Example sentences of "be [adj] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For such a task crude approaches to semantic processing are preferable to the detailed analyses found in understanding systems since they are computationally tractable , robust and are not restricted to a small language domain . |
| 2 | He suggests that gradual movements in share prices caused by insider dealing are preferable to the erratic jumps in prices brought about by enforced disclosure . |
| 3 | Destructiveness and self-doubt are preferable to the enfeebled body politic and the parasitic Church . |
| 4 | It is easy to perceive that so long as this group of entrepreneurs is active in the market , and so long as they are alert to the changing prices their own activity brings about , the market process can proceed in an entirely normal fashion . |
| 5 | Psychology ( another recent coinage , this time by John Stuart Mill ) was still linked with philosophy — A. Bain 's Mental and Moral Science ( 1868 ) still combined it with ethics — but was increasingly given an experimental orientation with W. Wundt ( 1832–1920 ) , who had been assistant to the great Helmholtz . |
| 6 | A second problem is that utterances like ( 101 ) Harry can only speak this loud are token-reflexive to the physical properties of the utterance itself , so that not only do the enormous technical problems of dealing with token-reflexives in a logical manner have to be solved , but all the physical properties of an utterance will also have to be available as indices ( requiring , again , an indefinite number of indices ) . |
| 7 | The inverted repeats of IS1151 are homologous to the corresponding sequences of the IS231 and IS4 insertion elements but diverge from those of IS186 and of IS421 . |
| 8 | Indeed , it will be interesting to determine whether atk is involved in any human neoplastic diseases that are specific to the B-cell lineage . |
| 9 | The development of economy-wide agreements for both Scandinavia and the Netherlands reflects , however , not only those influences which are specific to the various countries themselves but also more general factors . |
| 10 | The colours produced by different atomic sized defects are specific to the particular defect . |
| 11 | However , the critical questions are specific to the particular ad , and they are the ones that really matter . |
| 12 | One view is that it is the result of government parsimony towards prison staff ; the other is that such staff shortages as occur are due to the arcane system of rigid restrictive practices developed by the Prison Officers ' Association ( POA ) . |
| 13 | Without such controls it is not possible to know with certainty whether any changes observed in the product are the results of incompatibility with , or inadequacy of , the package , or are due to the inherent instability of the product . |
| 14 | These picture faults are due to the technical compromises which are built into video and television systems . |
| 15 | Is it not clear that the welcome improved prospects for an effective United Nations are due to the Soviet Union 's abandonment in the late 1980s of the aim of intimidating western Europe into submission and expanding its power generally ? |
| 16 | He posits that some of the changing trends in baseball violence are due to the increased commercialisation of the sport . |
| 17 | to get rid of the artificial distinctions which the historical development of the law had drawn between land and movable property — leaving only those distinctions which are due to the natural qualities of these two forms of property ; |
| 18 | The oscillations of C are due to the alternating reinforcement and cancellation between unc and unc I think you can see that [ 4 ] is the quantitative version of the statement that to get C the electron must go through both slits . |
| 19 | ‘ They are due to the unpredictable nature and power of the bounce of these castles , which is part of their fun . |
| 20 | Our thanks are due to the original cast for the creation of these offstage characters . |
| 21 | High tides on the opposite side are due to the centrifugal force of the Earth 's rotation . |
| 22 | We are grateful to the concerned Dogs Today reader who informed us of the lobbying activities of this organisation . |
| 23 | But we are not told what features of the French peasantry are to be held responsible for Bonapartism , nor what features of Bonapartism are attributable to the French peasantry . |
| 24 | What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question . |
| 25 | This may have been due to the long delays in the submission and execution of spot trades caused by the overloading of the NYSE order routing system . |
| 26 | This fall in operative trainees has primarily been due to the reduced demand following the recession in construction activity since the property collapse of 1973 . |
| 27 | He also expressed confidence that US aid would be resumed " within a few months " , claiming that the suspension had been due to the disproportionate influence exercised in the US Congress by the extreme right-wing Republican Senator Jesse Helms , but that Helms 's views did not represent those of the administration . |
| 28 | In recent years over 60% of postneonatal deaths have been due to the sudden infant death syndrome , giving New Zealand probably the highest death rate from sudden infant death syndrome in the developed world ( 4.0/1000 live births ) . |
| 29 | Actually it is one of Prokofiev 's most intimate works , and Hardy and Devos are alive to the wistful reflectiveness of the first movement , while the scherzo and finale have a lovely conversational interplay . |
| 30 | I am grateful to the Economic Secretary for his diligent research in producing those figures . |