Example sentences of "is [vb pp] to cover the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is intended to cover the extra costs of sending athletes to the southern hemisphere immediately after Christmas to train in warmer weather . |
| 2 | For example , at Nabisco the allowance is intended to cover the costs of new school uniforms . |
| 3 | The charge is intended to cover the cost of creating the stacked tapes , media , documentation , and the shipping charges — but $580 on a 1,600 bpi half-inch reel tape , $375 on a 120 quarter inch cartridge , $195 on a 525 sounds exorbitant . |
| 4 | After all , the census questionnaire is intended to cover the entire population of the country . |
| 5 | On top of that a percentage is added to cover the chemists ' overheads and profit . |
| 6 | This power is designed to cover the more unusual or complex structures . |
| 7 | The grant and loan system is designed to cover the entire academic year , not just part of it . |
| 8 | The Kuwaiti claim is designed to cover the cost of putting out the oil fires and cleaning up the mess , as well as of removing mines laid by Iraqi forces . |
| 9 | An earmarked tax is one that is levied to cover the costs of a particular service , and national insurance contributions and social security taxes are an example . |
| 10 | However , in addition to the mining ban , it is thought to cover the protection of the marine environment , the disposal of waste from the numerous research stations in the area , and the preservation of fauna and flora . |
| 11 | A decorative fascia strip is used to cover the top of the ceiling rail |
| 12 | The interest gained from the money is used to cover the operating costs of the union , and any surplus can be put towards a dividend on savings , although the savings return is limited by a ceiling of 8 per cent . |
| 13 | This should not be confused with the later usage of Slavonia , which , in a geographical sense , refers to a region of south-east Croatia centred on Slavonski Brod , but in a wider context is used to cover the historic Habsburg province of Slavonia , which lay between the valleys of the Sava and the Drava . |
| 14 | The word Soviet in the title is used to cover the constituent republics of the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | A new airborne survey is proposed to cover the whole country at a high resolution with high sensitivity magnetometrics and gradiometry , EM and radiometrics . |
| 16 | The dispositional analysis is meant to cover the whole of the relevant mental state , not just part of it , and that mental state must include its content , otherwise what is thought will not be the content of the psychological act of my thinking . |
| 17 | Roget 's hierarchy is meant to cover the universe of word types . |
| 18 | So for example , if the poverty line is 40 per cent of average income and 15 per cent of income is required to cover the provision of public sector goods and services , the implied tax rate on earned income for a social dividend at the poverty line is 55 per cent so that individuals would receive 45p of an additional £1 earned ! |
| 19 | she is paid to cover the boss ! |