Example sentences of "[is] [verb] to some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the initial exposure is given to some flavour other than that used for the test phase , then both the habituation of neophobia ( Siegel 1974 ) and latent inhibition ( Tarpy and McIntosh 1977 ) are attenuated but may still occur to some extent — the degree of generalization will presumably depend upon the extent to which the pre-exposed flavour and the test flavour are perceived as similar . |
| 2 | Most legislation is modified to some degree as a consequence , sometimes extensively . |
| 3 | Now obviously commercial requirements might mean that that is modified to some extent . |
| 4 | What neuropsychologists are trying to do is to come to some understanding of the way in which damage to the brain impairs abilities such as memory , perception and the use of language . |
| 5 | Finally , it seems clear that the meaning of ‘ sufficient interest ’ is related to some extent to the ground on which the decision is being challenged . |
| 6 | Negligence can be thought of as an early form of product liability and has developed over the years to its present wide scope , although this is tempered to some extent by the growth of insurance . |
| 7 | The type of care given is gendered to some extent ; 28 per cent of women are giving personal care , as against 19 per cent of men . |
| 8 | She is going to some home , that is all , nothing could be less remarkable . |
| 9 | As you know from our submission , sir , n we 've taken a more modest requirement for the Greater York area , and that 's based to some extent upon what we think is is achievable there , we 're not saying that erm the figure should not be higher , we 're not saying that the H B F figure for instance should nu not be er put in there , but what we 're saying is if that higher figure does go in because of the clear constraints on the provision of additional land the the higher figure may well mean that there 's a need for two new settlements ra rather than just one . |
| 10 | Everyone is affected to some degree by the nature and quality of health and education provision in their society . |
| 11 | Some 12 per cent of the world 's cultivated land is irrigated , of which more than half is affected to some extent by these problems which inevitably lead to a reduction in crop productivity , the very factor that such schemes were established to increase salinisation and waterlogging are particularly significant in arid and semiarid regions where irrigation is necessary for agriculture , and while they are important in developed nations , they are fast becoming major environmental problems in many developing nations . |
| 12 | Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain . |
| 13 | The alienation of groups among the younger voters has perhaps received too much publicity but it is an attitude which is shared to some degree by other sections of the community . |
| 14 | As we shall see , the hostile view is linked to some extent with strategic theories about the existence of vertical links , whereas the benign view relates to a contractarian approach . |
| 15 | The second alternative is supported to some extent by the coinage . |
| 16 | In hyper-text systems , this is overcome to some extent through various composition techniques for representing isPartOf relationships . |
| 17 | By this stage it is possible — the idea is corroborated to some extent by Castro 's actions in December 1959 and January 1960 — see pages 72–3 — that he had already taken the decision to embark on a campaign to present the USSR with a fait accompli of ‘ socialist ’ reforms to enlist their total support . |
| 18 | Judicial review of the exercise of discretionary powers by administrative bodies has been self-consciously based on the need to ensure that the intention of the legislature is implemented and that discretionary power is subjected to some sort of control in the name of the Rule of Law . |
| 19 | This criticism is strengthened to some extent by the observation that much creative work in this genre in recent years has been precisely in the elaboration of dependent development in the countries of the semiperiphery . |
| 20 | The demand for more classroom resources , particularly in the primary sector , is contradicted to some extent by information in Regional documents and comments from health board personnel which suggest that there are plenty of resources for health education . |
| 21 | It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents . |
| 22 | It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding . |