Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.

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1 These charges , and any interest payable on an overdraft , are calculated up to the first Friday in March , June , September and December , and deducted from your account 14 days later .
2 The second band , with its very long progression of vibrational peaks , is assigned to both the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the π u level , while the third and fourth bands are assigned respectively to the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the level ; both levels are expected to be strongly bonding , as suggested by the lower vibration frequencies of the ions .
3 Many of the industries are placed close to the docks ; they are port oriented .
4 It 's that time of year when theatres everywhere are given over to the mayhem that is panto … when men are dames and the principal boys are girls .
5 To achieve this it will be essential to create a culture where services are given back to the people and delivered with the attitude that the ‘ customer is sovereign ’ .
6 Mrs Leinen fears if they are flown back to the United States she 'll lose custody forever .
7 If Mr Newton is right , perhaps Mr Lamont will one day be able to please the traditionalists … by announcing that the railways are to go back to the good old steam age .
8 A securitisation will qualify for a linked presentation even though the seller retains significant risk on the underlying mortgages ( even with little potential upside ) , provided ( among other things ) that claims against the seller are limited solely to the assets securitised .
9 In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips .
10 The billing office has to ensure that charges are posted correctly to the guest 's folio ( bill ) .
11 On the other hand , I do believe that English speaking referees who are exposed exclusively to the opinions of a mischievous English press are likely to be adversely influenced .
12 The workers who are exposed continually to the risk of acquiring an infection include mortuary technicians , pathologists , domestic assistants , porters and nurses .
13 This does n't require prohibitively much energy : a male 's tiny pinprick can be seen by a female from some distance on a dark night , since her eyes are exposed directly to the light source itself .
14 some proteins are exposed only to the exterior surface of the cell .
15 some proteins are exposed only to the interior surface of the cell .
16 Instead , he claimed , the United States had access in 1985 to ‘ forty-three naval bases and over seventy airfields , of which a considerable number are situated close to the Soviet border ’ .
17 Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend .
18 It might be that your ambitions are seriously flawed and you are preaching only to the converted .
19 The growing demands and applications being made of plastics are filtering through to the additive market , requiring them to be constantly updated and made more efficient , and thus leading to higher prices , explained the report .
20 Then , suddenly , the arms are dropped down to the sides of the body again .
21 Balance c/f — Amounts which are carried forward to the next day 's tabular ledger .
22 Balances of both depreciation reserve and asset accounts are carried forward to the end of the useful life of the asset .
23 Balances of both depreciation reserve and asset accounts are carried forward to the end of the useful life of the asset .
24 These chapters record how the instructions given in chapters 25–31 are carried out to the letter .
25 Project management , incorporating information management , within these programmes will ensure that they are carried out to the same high standard as our taxonomic and floristic research .
26 Despite this , many pet cats are carried off to the vet by exasperated owners for this type of ‘ convenience surgery ’ .
27 As a collective , people are contributing financially to the installation of new tube wells .
28 They are federated nationally to the National Association of Young people 's Counselling and Advisory Services ( NAYPCAS ) , which has a small secretariat funded by the Home Office .
29 Art schools have been closed down and those that survive are permitted only to the extent to which they have converted to a market economy .
30 If isostatic compensation is local , that is if vertical adjustments of the lithosphere in response to the removal of a load are confined just to the area covered by the original load , then isostatic uplift simply reduces the rate at which a land-surface is lowered by denudation ( Fig. 4.7(A) ) .
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