Example sentences of "to [Wh det] [noun pl] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another factor affecting the impact of political pressure is the degree to which groups are prepared to make their protest felt . |
| 2 | Yet while it seems conceivable that a group of critics , given an adequate degree of historical or philological knowledge , might agree as to which associations are possible in the case of a given word , there is considerable room for disagreement , since every word possesses a very wide range of associations , as to which of these are relevant for the purposes of interpretation . |
| 3 | A satisfying marriage to which parents are happy to devote time eases the loss . |
| 4 | Given that it seems clear that we may expect students who are well qualified in traditional terms to achieve relatively high levels of academic achievement , an important measure of success may be the extent to which institutions are able to take students who are not well qualified traditionally and achieve relatively high success rates with these students . |
| 5 | I should like to know whether there are any occupational diseases to which hackers are prone . |
| 6 | Reality got through to her intermittently ; her apprehension of it was uncommonly tuned , for though she was generally oblivious to the most apparent , she was often startled by things to which others were deaf . |
| 7 | These theoretical analyses , computer tournaments , and laboratory experiments continue , with the answers depending on the extent to which future pay-offs are discounted , on the ensemble of strategies present in the group of players , on the degree to which strategies are deterministic or error-prone ( for example , imperfect memories of opponents or of past events ) , and so on . |
| 8 | As Moore sees it , questions as to what we ought to do are questions as to which actions are good , indeed best , as means . |
| 9 | Part of the art of curriculum development — for it is , indeed , an art and not a science — is to gauge the extent to which teachers are secure enough to forsake the safety and familiarity of the categories into which they have been accustomed to divide learning . |
| 10 | Always check with your doctor as to which inoculations are advisable or necessary well before you travel . |
| 11 | Then there is the annual conference to which members are welcome . |
| 12 | Some researchers try to counteract this problem by frequently collecting diary forms , but this is a burdensome procedure and the actual extent to which diaries are inaccurate or based on retrospective recall is unknown . |
| 13 | There is no need to point out to you the extent to which women are under-represented in the House , and many women will be disappointed to note that , on an agreement affecting the female population — especially in relation to maternity rights and pay — we have not had a proper hearing today . |
| 14 | The language of the novel makes use of this cliché to demonstrate first that there is a profound ambiguity in the social construction of femininity according to which women are passive but at the same time subversive of the binary distinction which so construes them , and second that all people , male and female , are condemned to being at least partially the product of the language of others . |
| 15 | The selection of the most appropriate structure will depend on the degree to which participants are prepared to commit themselves financially , their desire to retain ownership and the risks and obligations entailed . |
| 16 | As regulations frequently change , we recommend that you check with your doctor as to which innoculations are advisable . |
| 17 | The extent to which individuals are able to participate in employment , leisure and social interaction , for example , will be an indicator of the reality of their ‘ adulthood ’ . |
| 18 | The hazards to which spectacles are prone include being lost , broken , ill-fitting , dirty , put on crookedly or rejected as an aid to better seeing . |
| 19 | In any event , cross-references which can not be resolved will remain flagged as such so that the system is always consistent with respect to which references are navigable . |
| 20 | These are just a few examples of animal-borne infection to which humans are susceptible . |
| 21 | He emphasised the extent to which rioters were concerned to fix " just " prices on seized corn , or , as they sometimes put it , sought to " regulate " prices . |
| 22 | She wanted to find out the extent to which children are aware of differences between spoken and written language , of features that might pass muster in speech but not in the written word . |
| 23 | Little information is available on the extent to which schools are aware of , and providing for , the special needs of children from one-parent families . ] |
| 24 | One eventual measure of the success of the post-Warnock 1981 Education Act will be the extent to which schools are able to combat their non-attendance , disruptive and disadvantaged pupil problems through their special needs programmes . |
| 25 | The extent to which workers are able openly to contest issues can vary a great deal , depending on factors like prevailing public opinion and the attitude of the particular employer . |
| 26 | Well this provided some very interesting information I think , because I was very surprised the degree to which men were involved in decisions about what to put in the home and had very strong opinions about quite small details of colour and this kind of thing as to what went into the home . |
| 27 | On the one hand there is the lofty principle , spelled out in the inscription carved into the walls of Broadcasting House , ‘ that the people , inclining their ear to whatsoever things are lovely and honest , whatsoever things are of good report , may tread the path of virtue and of wisdom . ’ |
| 28 | However , insofar as the theories that make up our scientific knowledge are fallible and incomplete , the guidance that theories offer as to what observations are relevant to some phenomenon under investigation may be misleading , and may result in some important factors being overlooked . |
| 29 | ‘ We appeal to football followers , the PFA , the Football League and the Football Association to take our pleas seriously as we feel vulnerable and are unsure as to what options are available to us . ’ |
| 30 | The functions of the Advisory Committee will be to advise on questions that arise as to what qualifications are necessary for providing legal services connected with litigation and what requirements are necessary to ensure proper standards of conduct . |