Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [prep] relation to " in BNC.

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1 When the term is used in relation to the human figure , the camera distance then comes down from hundreds of yards to tens of feet .
2 With the development of rights of appeal against tribunal decisions , the significance of judicial review is diminishing in relation to such tribunals .
3 The next question is whether such action is taken in relation to the grant or refusal to grant a further loan .
4 Some uncertainty was admitted in relation to those factors , and ways of studying the impact of such uncertainties were shown , but then it was assumed that the uncertainties themselves were reasonably structured such that rough probabilities of outcomes could be assigned .
5 Birth weight was analysed in relation to gestational age by the method of Bland et al .
6 The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’
7 The problems of deciding whether a pupil has mastered a concept or skill are discussed in relation to an experiment in giving pupils the same tests in different modes but similar in content and difficulty on two separate occasions .
8 They accept that language differences might indicate differences in language capacity , when this capacity is measured in relation to particular situations and communicative demands .
9 Since the problem of delay was considerably greater in High Court than county court actions , this proposal is discussed in relation to High Court actions .
10 After grading gastric metaplasia and counting the number of villi in each specimen , the mean extent of gastric metaplasia for all specimens taken at each session was calculated in relation to the number of villi in each specimen .
11 No similar proposal was made in relation to Class B applications , but it was recommended that there should be a strict three-month time limit .
12 The question was asked in relation to training : can people compete equally if they do not start from the same vantage point ?
13 Thus according to the Child Poverty Action Group ( CPAG ) ‘ poverty is viewed in relation to a generally accepted standard of living in a particular society that goes beyond basic physical needs ’ to include ‘ broader social and cultural needs ’ as well .
14 The point was made in relation to section 6 that goods can not perish if they never have been in existence .
15 The cost of hot water is reduced in relation to the capital expenditure which can be undertaken , so that an efficient boiler system is more costly to install than a simple immersion heater , but cheaper to run .
16 Where the end is person- rather than role-oriented — that is , where the end is the development of the human mind and spirit rather than the production of , say , information technologists — then education is valued in relation to some conception of worthwhile human existence which it is meant to serve .
17 Furthermore , it was the role of the adolescent as worker which first introduced the State into this area of collectivism , proof of the importance with which the juvenile labour-market was regarded in relation to the social problem .
18 The role and importance of attitudes to energy conservation are investigated in relation to comfort requirements .
19 In an earlier section of this chapter , a great range of activities which individuals carry out in maintaining a safe environment were mentioned in relation to preventing accidents in the home , at work , at play and while travelling .
20 In Fig. 6 the regional coalification pattern is shown in relation to the stratigraphy and the depth of the top surface Carboniferous in a cross section running ( with some breaks ) through the new map from the Rhenish Mts. in the south to the North Sea in the north .
21 Section 31 relates to civil proceedings , inter partes , where a claim is made in relation to property which has been acquired in circumstances of an incriminating nature .
22 Efficiency is discussed in relation to the wealth tax replacing some income tax or a projected increase in income taxes .
23 Another aspect of a person 's stay in Purgatory is mentioned in relation to question 3 ( P. 33 ) and that is ‘ temporary punishment ’ in Purgatory .
24 In chapter 2 this variable was discussed in relation to data collection and sampling procedures , rather than in relation to data analysis which is our concern here .
25 There was a quarrel about how much my father was paid in relation to Harold Swan .
26 By an originating summons dated 18 December 1991 the plaintiffs , the Halifax Building Society , the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , the Leeds Permanent Building Society , and the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that , upon the true construction of the ombudsman scheme recognised under Part IX of the Building Societies Act 1986 , the first defendant Stephen Bristow Edell , the ombudsman appointed under the scheme , was not entitled to investigate or determine ( a ) the complaint against the first plaintiff received by him from Michael Robert Allen and Christine Allen , the second and third defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation for mortgage assessment prepared for the first plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( b ) the complaint against the second plaintiff received by him from Jeffrey Leonard Brommage and Heather Maureen Brommage , the fourth and fifth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the second plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( c ) the complaint against the third plaintiff received by him from Lawrence Frederick West and Christa West , the sixth and seventh defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the third plaintiff had been negligently prepared , and ( d ) the complaint against the fourth plaintiff received by him from Joseph Paul Hardcastle and Astrid Marie Hardcastle , the eighth and ninth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for them had been negligently prepared ; and ( 2 ) a determination , upon the true construction of the scheme , whether and if so in what circumstances the first defendant was entitled to investigate and determine a complaint relating to an allegation of failure to exercise the requisite degree of professional skill and care on the part of a valuer or surveyor employed by the building society against which the complaint was made in relation to a report by him on the condition or value of any property where the report in question consisted of : ( a ) a written report prepared pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for a building society on the value of the land which was proposed as security for an advance to be made by the society and on any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value and is not disqualified under section 13 from making a report on the land in question , ( b ) a written valuers ' report and valuation for mortgage prepared for the first plaintiff , ( c ) such a report prepared for the second plaintiff , ( d ) such a report prepared for the third plaintiff , ( e ) such a report prepared for the fourth plaintiff , ( f ) a house buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , ( g ) a flat buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor , ( h ) a home buyer 's standard valuation and survey report prepared by an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard terms of engagement of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers , ( i ) a written report known as a ‘ home purchase report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the second plaintiff , ( j ) a written report known as a ‘ house buyer 's report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the third plaintiff , or ( k ) a structural survey report .
27 The limitations of a single linear scale are demonstrated in relation to realizations of five phonological variables in the city of Liverpool , of which one is an optionally merged variable ( u ? ) and ( o ? ) as in sure and shore .
28 Cells expressing L1 within each grid and in the corresponding epithelial layer were counted in relation to the CD68 marker .
29 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 6 ) of this section , an application for the grant or provisional grant of a new licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) shall not be entertained by a licensing board unless there are produced to the board , in accordance with the provisions of this section , certificates from the appropriate authority as to the suitability of the premises for which the licence is sought in relation to planning , building control and food hygiene .
30 Similar caution is justified in relation to the TVEI and the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education ( CPVE ) .
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