Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If resources are to be used to increase pensions , should they not be used to target those in greatest need , rather than spreading across the board and benefiting both rich and poor ? |
| 32 | Locke finds the theory quite unworkable ; for example , it can not be used to justify any actual political authority , since it is impossible to show of any particular monarch that he is a genuine heir to Adam 's original authority . |
| 33 | First , he points out that the process of ostensive definition , whereby the solipsist attempts to give a meaning to the term ‘ pain ’ by pointing ( mentally ) to a sensation , is one which only works when we already have a background of conceptual knowledge , and can not be used to construct such knowledge from a blank sheet . |
| 34 | The contractor 's provision of float within the programme is there to cover items that are at the contractor 's own risk and in general should not be used to abate any extension of time to which the contractor may be entitled . |
| 35 | But there are two other subsidiary matters which reinforce the conclusion that the council should not be required to give such an undertaking . |
| 36 | Provided that when goods are consigned ‘ carriage forward ’ the Trader shall not be required to pay such charges unless the consignee fails to pay after a reasonable demand has been made by the carrier for payment thereof . |
| 37 | Section 4 of the Act provides that a party to a contract who deals as a consumer can not be required to indemnify any other person against any liability that other may incur for negligence or breach of contract , unless the indemnity clause satisfies the test of reasonableness . |
| 38 | Very often there are schools , just across the road , full of children who will very probably become unemployed when they leave because they will not be equipped to fill any of the jobs that are available . |
| 39 | I can not be expected to monitor these statements . |
| 40 | It was early seen as a public responsibility , since the individual could not be expected to control such large-scale enterprises as water supply and sewerage . |
| 41 | Patients refused admission can not be expected to take much comfort from this explanation of their plight . |
| 42 | Defence counsel Simon Scammell , blaming lax security by both airport and airline , said his client should not be expected to pay all the compensation . |
| 43 | Notwithstanding such examples , children growing up m a rapidly changing technological society can not be expected to master all that they require to know if their learning is totally haphazard and unstructured . |
| 44 | If word recognition is completed before the context can be used to generate a prediction , then the context would not be expected to have much of an effect upon the word , and more experienced readers do appear to be less influenced by context . |
| 45 | One point he made which I have rarely seen put forward so well : that the audience can not be expected to follow any profound drama at all levels at once , and that there may be certain aspects which remain beyond the audience 's comprehension altogether . |
| 46 | The court accepted that the minister would not be expected to hear such representations as if he were a judge . |
| 47 | Ulcers induced by a deliberate state of hypersecretion , such as the histamine in beeswax model , can not be expected to reveal any new insights into alternative mechanisms . |
| 48 | However , in the long term , Manchester can not be expected to keep all its Census data online indefinitely , and other sites holding the data may dispose of it as the level demand falls off . |
| 49 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 50 | A girl brought up in a convent with the whole town knowing her circumstances could not be expected to feel any warmth towards the people who lived in splendour over in Westlands . |
| 51 | On the other hand , care has to be taken to prevent the scope of applications being limited , as users can not be expected to know all the possibilities that computers offer . |
| 52 | ‘ They can not be expected to know this , given inadequate food labelling . ’ |
| 53 | This should not be taken to imply that consumer spending really depends on credit . |
| 54 | While it is true that different assessment procedures usually focus on one or other of these different aspects of language , this is a reflection on the recent history of psycholinguistic research and ought not be taken to imply that assessment is best carried out by focusing on discrete areas . |
| 55 | The issue of the document should not be taken to imply any commitment of any kind has been made to pursue possible solutions to the requirements described . |
| 56 | This should not be taken to imply any reduction in the facilities or standards previously provided by the establishments affected . |
| 57 | I will not be spoken to like that … ’ |
| 58 | He argues , therefore , that social ties may differ radically in function and should not be considered to provide some unitary benefit in terms of concepts such as emotional support . |
| 59 | The consultation paper ( which follows a discussion document on obstacles to the free movement of workers caused by occupational pension rules issued by the European Commission in July 1991 ) includes a draft resolution which states that migrant workers should not be forced to fear any undue loss of rights to future benefits . |
| 60 | He regarded that case as deciding that an agent for principal A who has chosen to act for another principal B on whose behalf he acquires information can not be forced to divulge such information to principal A but can be held liable in damages to principal A for breach of duty . |