Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] to [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is because the Supplement project collects quotations on a huge scale that the staff of the Dictionary Department are alerted to new linguistic developments . |
| 2 | Many men and women were no doubt happily married , and sexual anxieties were subordinated to other familial and social concerns . |
| 3 | Rather later , some concessions were made to local architectural styles . |
| 4 | The HAE has more than 2,500 member outlets spread throughout the UK , Ireland and Europe , and the association is affiliated to various overseas hire bodies . |
| 5 | In the latter case it remains to be determined whether any of the minor polypeptides detected in our assay are related to other CRE-binding activities ( ECRE-1 , ECRE-3 and ECRE-4 ) that have previously been shown to be down regulated during differentiation of F9 cells ( 48 ) . |
| 6 | The rule had been amended so that nominations for the Committee were restricted to full male or female members of five years standing , and where ladies are concerned , were not to exceed in number the direct ratio to the numerical strength of their respective section . |
| 7 | As the east European member states of the former Warsaw Pact and Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA , or Comecon ) continued to experience severe economic difficulties in their transition to free-market systems , concerns were expressed during January and February at a series of incidents in which arms manufactured by those countries were supplied to Middle Eastern countries , apparently in contravention of the existing multilateral arms control provisions . |
| 8 | Repeated trials in patients with bleeding varices confirmed that the complications of medical management were related to recurrent bleeding whereas surgical treatment was followed by liver failure and encephalopathy . |
| 9 | Seeds from the faeces of three species of mammal were subjected to various light treatments and it was found that passage through two of them reduced the effectiveness with which exposure to far-red light overcame the effects of previous exposure to red light . |
| 10 | A major change was made in 1980 when the policy of the Department of Health and Social Security in administering supplementary benefit was reduced to detailed secondary legislation , so that the supplementary benefit scheme is now as rooted in statutory provisions as the national insurance benefits . |
| 11 | The first playing was dedicated to various charitable purposes . |
| 12 | The link with the scary world of Spielberg was revealed to potential future students who visited the first of the university 's two open days . |
| 13 | Over 80 per cent of the incident photons are converted to electric current , which gives an overall light-to-electric energy conversion yield of up to 8 per cent . |
| 14 | Portnov & Gorobets ( 1969 ) have proposed that certain of these colours are related to particular igneous or metamorphic origins . |
| 15 | By contrast , little attention is given to lesser funded ‘ acute ’ programmes such as those for the mentally ill , drug addiction and the provision of overseas aid . |
| 16 | We heard that if your body is exposed to constant rapid temperature changes , its mechanisms become stressed and this creates all sorts of problems which can result in breakdown . |
| 17 | In children , mitochondrial swelling and biochemical abnormalities suggested that VPA hepatotoxicity was related to mitochondrial -oxidation impairment . |
| 18 | Where medical questions are involved , specific decision-making powers are given to medical adjudicating authorities . |
| 19 | Our thesis that the mucosal adaptive changes are related to static faecal residue contact is very much supported by the intermediate pathological scores for the body mucosal biopsy specimens and the almost universal lacl of noticeable change in the proximal limb specimens . |
| 20 | Small quantities of chemical products and consumer goods are exported to neighbouring Arab countries . |
| 21 | To what extent can these findings from the British civil service be generalised to other occupational groups ? |
| 22 | The circulation may on occasion be restricted to certain defined and known developers who are most likely tore-instruct the agent for the sale of the projected development . |
| 23 | When the Maronites were added to other Christian groups ( Greek Catholics , Greek Orthodox , Armenians and others ) , the Christians formed 52 per cent of the population . |
| 24 | The policy changes were attributed to improved East-West relations and the belief that the ANC and the front-line states had ceased to pose a serious military threat . |
| 25 | Very limited resources were allocated to general social and community facilities in the first six years of the LDDC . |
| 26 | We also know how deeply a person is committed to certain intellectual concepts . |
| 27 | The delegates representing the civic committees indicated that they had no wish to see a split in their ranks , and unanimously endorsed Walesa as Solidarity leader , but rejected his suggestion that the civic committees be opened to other political parties — a manoeuvre interpreted as an attempt by Walesa to broaden his base of support . |
| 28 | In January 1990 Fiji was restored to nominal civilian rule [ see p. 37189 ] . |
| 29 | ( A ) A biotinylated SSB oligonucleotide was attached to Dynal magnetic beads coated with streptavidin and mixed with rat brain extract . |
| 30 | The QMA governorship was upgraded to full ministerial rank . |