The Power of Attorney is given to a relative or solicitor to act as Attorney or donee , but this power ought to lapse if the donor is mentally incapacitated , and the Court of Protection should step in . |
13 | Cost control should not be limited to the conceptual or design phase alone . |
14 | They had checked similar seats that had been subjected to the rough and tumble of Metropolitan Police life , and ones that had supported over 70,000 miles , and they were all right as rain . |
15 | 4.20 Where clients are thought to be or are known to be a risk or danger to themselves , other clients or other people and are admitted to a residential or day care facility , their progress must be explicitly monitored by the officer in charge who should keep the line manager informed . |
16 | The camera was passed to the other and walking was regained with added vigour . |
17 | An association copy can be a book which its author has inscribed to a relative or friend . |
18 | Samples of water , soil , mud and leaves were collected and sent to the Environmental and Chemical Analysis group at Sunbury , where analytical chemists Jim Crighton and Ian Roberts undertook the work . |
19 | But little attention was paid to the cultural and communication dimensions related to this process . |
20 | Many of them go through the freedom of Grendon , only to be returned to the rough and tumble of ordinary jails to finish their sentences . |