Example sentences of "[adj] to a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 2 | The geometric assembly of components to produce an identifiable unit , such as a gearbox , is thus recorded in a hierarchical file having a structure similar to a bill-of-materials listing ( see Figure 2.25 ) . |
| 3 | It is proposed to extend the circumstances in which the price and number of shares under the British Gas Sharesave Scheme may be adjusted to include an ‘ open offer ’ ( an offer to shareholders similar to a rights issue ) or any other variation of share capital which the Inland Revenue accepts as sufficient ground for such an adjustment and at the same time to allow for adjustments to reflect changes in the class of shares , or the rights attaching to shares , under option . |
| 4 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 5 | Windows makes it much easier to exchange information between different packages ; there are various mechanisms , one of which allows you to use the mouse to highlight a chunk of information in a spreadsheet , say , to be cut-and-pasted to a Windows word processor via an intermediate storage area called a clip-board . |
| 6 | Anyone entitled to free legal aid who is then a party to an appeal against a care or supervision order will qualify for non-means tested legal aid in respect of the appeal subject to a merits test . |
| 7 | HERR NORDERN would have recognised the scene inside the Station as if it were a replay of a film , or a remake , rather : the shady characters and the drunks , and the badinage reflecting a curious bonhomie between the Duty Officer and the offenders , although the cast was different and , it being later , the Station was busier ; the offenders looking more offensive and the policemen more policeman-like , bigger , harder , and , in all senses of the word , more arresting — although , big and hard though they were , two of them , bundling out an unfortunate to a police van , gave way respectfully to Frau Nordern as she stalked towards the desk . |
| 8 | Institutional investors who include Schroders , Prudential and Phillips & Drew Fund Management are believed to be opposed to a rights issue . |
| 9 | Coming from a police family and married to a police officer , her inculcated beliefs were such that the alternative concepts which the sociology of law posed were beyond acceptability . |
| 10 | That , a passion was affirmative to a women . |
| 11 | The small number of women involved in white water paddling , she feels , is due to a women 's attitude to fear and taking risks rather than any negative feelings from male paddlers . |
| 12 | I remember on one occasion the four of us went down to Glastonbury Fair where he sang , but due to a balls-up over the sound and the electricity , they did n't put him on until the next day and that was at about 5.00 in the morning when the sun came through . |
| 13 | The reason for the resolution is the club 's simmering anger over an incident last season , when the match at Swindon was abandoned after 61 minutes due to a floodlights failure , with Tranmere leading 2–1 . |
| 14 | As it was , the train was 18 mins. late due to a points failure at Mid Calder . |
| 15 | And anything that 's not on the up and up is , well I think it 's detrimental to a mans life . |
| 16 | B. ‘ That , subject to the passing of Resolution A , before this meeting , the Directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 24 of the Companies ( Amendment ) Act 1983 to allot equity securities ( as defined by section 23 of the Companies ( Amendment ) Act 1983 ) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by such resolution as if sub-section ( 1 ) of the said Section 23 did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of shareholders and to the allotment ( otherwise than pursuant to a rights issue as aforesaid ) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal value of IR£1,772,100 . |
| 17 | Those who strongly doubt whether the cost-benefit exercise can be adequately performed are more inclined to a rules based or structural approach . |
| 18 | Should n't we , therefore , be entitled to a no-claims bonus ? |
| 19 | If the reporter , the editor and particularly the owner of a magazine or newspaper were liable to a six-months prison sentence for printing untruths and fabricated stores , then the problem would shrink to minute proportions . |