Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] to [art] end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following talks in Moscow on Sept. 9-10 representatives from member nations of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) failed to agree on the division of assets by Sept. 28 as scheduled [ see p. 38315 ] ; however , it was agreed in early October that this deadline should be extended to the end of November . |
| 2 | The Commission concluded that ‘ the architects ' system of mandatory scales , together with rules which prevent competition for business on the basis of fees , operates against the public interest and should be brought to an end . ’ |
| 3 | The United Kingdom Northern Ireland Secretary , Peter Brooke , announced on July 3 that inter-party talks on the future of the province should be brought to an end without agreement having been reached on any substantial issue . |
| 4 | It stated that the " vision of a multi-cultural society in Austria should be brought to an end " . |
| 5 | The committee proposed that a life should be placed on nonconforming uses and that at the expiration of that life the use should be brought to an end without compensation . |
| 6 | Similarly when adding new roles , they should be added to the end of the list or to an empty slot . |
| 7 | Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality . |
| 8 | In the present case … the arrangement could be brought to an end by both parties in circumstances which were free from uncertainty in the sense that there would be no doubt whether the determining event had occurred . |
| 9 | Where this is provided for ( Clause 18.02 ) the exact date of retirement may be tied to the end of the firm 's accounting year for administrative convenience . |
| 10 | Several universities and institutions of higher education have departments of local history in which the subject may be studied to the end of achieving a recognised qualification , and hence have well-stocked reference libraries . |
| 11 | It does no such thing ; rather it defines the circumstances and conditions in which a marriage has ceased to be a source of happiness and strength to those involved and may be brought to an end … |
| 12 | An employment contract may be brought to an end by the mutual consent of the parties . |
| 13 | A company may be brought to an end by one of the methods of dissolution . |
| 14 | However , this may be brought to an end by the RAF 's Admiral 's Cup campaign . |
| 15 | , but if I do n't do it at half term it would be left to the end . |
| 16 | Cuba 's resistance to the subsequent 30-year US blockade , he stressed , had " saved the honour of Latin America " and " saved the honour of socialism which will be defended to the end " . |
| 17 | A full analysis of the situation will be postponed to the end of this chapter , but it seems worth noting that recently the Tyne shipped its largest ever cargo — an export load of scrap . |
| 18 | The origins of an organised market in the debt of the government can be traced to the end of the seventeenth century and during the following hundred years the growth of the Stock Exchange itself was closely bound up with the growth of government debt . |
| 19 | If nothing is agreed about notice , the common law implies a term into the contract that it can be brought to an end if ‘ reasonable notice ’ is given . |
| 20 | Mr McGuinness said : ‘ In view of the ongoing conflict , with people being killed by British state forces , the IRA and loyalist death squads , there is a heavy responsibility on those in our society who have influence to sit down and discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end . ’ |
| 21 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |
| 22 | Because a company is a distinct legal person , created by a legal procedure , it can be brought to an end only by further legal processes . |