Example sentences of "[vb -s] is [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It should be noted , for instance , that the level of mercury in the Mersey waters is comparable to the EC limit for drinking water . |
| 2 | They are free to be energetic and enterprising ; they are equally free to be lethargic and dilatory ; the self-respect of the voluntary group depends on the fact that any success it has is due to its own efforts . |
| 3 | Knowing what the customer wants is essential to this kind of business . |
| 4 | Similarly , Heclo and Wildavsky 's classic study of the relationship between the Treasury and spending ministries in Britain highlights that the Treasury 's ability to secure spending decisions that it wants is contingent to a large degree upon the strategies employed in bargaining with spending ministries ( and vice versa ) . |
| 5 | As it is now , HP claims 150 tpsA in a host-based configuration , peaking at at 303.1 tpsA , $5,913 per tpsA , reportedly a new industry price/performance record for single-processor systems , a factor it says is important to the single-stream and batch-oriented applications common in most data centres . |
| 6 | The warmth rating a bag gets is due to its filling/insulation ; construction — the way the filling is organised in the bag — and the level of ‘ loft ’ it is capable of — how well the filling can expand within the shell to trap air for insulation . |
| 7 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 8 | The Académie Française on this count he notes is similar to ( Weber 's bureaucratic ) church . |
| 9 | The story it tells is close to the historical details already described , but there is an overlay of romanticism which brings the dry facts to life . |
| 10 | The premise of much of what follows is contrary to that view and is based on the view that to separate the ‘ educational ’ from the ‘ management ’ processes of schools is a fundamental misconception — at odds with the British educational tradition , with what is actually happening in other countries and even with its own origins in industrial and commercial practice . |
| 11 | The professional takes control , makes all of the decisions , selects the information he or she thinks is relevant to the parents , and elicits only certain information that the professional feels is important . |
| 12 | The amount each local authority receives is likely to be calculated on the number of people in each area who are on the Poll Tax Register . |
| 13 | You can see into the mind of a normal , everyday man who has somehow become a murderer , he works in a way which is hard to understand , as everything he does is due to his obsession , which makes whatever he does perfectly acceptable to him , it 's almost as if he ca n't help it . |
| 14 | The way in which Saddam Hussein still behaves is unacceptable to us , to the United Nations and to the international community , and we shall continue to keep pressure on him . |
| 15 | The presence of immigration officials and police on board trains is comparable to the scenes of 1930s America where migrant labourers were turned back at state boundaries . |
| 16 | Fremont-based Media Vision has developed a video compression system which it claims is comparable to the MPEG or DVI standards , but at a tenth the price . |
| 17 | This will mean that recovery when it comes is likely to be long-drawn-out and possibly never properly fulfilled . |
| 18 | Next locomotive to be outshopped from Bridgnorth works is likely to be GWR 2-6-0 No. 9303. this former Barry inmate is nearing the end of its restoration and is expected to move again under its own steam this summer . |
| 19 | Sun Microsystems has spent the last year revamping its American resellers program and has de-authorised some 900 low value add locations for not making the kind of long-term commitment and investment it believes is necessary to a sound business model . |
| 20 | So unlike for the basic rate taxpayer , the impact of the Budget tax credit changes is much less significant for the higher rate taxpayer — particularly as the capital gains tax exemption the PEP provides is likely to be of far more value to wealthier investors . |