Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [be] [adv] effective " in BNC.

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1 Subsequently , they have been reported to be as effective as corticosteroids in treating patients with active Crohn 's disease , and one controlled , but non-randomised trial suggested that elemental diet was actually superior to corticosteroid treatment .
2 However , n-gram techniques have been shown to be less effective for the present project than word-lookup methods , as they fail to exploit letter-level constraints to the same extent [ Wells , 1989 ] .
3 For example , brief counselling by general practitioners has been shown to be as effective as benzodioazepine tranquillizers for patients with minor affective disorders of recent onset ( Catalan et al. 1984b ) .
4 In humans , gangliosides have been shown to be potentially effective in various central and peripheral nervous system disorders .
5 CQD a product imported from Germany and available from specialist aquatic retailers , has been shown to be very effective in treating certain , but not all , cases of Hexamita infection .
6 In the 1970s a series of controlled trials compared the drug with other neuroleptics , and whereas no other drug has ever been shown to be more effective than chlorpromazine ( Largactil ) , clozapine was found to be so in six out of thirteen studies .
7 Some of these agents have been shown to be more effective than aspirin and/or heparin for the prevention of arterial thrombosis , for the acceleration of arterial recanalisation , and for the prevention of early and delayed reocclusion after reflow .
8 And we are fascinated to know that this approach has been shown to be so effective in a remote part of the Far East where our cassettes are transported on the back of a motorcycle !
9 Based on our research , we concur with the earlier observation that ‘ paraprofessionals who come from the communities which they serve have been found to be more effective in working with the people as they have close ties and may have insights and information not readily available to the outsider ’ ( IASSW , 1979 , p. 8 ) .
10 Since our article appeared , a group of experts convened by the EC has concluded that ‘ Although clay minerals have been widely used since the Chernobyl accident , the Prussian Blue compounds have been found to be more effective and easier to administer ’ .
11 In a prospective , randomized trial , non-medical therapists ( psychiatric nurses ) have been found to be more effective than general practitioners in the management of female patients and patients with dyadic problems ( Hawton et al. 1987 ) .
12 Different combinations of these roles have been found to be more effective for certain tasks than others .
13 The timing of your own contribution can be planned to be as effective as possible .
14 In two prospective , randomised trials , endoscopic injection and multipolar electrocoagulation are concluded to be equally effective in the arrest of massive peptic ulcer bleeding .
15 He also found that on their face , the memoranda were intended to be immediately effective documents .
16 In a study comparing outpatient with domiciliary treatment , non-medical therapists ( one nurse and one social worker ) were found to be as effective as psychiatrists ( Hawton et al. 1981a ) .
17 Hence vertical perspective cues provide the only consistent and reliable information about the distance to the surface and these were found to be more effective in practice for depth and size scaling .
18 Nifedipine is reported to be particularly effective as an antihypertensive agent in low renin hypertension .
19 The picture enhancement feature is called H.261 Plus , and is said to be particularly effective at lower data rates in the 128Kbps to 384Kbps range , although it operates at speeds from 64Kbps to 2.048Mbps .
20 GE Plastics has introduced a strong new alternative to glass for home use — Lexan Margarde , which is said to be very effective .
21 It 's said to be as effective as the pill and experts say it 'll widen the choice for women .
22 Interviewers are free to ask is felt to be most effective in the circumstances .
23 It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation .
24 Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency .
25 In addition , measurements of prolonged squeezing were not recorded in the two studies where biofeedback was reported to be as effective as conventional medical treatment .
26 Luckily penicillin became available and was found to be highly effective in what we would consider today to be almost homeopathic doses .
27 In 307 cases the method used at conception was known to be less effective than one previously used by the same patient .
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