Example sentences of "be [verb] to the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you suspect , for example , that your neighbour intends to build on your land , or if your windows are going to be blocked so that no light can get through , or if an unreasonable nuisance is going to be caused , then your last hope may be to go to the courts and ask for an injunction . |
| 2 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 3 | There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life . |
| 4 | In part , the absence of a clear definition of services can be traced to the treatment that services received in past economic literature . |
| 5 | Once a field reaches STOP all further proposed offers must be referred to the Co-ordinator but in practice it is difficult to avoid overshoots in the more popular fields in the spring . |
| 6 | Faced with the two conflicting bids the Department of Trade and Industry decided that the agreed merger between Imperial and UB should be referred to the Monopolies and Merger Commission ( MMC ) , as the combined company would hold over 40 per cent of the snack food market — this together with a similar share of the market held by Nabisco would create a duopolistic situation in the market . |
| 7 | They are covered by the Fair Trading Act 1973 ( FTA ) , under which mergers involving the takeover of assets worth ( currently ) £30m or more may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) . |
| 8 | In the UK any firm with more than 25 per cent of the market can be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , which must then consider whether or not the monopoly is against the public interest . |
| 9 | If a proposed merger is likely to lead to the merged firms having a market share greater than one quarter or alternatively involves assets in excess of £30 million , then it may be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 10 | The company said the proposed merger should be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 11 | THE take-over of Dan-Air parent company Davies and Newman by British Airways is not to be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , it was announced yesterday . |
| 12 | However , under the Financial Services Act 1986 complaints about any aspect of the conduct of a unit trust can be referred to the Securities and Investments Board . |
| 13 | Waldegrave 's allotted question times at Westminster could be embarrassing occasions : any queries of substance will have to be referred to the ministries that matter . |
| 14 | My Lord Mayor , I move that the motion and amendment be referred to the Policy and Resources Committee for that Committee to consider the matter and make a decision and that the right of any member of that Committee to refer the matter to Council be removed under standing order A twenty three . |
| 15 | I wish the petition to be referred to the policy and resources committee . |
| 16 | More brilliance still would be given to the tune if the trumpets doubled the trombone at the octave above . |
| 17 | I call for , therefore for the C E C to bring back to Conference next year , a full report on how training should be given to the education and maintaining the activists of this union . |
| 18 | Consideration should be given to the question whether " damage " is to be restricted to physical damage or is to extend to loss of profits caused by disturbance of the tenant 's business . |
| 19 | Within seven days of the agreement to vary , written notification must be given to the child if he is of sufficient understanding , his parents and anyone entitled to contact under s34(1) . |
| 20 | If possible preference should be given to the proposal that maintains the interior as an undivided space . |
| 21 | Where the board decides to hold a hearing , notice must be given to the licence-holder and the complainer in accordance with subs . |
| 22 | Particular care should be given to the shape and nature of any anomalous area . |
| 23 | Seven days notice of the application has to be given to the court and to the police . |
| 24 | Close consideration should be given to the monopolies and mergers legislation governing both the UK and the EC ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 25 | Market research will identify what transaction or aspect is most important but careful consideration should be given to the character or nature of the transaction , before determining the technique to be adopted . |
| 26 | The private collection will be given to the Ashmolean when the exhibition closes in August . |
| 27 | The private collection will be given to the Ashmolean when the exhibition closes in August . |
| 28 | My examination of Nizan 's communist novels ( Chapter 7 ) will be directed at accomplishing two tasks : first , to examine the processes whereby each of three texts is produced and reproduced in successively different historical situations ; here , particular emphasis will be given to the idea that each text is not a perfectly finished artistic product but the narrative site of ideological and literary contradictions . |
| 29 | One distinction between an assignment at equity and under statute is that , for an equitable assignment to be valid , written notice does not need to be given to the supplier whereas it is an essential part of the statutory transfer ( see above ) . |
| 30 | Designs for Kedleston by James ‘ Athenian ’ Stuart and Robert Adam will also be shown , and this is doubly appropriate as the proceeds of the exhibition will be given to the Trust and will be used to store and display the unique collection of architectural drawings at the house in ideal museum-room conditions . |