Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This shows that Anselm was quite as ready to face exile for the primacy as he had been for obedience to the pope . |
2 | This will depend whether ( a ) the Nissan cars are for export to the EC , ( b ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have purchased an imported car or ( c ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have bought a car produced in the UK by one of the other UK manufacturers . |
3 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
4 | In addition , the ability to recognise and trace witnesses and the conditions under which police witnesses made observations might all have been of assistance to the defendants . |
5 | But we were surprised that not once during our visit were the words ‘ land reform ’ so much as mentioned , although what has happened there most certainly counts as this , and would have been of interest to the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held by FAO in 1979 . |
6 | But there are other factors involved in the way in which pupils use their sight that are of relevance to the teacher , especially since it may be found that pupils who have comparable recorded levels of visual acuity seem to use their sight differently . |
7 | The origin of the group and the evolution of the various hominoid species are of relevance to the human condition , but of more immediate concern are the issues of when and where the human species originated and the context in which it evolved : the effects of climate , environment and behaviour , for example , and the ecological relationships between communities . |
8 | The present discussion will highlight just one or two main conclusions which are of relevance to the main lines of argument in this book . |
9 | What is needed is generous help to ensure their children survive and aid systems which really are of benefit to the people . |
10 | The thought of asking one of the Royal family for money to breed owls seemed a bit out of order ; however , Suzy explained that the scheme was designed to help young people just like myself set up projects or businesses which are of benefit to the local community , as well as themselves . |
11 | ‘ Mr Ashdown would be better concentrating on the basic issues that are of concern to the electorate rather than perpetually engaging in imagined card games that he thinks he would like to play on Friday morning . ’ |
12 | If true , these matters are of concern to the Bank as supervisor of the [ defendants ] and raise questions as to the continued fulfilment of the minimum criteria for authorisation set out in Schedule 3 to the Banking Act 1987 , which includes inter alia the requirement that directors , controllers and managers of authorised institutions shall be fit and proper to hold their positions and that the business of the institution will be carried on with integrity and skill and in a prudent manner . |
13 | Such properties are of interest to a range of practical applications including mapping and surveying , weather forecasting , agricultural crop yield estimation , forest management and geological exploration . |
14 | Each succeeding system or style drew on the techniques of preceding systems or styles , and all are of interest to the local historian . |
15 | But Greenpeace insist that only a small percentage of the fish caught by the seals are of interest to the fishermen , and that over-fishing remains the main threat to North Sea fish stocks . |
16 | The records of both these types of court are of use to the local and family historian . |
17 | Earnings only build as office experience imparts skills that are of value to the employer . |
18 | Although Smadja suggests no specific use for conceptual co-occurrences in his lexicon-building research , it is shown in Chapter Four that both types are of value to the current project . |
19 | And probably you 're in hock to the Service 's being friends ( the Service always had banking friends ) for this boatyard , too . |
20 | Charlie , Avant-Garde stylist of the Year , holds very strong views about client relations and they are like music to the ear . |
21 | He used the occasion to inform the public that his decision to withdraw from the campaign in July had been in response to a Republican dirty tricks campaign which had included a plan to smear his daughter through manufactured photographs and to disrupt her forthcoming wedding . |
22 | The Wingti government also claimed that the army 's advance was largely unresisted and had been in response to the invitation of local chiefs . |
23 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
24 | Their initiative was thought to have been in response to an open letter published on Jan. 15 under the signatures of three former Presidents , the Archbishop of Bogotá , and the leader of the left-wing Patriotic Union Party ( UP ) , which had offered them the prospect of " society 's support … for less rigorous treatment " by the government if they released the estimated dozens of hostages they had seized over the previous two months and stopped drug trafficking . |
25 | It 's been in contradiction to the wishes of the voters of this country . |
26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what developments there have been in relation to the attempts by Her Majesty 's Government to secure the extradition of the two Libyan nationals accused of bombing flight PA 103 in 1988 ; and whether he will make a statement . |
27 | Psychologically it is costly because we are in bondage to the person we will not forgive . |
28 | Minneapolis-based Network Systems Corp cut the price on its 6600 single-board router products by as much as 38% for some models : prices will now range from $5,000 to $17,000 , and the cuts are in response to a price cut by a competing company and due to ‘ tremendous improvements in manufacturing efficiency ; ’ 3Com Corp has recently slashed the prices for its routers . |
29 | The new measures are in response to the public outcry over illegal rave parties such as the one at Castlemorton Common last year . |
30 | Children 's play area and supervised creche are in addition to the usual facilities . |