Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun pl] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the pieces of advice offered to adoptive parents is to tell their children that they were ‘ chosen ’ . |
| 2 | The tenure of rural housing is of considerable interest to social geographers , since access to specific sectors is restricted for many persons and the variation in security of tenure has social implications relating to quality of life , welfare , accessibility and expenditure on housing . |
| 3 | When a set of bindings of anaphors to possible referents is deemed implausible , the plausibility checker should be able to say , where appropriate , which binding ( or subset of the bindings ) is causing the problem , and the rest of the system should react to this information intelligently and make relevant changes . |
| 4 | The National Consumer Credit Federation representing check traders ( though not the largest firm , Provident ) told us that the basic work of small to medium-sized firms is lending small amounts to long-standing customers . |
| 5 | The application of the material covered in the first six subjects to professional problems is tested in the last four subjects . |
| 6 | Everyone from tiny tots to teenagers , from businessmen to working mothers is catered for . |
| 7 | The degree of priority which social service departments accord to different groups is affected , inter alia , by statutory duties and there is always a danger that the needs of the very old people will be neglected in favour of those such as children and families where statutory obligations are more clear cut . |
| 8 | An application of the concept of NAIRU to British circumstances is contained in Richard Layard 's ( 1986 ) book How to Beat Unemployment . |
| 9 | The more interesting challenge to Japanese manufacturers is posed by the arrival of personal computer vendors such as Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp — good customers of Intel — into the Japanese market . |
| 10 | If the effect of use and disuse is to alter the nature of the proteins in the body , and if the replicable information passed on to future generations is carried by DNA , then Weismann has to be right if the central dogma is right . |
| 11 | The implications of this will be considered later when the ability of transnational corporations to shape new legislation relating to corporate activities is discussed ; this ability clearly enables corporations to prevent some of the avoidable deaths , injuries , and economic deprivation they cause from being included in new administrative regulations or criminal laws . |
| 12 | A second technique of neutralization available to corporate officials is to deny the victim . |
| 13 | An alternative to genetic approaches is to use environmental manipulations of the rate of ageing to study its mechanisms . |
| 14 | The Cockcroft Committee 's recommendation relating to graduated tests is stated in para 553 of the report : a study should be commissioned to consider whether it is possible to devise a means of providing evidence of achievement in mathematics for lower-attaining pupils in ways which will support , and not conflict with the provision of suitable mathematics courses in schools . |
| 15 | Those at the meeting agreed that the way to pull French journals up to international standards is to attract articles from foreign contributors and to include foreign specialists on editorial boards . |
| 16 | The headlong rush by the brewers to switch tenants to long leases is creating misery and hardship . |
| 17 | But the main use of this act in relation to present concerns is regarding exploitation of monopoly situations . |
| 18 | Assimilation of place with specific reference to alveolar consonants is described in Gimson ( 1960 ) .1 think it is important to realise that the traditional view of assimilation as a change from one phoneme to another is naive ; modern instrumental studies in the broader field of coarticulation show that when assimilation happens one can often show how there is some sort of combination of articulatory gestures . |
| 19 | The only other occupational group that runs to double figures is made up of shop assistants ( 11 ) . |
| 20 | Its relationship both to the Gaussian curvature of two-dimensional surfaces and to tidal forces is discussed . |
| 21 | The formula of matching information to beautiful illustrations is repeated in many of the company 's other titles and explains why turnover this year has risen by 66 per cent to £70 million . |
| 22 | A second way of facing our question concerning the superiority of telescopic to naked-eye observations is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the telescope in a practical way , by focusing it on distant towers , ships , etc. and demonstrating how the instrument magnifies and renders objects more distinctly visible . |
| 23 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 24 | Thirdly , the limit for permitted extensions to industrial buildings is raised from 10 per cent to 20 per cent , subject to a maximum increase in floor area of 750 square metres ( instead of the previous 500 square metres ) . |
| 25 | A clear introduction to hot spots is provided by Burke and Wilson ( 1976 ) , while a more recent assessment of their global distribution is that by Stefanick and Jurdy ( 1984 ) . |
| 26 | Reverting now to spatio-temporal relations , the assumption of their irreducibility to monadic predicates is linked with the assumption that they depict an objective order , and if such relations are taken to depict an objective order , then it is clear that we shall have to assume the possibility of a plurality of biographically distinct points of view , occupied by different percipients , before we can make any significant inferences about the ontological distinguishability of their terms . |
| 27 | In response to such criticisms , many feel that a more flexible approach to green belts is required . |
| 28 | ‘ Damage to coastal defences is estimated at a little under £2 million and this will be made good as a matter of urgency . |
| 29 | Together , these directives give every citizen of the European Community certain rights to have the qualifications and experience recognised , or taken into account , in other member states where entry to particular jobs is regulated on the basis of specific national qualifications . |
| 30 | The answer to financial worries is to get a sponsor , but they are very few and far between as a glance down the players ' attachments will show you . |