Example sentences of "[be] linked to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some areas , such as Bali , the cultivation of rice has been linked to religious ceremony for hundreds of years , to ensure an adequate water supply throughout the growing season . |
| 2 | Some cases do n't seem to have any physical cause at all , but have been linked to intangible factors such as times of stress , anxiety or depression , although this is quite rare . |
| 3 | ‘ Asbestos dust inhalation has been linked to increased risk of cancer of the lungs , esophagus , stomach , colon , rectum , kidneys , pleura and peritoneum … |
| 4 | Complaints such as arthritis , cellulite , high-blood pressure and even depression have been linked to poor lymphatic drainage . |
| 5 | It is a pity that much of the work done has been linked to specific titles in an academic library setting . |
| 6 | Writing in Science ( vol 219 , p1184 ) , Mahlon DeLong and co-workers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine say that this is the first case in which a specific form of dementia has been linked to particular neurotransmitters and nerve pathways . |
| 7 | Different theories have been linked to different ideas on the value or otherwise of inequality , and also , as we shall see later , to different views on society and its future . |
| 8 | Around 70% of the area 's population and business are linked to digital exchanges and BT is already considering upgrading the remainder so that soon anyone in the Highlands can be ISDN-linked . |
| 9 | Although disabled people as a group experience many difficulties in common , specific problems are linked to specific conditions . |
| 10 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 11 | There are a number of in-car navigation systems available in prototype form , the most advanced of which are linked to global positioning satellites . |
| 12 | Furthermore gens and phratries are linked to other gens and phratries through ties of marriage . |
| 13 | High intakes of fat are linked to increased risk of heart disease and gallstones and are associated with an increased risk of cancer of the breast , colon , pancreas and prostate . |
| 14 | There are currently an estimated 45 day-centres in Flanders , many of which are linked to residential facilities . |
| 15 | Hoffman highlights a variety of peculiar stylistic traits in a corpus of German texts written by Turkish immigrants , and shows that stylistic analysis needs to be sensitive not only to formal linguistic devices , but also to the way in which such devices operate within wider patterns of action that are linked to social and situational contexts . |
| 16 | Some forms of mental illness are linked to organic disturbances , such as brain tumours ; others to physical deterioration such as the senile psychoses . |
| 17 | Tackle head on the issue of whether the appraisal scheme is going to be linked to financial rewards and promotion . |
| 18 | A distinction will be made between the perception of casual factors in the general population and casual factors which may be linked to personal accidents . |
| 19 | Strict control of the money supply seemed to be linked to low rates of inflation in Switzerland and West Germany . |
| 20 | Movement within and between these context spaces can then be linked to specific turn-taking devices . |
| 21 | Many post-burial cement generations can be linked to specific sets of veins , some of which are extremely fine and are only visible with CL . |
| 22 | The pressures can be linked to specific events — most obviously these French elections , but also the second Danish referendum on Maastricht on 18 May , and the vote(s) in the British parliament to ratify the treaty — and to the general pressures associated with the need to lower interest rates across Europe to bolster economic activity . |
| 23 | That aim must be linked to industrial democracy , profit-sharing and share ownership . |
| 24 | Police in Chelmsford believe that a robbery in a park toilet may be linked to other crimes of violence in the area over the last few months . |
| 25 | Although capsule distribution could be linked to other programmes such as immunisation , it must be given two to three times a year to achieve continuous coverage , and the risk of toxicity also needs consideration . |
| 26 | Again it should be emphasized that the incentives need not be based upon financial performance but might be linked to other proxies of effort ; productivity measures and the like . |
| 27 | If a grain or cement retains its form during alteration it is sometimes very difficult to determine when that alteration took place , unless it can be linked to other dissolution/replacement phases . |
| 28 | The group will also be linked to other related Canadian research thus giving the project an international perspective . |
| 29 | The project will be linked to other store location research at the Oxford Institute of Retail Management . |
| 30 | While reiterating that the demand for international inspections of North Korea 's nuclear facilities could not be linked to other issues , the government stated its willingness to discuss the nuclear issue " for the purposes of reducing tension and building confidence " . |