Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it be justified to send to prison people too poor to pay fines — and there are more such persons during times of economic crisis — not only when the original crime of which they were convicted did not warrant a prison sentence , but when their crime is trivial in the extreme in comparison with corporate crimes which we lack the political will to tackle directly by socialist remedies ? |
| 2 | Financial control was centralized under one accounting officer , the Permanent Under-Secretary for Defence , with subordinate Deputy Under-Secretaries to oversee the individual Service votes , which were still retained for administrative convenience , but could be adjusted to conform to Defence , as opposed to single Service , priorities . |
| 3 | The emission charges for each pollutant would have to be adjusted to take into account increases in the number of emission sources ( if air quality is not to deteriorate ) and it would have to be adjusted to reflect increases in general price levels . |
| 4 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 5 | CRYSTAL PALACE may be struggling to keep in step with the rest of the Premier League but they were named yesterday as models of military efficency . |
| 6 | Anxious clients can be taught to cope with stress . |
| 7 | Now psychologists at Edinburgh University have found that even young children can be taught to cope with traffic . |
| 8 | As is well known , chimpanzees can be taught to communicate with sign language , though there is no evidence that they have such a language in their natural state . |
| 9 | These are , the chapter says , creating new pressures for the extension of joint regulation which ‘ inevitably raise the question whether existing institutions can be developed to provide for employee involvement at this level , or whether new institutions are needed . ’ |
| 10 | In the increasing number of critical surveys of the English novel published during the present century Conrad is the sole writer ever to be included in the safe , accepted procession from Fielding to Henry James and beyond who could , to some degree , be considered to write of adventure in the traditional sense ; and it is always made perfectly clear that Conrad 's moral and philosophical probings constitute his true value , his story-telling expertise being , by implication , no more than a means to an end . |
| 11 | The first two logical assignments in this file ( ie to RDBICONFIGURATION and LIFESPANCONFIGURATION ) should be modified to point to LIFESPAN RDBI and LIFESPAN configuration files respectively . |
| 12 | The earlier Lectures have shown how the conclusions need to be modified to allow for market distortions , imperfect competition , unemployment , the accumulation of capital over time , etc . |
| 13 | Recent work on adhesion has shown that these classical formulae need to be modified to take into account molecular attraction , which increases the area of contact . |
| 14 | The utility that would have been obtained with certainty prior to the union setting its monopoly wage rate must now be modified to take into account the uncertainty that is introduced with the unemployment probability . |
| 15 | This suggests that the claim that all information about the surface form of an utterance is lost when it is purged from working memory needs to be modified to distinguish between surface structure which reflects underlying pragmatic distinctions , and surface structure which does not . |
| 16 | REACTION TO CAMP ROUTINE AND RESPONSIBILITIES : Lenny can be trusted to carry to completion any task given to him . |
| 17 | Once the meat was served , they reckoned the underlings could be trusted to deal with pudding and dessert . |
| 18 | Coach trips will be targeted to come on market days and the council hopes to introduce special theme days based on Darlington 's history . |
| 19 | The local road , including country lanes and town roads , was to be reserved only for traffic which had business in the locality ; it should be designed to discourage through traffic . |
| 20 | Mr Guest has been extremely helpful , first sending an inspector out to review the situation and then arranging for the 6.45am bus from Crook to Bishop Auckland to be rescheduled to arrive in Crook five minutes earlier . |
| 21 | The professor will be qualified for election as an official member of the board of the faculty ( which has final authority over the proceedings of its sub-faculties ) , and will be expected to serve from time to time on the various standing and ad hoc committees appointed by the board . |
| 22 | The minimum period which a prisoner can be expected to serve in order to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence has become known as the tariff period . |
| 23 | The needs-led approach alters the nature of the practitioner 's accountability to the employing agency and to the user under new arrangements , practitioners will be expected to sustain with integrity a measure of independence from both parties , while safeguarding the interests of both ( DoH , 1991c , p. 111 ) . |
| 24 | Participants were led through a series of ‘ real life ’ situations , which might be expected to arise during validation , by group leaders experienced in external validation . |
| 25 | But Mr Patten — who would earn a tax-free salary of £140,000 — would be expected to remain in office until the handover in 1997 , taking him out of mainstream politics for five years . |
| 26 | The DSS said last week local authorities would be expected to negotiate with home owners on how to make up the gap in funding for residents who have to be away from the home for more than six days . |
| 27 | If you can not reasonably be expected to vote in person on polling day you can apply for an absent vote . |
| 28 | While if a user is really looking for a system to support management decisions , how can he be expected to know in advance all the decisions which he will have to take ? |
| 29 | As this was the first time this had happened , how could we be expected to know in advance ? |
| 30 | In purely administrative terms , it was thought that authorities concerned with distinguishing between applications for exempt development , excepted development , designated relevant development and non-designated relevant development could not also be expected to distinguish between Class A and Class B applications , and between outline , illustrative , detailed and guideline applications . |