Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under such pressures it proved very difficult for monetary authorities to intervene in foreign exchange markets to ensure stable rates of exchange between all EC currencies . |
| 2 | They do n't ask your permission , if you wish that money to go into Tory funds . |
| 3 | I would have had to pay tax unless I 'd set up trusts , er by setting up trusts I could then effectively delay paying the tax er use that money to invest in new companies . |
| 4 | Certain of the various inert gas isotopes have to be excluded , some because they are of sufficiently low mass to escape in appreciable quantities from the terrestrial planets , others because they are produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes of elements other than inert gases , and others for both reasons . |
| 5 | This is then deducted along with other allowances and deductions from total income to arrive at taxable income . |
| 6 | Member states could however veto any proposal which they thought was detrimental to their economies , therefore very little progress to harmonise to common European standards took place . |
| 7 | This survey differs from previous ones in that the department brought in private surveyors to work with environmental health officers . |
| 8 | We know too little about the internal social relations of some of the earliest collective and collaborative forms to speak with any certainty of that stage . |
| 9 | You need about fucking forty eight hours to get through this |
| 10 | We would welcome a system of licensing which allowed private clubs to apply for all-night music and dance licensing in suitable venues . |
| 11 | There was no atmosphere of narrow morality in the house — scarcely any evidence of mental activity at all , let alone a moral climate — but on the wall of the living-room was a pictorial chart of ‘ The Ascent to Heaven and the Descent to Hell ’ , snakes-and-ladders style , and on either side of the entrance to the everlasting bonfire were the figures of Venus and Bacchus , the whole chart a vulgar allegory to set beside that Bedfordshire classic , The Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 12 | To facilitate democratic tourism it is essential for governments and regional authorities to collaborate with local people in ensuring that the services and infrastructure , by way of roads , electrification , water supply and especially promotional assistance are provided . |
| 13 | The highly transient nature of the casual labour force in hotels and catering , and the low attachment to work of many casuals — itself often related to the fact that their jobs are very much part-time — mean that the unions ' task will scarcely be an easy one . |
| 14 | 9.8 An employee who suffers personal injury for which compensation is not payable under the Regional Council 's approved schemes may be awarded an ex-gratia payment to compensate for any financial expenditure incurred . |
| 15 | Mapletoft , having knocked over the conversion , trumped it by banging over a 30-metre dropped goal off his weak foot to level at 20–20 . |
| 16 | However , once its sentencing decisions came to be regularly reported in the Criminal Law Review ( from 1954 onwards ) , the way was then open for the Court of Appeal to start laying down general sentencing principles for lower courts to apply in similar cases in the future . |
| 17 | Under such circumstances , permissive legal structures have enabled governments or private employers to resort to strike-breaking tactics involving the police or military to prevent or undermine trade union organisation . |
| 18 | It was a strange experience to wait in that embattled and enclosed town , amongst the tense thousands . |
| 19 | Strata subcultures tend to be particularly distinctive when there is little opportunity to move from one stratum to another . |
| 20 | The governing body will almost certainly need to set up sub-committees or working groups to look at different aspects of the school 's development . |
| 21 | At the same time it urged the US Federal Reserve Board to revert to pre-1979 policies , concentrating on management of interest rates rather than of the money supply . |
| 22 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 23 | This chapter considers the use of expert determination in : ( 1 ) energy and mining contracts ( 7.2 ) ; ( 2 ) shipbuilding contracts ( 7.3 ) ; ( 3 ) construction contracts ( 7.4 ) ; ( 4 ) computer contracts ( 7.5 ) ; which display the following features discussed in Chapter 6 : ( 5 ) the use of technical experts drawing on expertise not directly associated with valuation ; ( 6 ) the use of technical experts to act as general dispute resolvers ; and ( 7 ) the use of " two-tier " dispute resolution procedures . |
| 24 | Most women are forced through economic necessity to work in part-time low-paid jobs with quite a large number in the black economy . |
| 25 | It is impossible from purely behavioural experiments conducted with neurologically intact subjects to specify with any accuracy the locus in the brain of those neural events which intervene between presentation of a stimulus and the occurrence of some response . |
| 26 | Cripps ' objection to sanctions was based on distrust of the National Government rather than on complete opposition to force in any form . |
| 27 | ‘ Estrangement from JM almost complete , ’ Vaughan wrote in his journal , ‘ scarcely ever meet — only amicable , rather strained pleasantries to say to each other . |
| 28 | And I 'm not so sure that portrait is the best possible erm medium to use , or the best possible photograph to use for this type of er trick . |
| 29 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 30 | really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours . |