Example sentences of "are [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The main requirements of the Management Regulations are for employers to :
2 This will depend whether ( a ) the Nissan cars are for export to the EC , ( b ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have purchased an imported car or ( c ) they are sold in the UK to customers who would otherwise have bought a car produced in the UK by one of the other UK manufacturers .
3 It is thus the public elite which mediates across the country 's divisions inventing policies which are of advantage to itself and its clients .
4 Are of advantage to me ;
5 But there are other factors involved in the way in which pupils use their sight that are of relevance to the teacher , especially since it may be found that pupils who have comparable recorded levels of visual acuity seem to use their sight differently .
6 The origin of the group and the evolution of the various hominoid species are of relevance to the human condition , but of more immediate concern are the issues of when and where the human species originated and the context in which it evolved : the effects of climate , environment and behaviour , for example , and the ecological relationships between communities .
7 There seemed little awareness of how the mainstream activities of the housing department are of relevance to social services ' role in enabling independent living .
8 You would probably choose to use materials of this kind because the aspects of the culture featured are of relevance to your students .
9 The present discussion will highlight just one or two main conclusions which are of relevance to the main lines of argument in this book .
10 It should be clear how such findings are of relevance to theories about normal language processing .
11 The main findings of the Scottish Office report ‘ Driver Attitudes to Speed ’ include a number of conclusions which are of relevance to local authorities :
12 ( Similar faults are of course to be found in primary schools . )
13 What is needed is generous help to ensure their children survive and aid systems which really are of benefit to the people .
14 The thought of asking one of the Royal family for money to breed owls seemed a bit out of order ; however , Suzy explained that the scheme was designed to help young people just like myself set up projects or businesses which are of benefit to the local community , as well as themselves .
15 These kinds of contact are easy to make for they are of benefit to both sides .
16 I hope that these comments help to clarify the Regional Council 's position and are of assistance to you in processing the planning application for Phase 3 .
17 ‘ Mr Ashdown would be better concentrating on the basic issues that are of concern to the electorate rather than perpetually engaging in imagined card games that he thinks he would like to play on Friday morning . ’
18 In the shorter term , it is possible to raise several issues that are of concern to those working with pre-school and special needs .
19 If true , these matters are of concern to the Bank as supervisor of the [ defendants ] and raise questions as to the continued fulfilment of the minimum criteria for authorisation set out in Schedule 3 to the Banking Act 1987 , which includes inter alia the requirement that directors , controllers and managers of authorised institutions shall be fit and proper to hold their positions and that the business of the institution will be carried on with integrity and skill and in a prudent manner .
20 Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him .
21 These are of interest to horticulturalists and gardeners , as much as to those who come to see the animals .
22 Each succeeding system or style drew on the techniques of preceding systems or styles , and all are of interest to the local historian .
23 This would be the case where an R&D programme and its objective are clearly defined and each of the parties is given the opportunity of exploiting any of the results that are of interest to it , or where the results are used solely for the purposes of further research .
24 For example , I have not concentrated much on the work of Steven Jones and related experiments that claim to see neutrons at levels near to background ; if real , they are of interest to science but have nothing to offer as such solutions to the world 's energy problems , at least not in the grandiose form claimed on behalf of Fleischmann and Pons .
25 This use of contexts — marking objects that are of interest to some other system — is a frequent usage .
26 But the caves which are of interest to British cavers are inland caves — formed with the key ingredients of water , limestone and one hell of a long time .
27 As we saw , geographical conditions are of interest to historians because they put constraints on society .
28 This trebles the amount of protected merchantable forest — large trees that are of interest to conservationists and the forest industry — from 12,500 hectares to 39,100 hectares .
29 The terms under which the EIB was formed prescribe that the purpose of finance provided shall be to support : projects aiding development of less advanced regions of the Community ; modernization and conversion projects in essentially declining areas ; and projects , usually large , which are of interest to several member countries or the Community as a whole .
30 What they proposed , and the reactions to these proposals , are of interest to schools faced with the task of curriculum review .
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