Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adj] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The developer of the site , Ideal Homes Holdings , has undertaken to reserve the site and provide it free of charge to the school trustees in addition to a one-off payment of up to £150,000 . |
| 2 | The effect of the section on this first analysis is , therefore , despite its mandatory language , to give the directors a discretion to act in the interests of the employees where they consider it appropriate in preference to those of the shareholders ; they do not have a practicably enforceable obligation to further employee interests . |
| 3 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 4 | None the less , its heavy dependence on exports of minerals , especially gold and diamonds ( which make up about 80 per cent of export earnings ) , make it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market , and to sanctions imposed by some members of the international community . |
| 5 | The element of time is a chief cause of those difficulties in economic investigations which make it necessary for man with his limited powers to go step by step ; breaking up a complex question , studying one bit at a time , and at last combining his partial solutions into a more or less complete solution of the whole riddle . |
| 6 | Such packages , when opened , are found to contain many different ingredients of different size and weight which together make it possible for life to be lived at home with a tolerable degree of safety and comfort . |
| 7 | to save time : organisations make it possible for objectives to be reached in a shorter time . |
| 8 | But in the hotel and restaurant industry , the GRiDPad 's 12-hour rechargeable power pack and its genuine portability make it viable for operations like stocktaking . |
| 9 | In essence , anyone linked to the system could store information and make it available to others with suitable terminals . |
| 10 | They also remove the carbon and make it available to plants as carbon dioxide . |
| 11 | ‘ The Founders ’ rights make it difficult for NoS to be taken over , ’ they warned . |
| 12 | As importantly , a fully enclosed heating element and rubber nozzle guard make it difficult for users to accidentally burn themselves . |
| 13 | The surface of an ordinary playground can contain particles of strengthening materials that may , in strong sunlight , make it dazzling for children with photophobia . |
| 14 | At present some think it weak-kneed through lack of characters but Brian , speaking to us in the Belfry , has been talking to possible sponsors . |
| 15 | ( 4 ) To overcome legal difficulties which would otherwise be encountered as a result of the bidder offering consideration securities to overseas shareholders because foreign securities laws forbid such an offer document being posted to shareholders in the relevant jurisdiction , or permit it subject to compliance with onerous filing or other obligations ( see para 2.4.10 below ) . |
| 16 | And he and his man would take a black bin-liner and carry it upstairs and stuff it full of cash from the safe , and then carry it downstairs again on his shoulders , like Father Christmas . |
| 17 | ‘ Outstanding progress ’ had been made with EFR 's design and it was planned to start construction in 1997 and have it ready for operation in 2005 . |