Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] to [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These socio-economic differences in school-leaving age are not due entirely to IQ differences . |
| 2 | The polymer solution is separated from the pure solvent by a membrane , permeable only to solvent molecules . |
| 3 | Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ? |
| 4 | This boy of yours is twenty-five years old , old enough to father children and break hearts . |
| 5 | Today people are wondering why a country which , according to Mr Lawson not long ago , was experiencing an ‘ economic miracle ’ , has been reduced to such public squalor — dirty , violent , congested and broken down , prone even to third-world disasters ? |
| 6 | It is possible that the different results for dichotic recognition of melodies obtained by Kimura ( 1964 ) and Gordon ( 1970 ) were due not to stimulus differences in the two experiments but to differences in the musical experience of the subjects employed . |
| 7 | This was due largely to rationalization programmes which attempted to dispose of the smaller and unprofitable public houses , though these were offset by a continuing commitment to improving the appearance and amenities of the larger remaining houses . |
| 8 | Apple Computer Inc is opening its Company Store , previously accessible only to Apple employees , to the public , but only for buying Apple-logoed merchandise , computer accessories and software — not for buying Macintoshes or peripherals . |
| 9 | Moreover , unless the United Kingdom is taken to be consciously disregarding the very international obligations on the basis of which it claims that the requirements at issue are compatible with Community law , the fact that those requirements are applicable only to fishing vessels tends to show that , in the United Kingdom 's eyes also , they are not the sole requirements suitable for ensuring the existence of a ‘ genuine link ’ as required by international law . |
| 10 | I hope that you are all now inspired to knit jackets and cardigans galore just to practice buttonholes . |
| 11 | The Assembly had 65 seats , made up as follows : 53 allocated directly to party lists on the basis of proportional representation ; 10 representing the 10 regional democratic councils or RDCs ( the RDCs having also been elected in polling on Oct. 5 ) ; and two chosen by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organizations ( NCLDO , itself elected by RDC members ) . |
| 12 | She had herself spent several weeks alone in her cottage when she had just bought it and when she returned to mix with people she had found that her vocabulary had deserted her , that without stimulation she had completely lost the art of conversation , had been able only to mutter inanities in monosyllabic form . |
| 13 | You may have less up to date books . |
| 14 | Many commentators predicted that a majority of women voters , regardless of party loyalty , would be alienated by a decision to overturn Roe v. Wade , and that this could damage Bush , who believed that abortion should be available only to rape victims or if the woman 's life was in danger , and whose judicial appointments , the latest of whom was Clarence Thomas , might have created an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court . |
| 15 | One answer is that unions also provide other goods which are private to the extent that they are available only to union members . |
| 16 | While , for a time , they were available only to manufacturing companies or allied service industries , these restrictions have been relaxed to include most types of business . |
| 17 | In the UK , in 1984 a bill was introduced in parliament seeking legal safeguards to ensure that computerised personal health data about patients is available only to health professionals and not to groups such as the police , tax authorities , industry , and social services personnel . |
| 18 | The mole-fraction of each RNA band in the 15 min elongation time lanes has been shown in Figure 5 in terms of a histogram which summarises all transcriptional blockages shown in Figures 2–4 up to transcript lengths of approximately 110 . |
| 19 | The place might not be familiar even to geography experts . |
| 20 | Like so many Permanent Secretaries , Ken was a substantial politician in his own right and knew every byway of Whitehall , in particular how to process decisions through the government machine . |
| 21 | This point is also significant in a broader context : spatial explanations are based on the assumption that the urban — rural shift is due primarily to company relocations in response to physical pressures . |
| 22 | All post-operative temperature rises should be considered as being due either to chest problems , wound infection , urine infection , deep vein thrombosis , or the introduction of bacteria during transfusion , until proved otherwise . |
| 23 | It is possible however to structure plans so that they are responsive to change , particularly when they are formed and later adjusted with the help of a suitable management information system . |
| 24 | Anton tells me I can have 20 minutes and then he 's sending the other two on to finish things off . |
| 25 | This was a company , named after their Eton housemaster Bob Baird , which had been formed when they discovered that they were too young legally to book holidays themselves . |
| 26 | For the record , we had caught five other boats , the smallest of which was 65ft long ( 20m ) , and tied underwater knots new even to gulet captains , who are notoriously hard to surprise , being Istanbul bus drivers in their spare time . |