Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | These above-average profits depended to some extent on the Company 's political influence in England ; in India it was not powerful enough to control the market , but its charter gave it a monopoly in England which let it push prices up further than would have been practicable if non-members of the Company ( denounced as ‘ interlopers ’ ) had been able to import cotton goods into England freely . |
| 2 | From time to time various other forms of undercutting have been attributed to wind but the possible effects of other agencies , such as wetting and drying near the surface and salt weathering must not be forgotten , though they are doubtful as explanations of abraded wooden telegraph poles and even these can not be attributed to gnawing by desert rats . |
| 3 | Some are better than others of course but er |
| 4 | In some infections these antibodies are effective as preventers of further infection by the same organism . |
| 5 | There is no danger in the proliferation of speculative theories because any that are inadequate as descriptions of the world can be ruthlessly eliminated as the result of observational or other tests . |
| 6 | As already discussed in Section 2.1.1 the population of embryos recovered from an in vivo mating will be heterogeneous , and hours post-hCG injection , or hours after the inferred time of fertilization , are inadequate as means of staging embryos . |
| 7 | All are comprehensible as symptoms of social disorientation , of the fraying , and sometimes the snapping , of the threads of what used to be the network that bound people together in society . |
| 8 | The main focus will be on ex-directory numbers , which mean that published directories are incomplete as listings of telephone-owning households . |
| 9 | IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 10 | At Westbury , the canids are represented by a small wolf , which almost certainly included small mammals in its diet , but the felids present are large and could not have been important as accumulators of small mammals . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 12 | At the extreme , rogue manufacturers are trying to cash in on this huge market , and have won multi-million pound orders for technologies that may be sound as pieces of machinery but have not been tried adequately in the field . |
| 13 | By 17 years of age the children of obese parents are three times more likely to be obese than children of thin parents . |
| 14 | He must be thoughtful since lack of thought is probably responsible for most of the world 's difficulties . |
| 15 | ‘ Scientific management 's ’ mechanistic and materialistic model of the individual has been criticized for taking no account of other motives for work and , by implication , the diverse interests of which people might be conscious as members of groups and wish to protect and advance through group action . |
| 16 | These can be useful where choice of fuel is limited . |
| 17 | Local newspapers , noticeboards , shop windows and word of mouth can also be useful as sources of information . |
| 18 | ‘ In any civil proceedings a statement contained in a document produced by a computer shall … be admissible as evidence of any fact stated therein of which direct oral evidence would be admissible … ’ |
| 19 | It would be simplistic and indeed inaccurate , however , to ascribe a single ‘ mood ’ to the workforce , although industrial relations are considered generally to be good as memories of last year 's conflict dim . |
| 20 | Among the small minority of combatants who found it difficult to adjust to civilian life after the war , who were anti-semitic , militantly anti-communist and concerned about the continued decline of Britain , individuals were almost as likely to be anti-fascist as supporters of fascism . |
| 21 | The incremental cost of implementing either regimen ( US$0.08 per dose for OPV and US$0.35–0.50 per dose for IPV ) is similar to or lower than the cost of mass vaccination campaigns ( US$0.68–3.60 per dose ) , and would also be less than expansion of the routine immunisation schedule to provide even more doses . |
| 22 | Finally I wish to report that Terry Snow , Peter Jacob and Clive Labovitch will be continuing as Chairmen of their respective subsidiary companies for so long as the executive directors remain responsible for their companies . |
| 23 | The numbers of state bureaucrats and managerial staff in industry and agriculture were reduced because these institutions appeared to be developing as centres of opposition to the party ( Szajkowski 1981 , p. 34 ) . |
| 24 | This can be difficult if part of you thinks it is wrong and you should n't really be doing it . |
| 25 | The reason for the discount is the lack of marketability of the shares ( although this will not be relevant if 100% of the shares are to be acquired ) and the generally smaller size ( and hence vulnerability ) of the business . |
| 26 | Thus Chapter 9 is about what policies , both local and national , will be necessary as components of a structural programme concerned with the effective redistribution of resources and power and with the transformation of the existing social order through a process of cultural revolution . |
| 27 | The figures in Table 5.1 are from cross-sectional data , obtained in 1980 , and could therefore be misleading as indicators of changes in households over time . |
| 28 | It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval . |
| 29 | Where there is to be a separate exchange and completion , which can be for a multitude of reasons , or where there are conditions which need to be satisfied before completion of the subscription can take place , then the subscription and shareholders ' agreement will set out the various conditions precedent and how they are to be satisfied . |
| 30 | In deciding this it is not necessary to consider whether members of the public who are knowledgeable about the product are deceived , it may be sufficient if members of the public who have very little knowledge of the product concerned are likely to be deceived , see J. Bollinger v Costa Bravo Wine Co . |