Example sentences of "[coord] [vb mod] [be] [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration . |
| 2 | by converting the compound to some other compound , which may also be toxic and may be recalcitrant to further degradation . |
| 3 | Women appear to find it difficult , at times , to control their moods and may be subject to emotional outbursts or lose their tempers more frequently . ’ |
| 4 | These values may not be agreed between the political parties and may be subject to emotional fluctuations among the general public . |
| 5 | Drivers exceeding the speed limit will be reported to site management and may be barred from driving on the site and may be subject to disciplinary action . |
| 6 | Breathing may become noisy and shallow and may be distressful to other residents . |
| 7 | Comics distort reality just as much as soap operas , and may be open to all sorts of subversive design . |
| 8 | It requires a wider view of both the sources of control and the contexts in which they operate , and must be applicable to more than just male working-class crime . |
| 9 | This facilitates the smooth running of government and must be advantageous to those in government as it minimises the need to effect formal changes , a task which is time-consuming and may be beset with difficulties . |
| 10 | Poor hand hygiene by medical staff is particularly refractory to change and should be subject to constant observation and correction . |
| 11 | Where mucosal protection has been shown it does not correlate well with potency of inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase and could be due to another property such as oxygen radical scavenging . |
| 12 | The case remained open after placement , and would be subject to six-weekly review within the home . |
| 13 | Therefore I would not necessarily be looking for a secretarial position , and would be open to other suggestions . |
| 14 | The force , to be known as the European Corps , was intended to operate under the umbrella of the Western European Union ( WEU ) and would be open to other WEU members . |
| 15 | This would be against our own best interests and would be unjust to those looking after us . |
| 16 | Labour has at least two good candidates : Mr Harold Walker , deputy to Speaker Weatherill , and Miss Betty Boothroyd , who has proved her competence in the chair and would be acceptable to all parties . |
| 17 | … first of all I agree that a £5 annual fee for The Lifeboat seems to be very reasonable and would be acceptable to most readers . |
| 18 | Carriers of this type are used in the building of the FIAT Strada/Ritmo cars and will be familiar to those who watch British television commercials . |
| 19 | In such circumstances , the L curve itself will be hard to predict and will be subject to considerable shifts . |
| 20 | Now we know the letters are opened by Dacourt and deciphered by Peckle , but Millet is Dacourt 's secretary and will be privy to such information . |
| 21 | The reason for the higher figure is not clear , but may be due to environmental variations . |
| 22 | It is addressed primarily to social workers and social work aides but may be useful to those working in residential and day care settings and those supporting social care in the community . |
| 23 | The successful applicant would report direct to management but would be accountable to all staff members within their area , regardless of grade . |
| 24 | Net migration ( i.e. I - E ) for the period between censuses is easily obtained by subtraction of the natural increase ( B - D ) from the change in total population but will be subject to considerable error in comparison with the other components of change . |