Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have therefore sought to influence its detail in order to ensure the highest standards of protection are afforded to the surrounding natural and visual environments . |
| 2 | Hence we can not expect markets and prices to ensure that the marginal benefits of making a noise are equated to the marginal cost of that noise to other people . |
| 3 | All graduates of the University are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Convocation . |
| 4 | There is a ‘ contributive nature ’ where specialised knowledge and experience are contributed to the common task of the organisation . |
| 5 | Recommendations on student progress are made to the central management team of the Dean , Assistant Dean and Co-ordinator by Field Chairs and senior tutors before noon on Thursday . |
| 6 | Several thousand species of fish have developed bony connections of some kind to link their swim bladders to the inner ear capsules , so that the vibrations picked up and amplified by the sympathetic resonance of the swim bladder are transmitted to the semicircular canals . |
| 7 | Levator muscles arising from the postoccipital rim and the prothoracic tergum are attached to the lateral cervical sclerites of their side . |
| 8 | In his speech on May 25 Arafat put forward a five-point plan proposing that : ( i ) an emergency UN military force be sent to the occupied territories to protect Palestinian civilians ; ( ii ) a special UN envoy be appointed to deal with the Palestinian issue ; ( iii ) a UN resolution be passed calling for end to Jewish settlement in the territories ; ( iv ) UN members adopt sanctions against Israel ; and ( v ) the five permanent members of the Security Council convene to prepare for an international conference on the Middle East . |
| 9 | There is a problem here with the eyes , with the musician being chained to the printed page in front of him . |
| 10 | Their affair could be described either as ‘ passionately discreet ’ or as ‘ discreetly passionate ’ , the relative anonymity of Wenlock Manor being preferred to the sodium-lit splendour of the Grand Hotel . |
| 11 | But now the details relating to academic , social , personal , and occupational aptitude were forwarded to the juvenile section of the local labour exchange where vacancies had been notified by employers . |
| 12 | However , in extreme cases it may be necessary to hold the client face down , a degree of weight being applied to the upper back . |
| 13 | The coffin of the Fourth Earl De La Warr ( d.1795 ) ( Col. 13 ) was padded with shoddy prior to the fitting of the velvet , shoddy and velvet being gimped to the chamfered base of the sides , with the coffin base itself shamfered along the edge . |
| 14 | Many undiagnosed patients with prostatic obstruction were referred to the renal unit . |
| 15 | Tranmere were restricted to the occasional breakaway which usually ended with an offside decision and Nixon came to their rescue again when he swooped to his right to hold Wright 's shot . |
| 16 | After closing the caecum with a purse string ligature , the loops of intestine were restored to the abdominal cavity . |
| 17 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 18 | This polymer has terminal hydroxyl groups , which are esterified with an unsaturated acid , and an aziridine ( ethylene imine ) ring is added to the double bond . |
| 19 | Recourse is had to the growing body of scientific knowledge to demonstrate that the traditional classification no longer reflects the external realities of life . |
| 20 | Now , since consciousness is adapted to the practical needs of society and that society divides into subsocieties which have a different type of existence , it follows that these different subsocieties develop their own consciousness . |
| 21 | In music of a definitely pictorial kind such as this , every effort must be made in the direction of realism , provided that no violence is done to the musical outline of the original . |
| 22 | to assess the extent to which this changing geography is related to the uneven impact of economic restructuring and to developments in work practices , industrial relations , and managerial strategy within firms ; and |
| 23 | It is important to check that no seat is subjected to the full force of an air-conditioning outlet , and to ensure that no guests are distracted by waiter activity at an adjacent service station or kitchen door . |
| 24 | The total cost of each programme is related to the total benefits that would be derived from the programme to determine the efficiency of the programme . |
| 25 | If , day after day , the mind is habituated to the compassionate idea of love for all people , then at last , it seems to fill with a substance that makes all the moments of life sweet . |
| 26 | This historical tension is linked to the autobiographical nature of the novel . |
| 27 | When the stitch is transferred to the main bed needle , the main bed needle comes forward to slide into the gap below the transfer needle and between the metal strips . |
| 28 | Where analogy is made to the general population , comparison figures are taken from Social Trends . |
| 29 | The instrument is tuned to the diatonic scale of C ♭ , its compass being : |
| 30 | Rein is given to the intuitive , or " right brain " , faculties — which perceive wholes , rather than their parts . |