Example sentences of "[be] [adv] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not have been only in relation to land that £40 had a special significance . |
| 2 | Schofield pointed out that failures to find are naturally in proportion to the number of successes — one man 's success being another 's failure . |
| 3 | Economic dirigisme merely legitimates the use of political power to protect powerful vested interests : the Italian economy and political class are largely in thrall to the big companies . |
| 4 | These twin peaks on the chromatograph are directly in proportion to the amount of freon eleven and freon twelve in the water sample . |
| 5 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |
| 6 | Plans are now in motion to stage exhibitions featuring paintings from the collection in the Museum and Art Gallery in the city centre , where they are certain to attract attention to the University 's artistic riches and forge a new link between town and gown . |
| 7 | He found this to be so in relation to line editor , amendment routines and dose codes . |
| 8 | Where the jargon might arise would be perhaps in response to questions from an architect for instance yes . |
| 9 | Unlike other single women , Elaine can not stay out late at night : she has to be home in time to be put to bed by a nurse . |
| 10 | For the time being , Baggio seems to be more in opposition to Donadoni than to Giannini , since the last mentioned has always seemed to be a favourite son of Vicini , one of that select group of players who matriculated along with the manager from the Italian under-21 side to the senior team . |
| 11 | The conclusions of the Athens conference of 130 art historians , archaeologists , conservators and scientists will be a part of the display ( see The Art Newspaper No. 20 , July-September 1992 , p.14 ) , as will casts of two life-size ancient kouroi believed by most scholars to be closest in style to the Getty example : the Tenea Kouros from Munich and the Anavysos Kouros from Athens . |
| 12 | In asserting the supremacy of the Moldavian constitution and laws throughout the republic 's territory , and that " laws and other normative acts " would take effect in Moldavia only subject to ratification by the Moldavian Supreme Soviet , it appeared to go further than the Russian and Uzbek sovereignty declarations and to be closer in spirit to the more radical declarations of the Baltic and Transcaucasian republics , since it did not appear to allow for arbitration in the event of conflict with the USSR Constitution and laws . |
| 13 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 14 | The most relevant categories to compare in such cases are ones which are immediately in contrast to one another . |
| 15 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 16 | If their gross earnings were less than their advance , and the inevitable deductions , then they were consequently in debt to the mine ! |
| 17 | It seems that the appellants were considerably in debt to the mortgagees and the purpose of that second charge was to secure the debt . |
| 18 | On any reasonable system of accounting , the second-hand and rare book departments are losing money and are heavily in debt to the other side of the business — ’ |
| 19 | This is somewhat in contrast to the photographs of former collaborator George Sutkus which provide the unpopulated settings , the places which the onlooker can choose to inhabit . |
| 20 | Despite plans for market integration in Latin America and between the United States , Mexico and Canada , it is only in relation to the European Community that integration can properly be discussed at present . |
| 21 | Hence today such schemes will rarely lead to the creation of a special class of share ; it is only in relation to their allotment , financing , and provision for re-purchase by the company or the trustees of the scheme that there will be special arrangements which the Act facilitates by exclusions from the normal restrictions on purchase of own shares and on the provision of finance by a company for the acquisition of its shares . |
| 22 | Overall , the tone is highly positive ; certainly it is so in relation to the impressions created by some other women in the sample . |
| 23 | Er , this is obviously in answer to the questionnaire , yes they have four hundred and fifty pound in the bank , and yes they do organize boxing tournaments for self-help . |
| 24 | It is interesting how many of the social workers who regard themselves as identified with their clients , sharing some sense of oppression by the ‘ bureaucracy ’ that weighs upon them both and working therefore to help the clients receive resources from the ‘ system ’ , have a view of social security field staff that is directly in contrast to their view of their own position . |
| 25 | None of them actually obey the formal theory which suggests that altruism towards kin in human societies is directly in proportion to shared genes . |
| 26 | May I make it clear to my hon. Friend that this is a document that the Labour party simply could not write , because the principle of being critical of the producer is anathema to a party that is totally in thrall to the producers ? |
| 27 | Almost all growth occurs between March and October and , whilst other factors are doubtless involved , this is probably in response to temperature . |
| 28 | The argument rests on the assumption that the number of volatile-rich bodies that would be captured by a planet after it has accreted is roughly in proportion to the mass of the planet . |
| 29 | The future of the Daily Mirror is now in hock to City spivs and business tycoons — Hon. Gentlemen can shout as much as they like , but does the Prime Minister agree that citizens ' rights are best protected by pluralistic ownership of the press ? |
| 30 | In the words of the headmaster , this is a school which is ‘ more interested in a child 's today than his tomorrow — in where the child is now in relation to where he was , rather than in relation to our expectations of where he ought to be ’ . |