Example sentences of "[prep] relation to each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for a whole , W , to exist it is not normally enough merely that its parts exist , rather it is required that they exist in a certain arrangement , in a certain set of relations to each other . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that attainment targets may be grouped into ‘ profile components ’ for the purposes of reporting achievements , teachers are expected to ‘ keep a record of pupils ' progress in relation to each attainment target ’ , a particularly onerous requirement . |
| 3 | An order for payment of money or for the transfer of assets can not be an order intended to restore parties to transactions to their former positions unless it is known in relation to each transaction in question ( a ) who were the parties ( b ) what the nature of the transaction was and ( c ) what assets or money each party to the transaction had paid or transferred to the others . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) In relation to each transaction effected during that month to close out a customer 's position , the resulting profit or loss to the customer after deducting or adding commission in respect of that transaction . |
| 5 | They have a duty to make sure that the best principles of co-operation are applied to all they do in relation to each child in the name of the ‘ child 's best interests ’ . |
| 6 | Space is now being employed in social science in relation to each half of the structure-action dichotomy and as a device for bridging the gap between them . |
| 7 | P5 — it would be helpful if functions selected for assessment tasks could be identified in relation to each document and made available to assessors . |
| 8 | Frequently in this period the representation of the man — man — woman triangle suggests that the desire which bonds men over women is as erotically invested for the men in relation to each other as for each of them in relation to the women . |
| 9 | When we mix up strange horses in this way , it is not surprising that some should display aggression , as the horses have not had the opportunity to work out their social positions in relation to each other . |
| 10 | Assumptions and expectations which lie behind an inter-agency approach require to be made more explicit in order that agencies , and individuals within agencies , are absolutely clear about where they stand , not only in relation to the paramount concern of protecting the child , but also in relation to each other . |
| 11 | ‘ … the main idea is that social phenomena are seen as existing in relation to each other , and continually developing in and through such relations so as to form at various phases contradictory forces that generate qualitatively new formations . |
| 12 | Maximum efficiency is achieved when these factors are optimised in relation to each other . |
| 13 | On the one hand , it was simply the period required for the sun , moon , and planets to attain the same positions in relation to each other as they had at a given time . |
| 14 | Since then major currencies have floated in relation to each other . |
| 15 | Knowledge of the issues and problems facing the peoples of the Community , both in relation to each other and to the rest of the world , is essential for anyone seeking a career in , for example , business , politics , languages , the national and international civil service , and journalism . |
| 16 | What about a chess-playing machine , programmed to examine the board and then ‘ imagine ’ thousands of possible moves and evaluate them in relation to each other ? |
| 17 | And it is men and women in relation to each other , and in relation to nature , that really captures the imagination of these drawing-room philosophers . |
| 18 | Whilst many families spend a significant part of their lives together , and their needs are usually closely linked , individual members do not always share the same objectives in relation to each other . |
| 19 | If the machine needle is bent , the two needles will not be in the correct position in relation to each other , so the stitch will not transfer from the machine needle to the linker needle . |
| 20 | Once on the needles , the two pieces of knitting ca n't ‘ creep ’ in relation to each other as they can when sewing by hand or machine , so your horizontal bands will match exactly . |
| 21 | This brings us inevitably to international law : the rules which make agreements between states binding ; the rules which seek to limit from the outside the kinds of actions which states may take in relation to each other and provide a framework within which they may negotiate . |
| 22 | He found him agitated and anxious and thumping the table , demanding to discuss the two men 's roles in relation to each other . |
| 23 | The structure of the Pacific — its enormous , landless centre , its contorted and congested peripheries — is due entirely to the plates of which it is constructed and the manner in which they have moved in relation to each other . |
| 24 | In the second stage , usually identified with areas 18 and 19 ( also known as prestriate cortex ) , information about where things are on the retina is lost and replaced with information about where they are in relation to each other . |
| 25 | He envisaged a shift , in line with modern educational thinking , away from a system in which pupils are assessed in relation to each other ( a norm-referenced system ) to one in which they would be assessed in relation to certain pre-specified criteria ( a criterion-referenced system ) . |
| 26 | The two forms of reason do not exist independently of each other , as different forms of reality , but exist in relation to each other in an economy comparable to Derrida 's differential ‘ stricture ’ . |
| 27 | These principles involve the attribution of meaning through placing elements in relation to each other . |
| 28 | The processes of production and reproduction have to be analysed and understood in relation to each other . |
| 29 | These may be referred to as paradigmatic or conceptual collocates [ Smadja , 1989 ] , and are characterised by an equal distribution of one term about the other within a given context ( e.g. ’ mortgage ’ & ’ property ’ can occur anywhere within the same sentence in relation to each other ) . |
| 30 | In relation to each other Fianna Fail , Fine Gael and Labour unusually happened in 1987 to be treated equitably : the number of first-preference votes per TD was 9,686 for Fianna Fail , 9,434 for Fine Gael , and 9,546 for Labour . |