Example sentences of "to [adj] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morphologically the stomach is similar to that seen with a conventional anterior/posterior view barium meal . |
| 2 | Even so , the advice is similar in principle to that given for a westward flight . |
| 3 | As a consequence , elderly persons entering residential accommodation tend to be more physically and mentally dependent than in the past , and the type of support needed is similar to that given in a nursing home , rather than a guest house or private hotel . |
| 4 | It completely overcomes the problem of matching your tension to that given in a pattern . |
| 5 | One answer could be that , where the damage is caused by fire , the consequent danger to life may be similar to that created by an explosion , and the inferences may be the same : who could cause such a fire in such a place without appreciating the danger to others ? |
| 6 | Unlike Grinley , Green did not own his own hearse and mourning coaches and was probably more at home performing in-parish funerals similar to that shown in a contemporary engraving by William Hogarth on a funeral ticket issued between 1730 and 1750 by Humphrey Drew , the King Street , Westminster , undertaker . |
| 7 | Owing to the depth and reverberation of the sound of the bass drum , rhythmical figures , unless very slow , do not come out clearly , but the roll is quite often used and is especially effective pp , when it imparts to the ensemble a ‘ shuddering ’ effect akin to that produced by a 32- or 64-foot organ-pipe . |
| 8 | Opposite Passengers on Thomas Cook 's first excursion rode in open carriages similar to these pulled by a replica of Stephenson 's Locomotion No. 1 . |
| 9 | Here , this contribution is similar to many given as a church begins to worship . |
| 10 | Demand switched , from charters produced locally and confirmed by the attachment of a princely seal , to those written in a prince 's name by his own clerks in his writing office . |
| 11 | To those raised on an Eighties diet of youth-oriented street style , such games of detail may seem like intellectual tiddly-winks . |
| 12 | The system outlined by Lord Donaldson , a man not known for his left tendencies , bears marked similarities to those operated in a number of eastern bloc countries . |
| 13 | People asked to imagine they are riding a bicycle have brain waves similar to those generated by a person who is actually riding a bicycle . |
| 14 | Culham 's first confinement experiments were thus ‘ open ended ’ , with magnetic fields topologically similar to those generated in a solenoid . |
| 15 | We chose to present the results of the individual data points for the 40 pmol/kg/h gastrin releasing peptide rate as the gastrin concentrations stimulated by this are closest to those seen after a meal . |
| 16 | By this I mean large , fast circuits similar to those flown by a conventional aircraft . |
| 17 | Although no one has set up an experiment to show that horses in a mentally enriched environment have superior intelligence to those reared in a mentally deprived environment , this has been frequently shown with smaller animals . |
| 18 | On their feet were sandals very similar to those worn by a friar , but there was nothing peace-loving about this pair of demons . |
| 19 | The two main variants of this approach are , first , that the requirement of consideration restricts voluntary obligations to those created by an agreement establishing an exchange relation because such agreements are in all probability moments of careful deliberation ; and secondly , consideration functions like a formality , such as notorization or a seal , in order to ensure the seriousness of the promise . |
| 20 | The groups which emerge are by no means identical to those yielded by an occupational index of the type associated with a stratificational model ( see D. Sankoff and Laberge 1978 for details ) . |
| 21 | He affects a certain disinterest in theory , preferring extremely precise experiments that will pick up whatever is going on to those designed with a particular new discovery in mind . |
| 22 | Both the ‘ Fine Rose ’ and the ‘ Superior Rose fully trimmed ’ would have been provided with buttoned rosettes , similar to those shown on a late nineteenth-century shroud in the Castle Museum , York . |
| 23 | To those committed to a relevant as well as a rigorous education , the GCSE is a disappointing anachronism which does n't fit with vocational or pre-vocational criteria exemplified through other contemporary school-based developments for 14–18-year-olds such as TVEI ( Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative ) and CPVE ( Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education ) . |
| 24 | He became a suspect for the double rape because he was the goalkeeper for a local amateur soccer team and police were able to match his footprints to those found on a floor in his victim 's house . |
| 25 | Certainly the results are in marked contrast to those found in a poll conducted by New Scientist in 1973 . |
| 26 | These rates are fairly similar to those found in a large-scale Home Office survey in 1978 although , because a higher number of people are now granted bail , it follows that the number of offences they commit will also be higher . |
| 27 | The less important provisions similar to those found in a sale of shares agreement . |
| 28 | Tests carried out by council officers at Mr Hunt 's home before the motorway was built found noise levels to be similar to those found in a quiet bedroom . |
| 29 | Such deference has often been seen as allied with a social deference , citizens according certain skills of government to those drawn from a particular group . |
| 30 | The skills and expertise required to manage or advise them are in many respects different to those required in a large organization . |