Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drug problem is mostly limited to substances which produce recognizable behavioural patterns , normally some sort of muddled state or light-headedness . |
| 2 | Human inspection is most suited to instances where ( a ) objective standards are not available , and ( b ) where discretion is required in analysing and assessing faults and errors . |
| 3 | So this type of mortgage is most suited to individuals who are able to plan ahead with confidence . |
| 4 | The instructor 's rating in terms of party size is presumably linked to school party abseiling expeditions where the group may be merely one class , or a whole year group for instance . |
| 5 | The word ‘ only ’ is important , for the protection is thereby confined to cases in which the defendant commits no other , incidental tort to procure the breach of contract . |
| 6 | Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defect is expressly limited to replacement of the diskette as provided above . |
| 7 | She is slowly coming to terms with her past and exorcising the ghosts . |
| 8 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 9 | Falstaff is forcibly returned to prose , ‘ knapp 'd o'th'coxcomb ’ by verse , and subsides to his own level : ‘ Master Shallow , I owe you a thousand pound ’ . |
| 10 | Thus , they are all particularly clearly in play at moments like ‘ heart has wings ’ ( bar 5 ) , where a rhythmic stretching-out makes the voice try to fly , while at the same time it is poignantly connected to earth by a descending glissando on the last note ; and the ‘ how the ghost of you clings ’ phrase , which is given a strikingly tremulous ‘ clings ’ . |
| 11 | Spence ( 1981 ) argues that the theory is powerfully related to school life , seeing classroom behaviour as narrowly prescribed and highly institutionalised as a result of both direct and indirect control , the latter being perhaps more significant : |
| 12 | The most difficult point about this section is that its application is necessarily limited to goods " of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption " by the operation of s 12(1) ( c ) . |
| 13 | First , I do not take the view that the recovery of money paid under duress other than to the person is necessarily limited to duress to goods falling within one of the categories hitherto established by the English cases . |
| 14 | The general public is constantly exposed to radiation . |
| 15 | ‘ The letter is personally addressed to Gerry Adams so it is up to him to reply to it , but the party 's position is that it highlights the MPs ' total lack of understanding about the situation here and our position in it , ’ he said . |
| 16 | In extreme cases , irrigation systems have been abandoned , contributing further to land that is annually lost to agriculture . |
| 17 | A weird cocktail of fragmented narrative , crazy characters , gross-out eating scenes , bizarre sex ( at one point Singapore is strapped to a bed , given electric shock treatment and then straddled by the squealing daughter while still convulsing ) , this is obscurely related to Otto Preminger 's classic 1944 film noir , Laura . |
| 18 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 19 | There is no natural landing place , the seas are fierce , and permission to land is only given to groups who are have a suitable boat , and who are well provisioned , capable , and with a proven interest in an outdoor topic . |
| 20 | The full amount is only given to people whose income does not exceed £14,200 . |
| 21 | The cause is only known to mathematicians and philosophers constantly engaged in the study of infinity . |
| 22 | At present , the allowance is only paid to people under the age of 80 . |
| 23 | The degree is only awarded to Heads of state and royalty . |
| 24 | British Standard 5750 is only awarded to organisations which have co-ordinated quality control procedures in place . |
| 25 | ‘ All right … if Guy is so committed to Sarah Chester Fabrics ’ resurrection , why is he never here ? |
| 26 | The Open Software Foundation , based in Cambridge , Massachusetts is apparently bowing to user pressure over its pricing for the Distributed Computing Environment , and will announce significant price reductions for one-time Distributed Computing licences , distribution rights and royalty fees at UniForum on March 17 . |
| 27 | OSF is apparently bowing to DCE user pressure and will announce significant price reductions for one-time DCE licenses , distribution rights and royalty fees at Uniforum on March 17 . |
| 28 | In addition , because the greater part of resources available to the sector is the freely given time of local people , it is better suited to survival than many larger organisations which are more dependent on cash funding . |
| 29 | Since the main argument for authority depends on such factors it is impossible to generalize and indicate an area of government regulation which is better left to individuals . |
| 30 | The extent of training undertaken is obviously related to resources made available , ( or perceived as being available ) for training . |