Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Fraser of Carmyllie , Scotland 's Lord Advocate , said he would have resigned if exposed to political pressure , and Assistant Attorney-General Bob Mueller insisted that no one had even tried to influence the investigation . |
| 2 | The technique makes use of the properties that water develops when heated to high temperatures at high atmospheric pressures . |
| 3 | This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained . |
| 4 | This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained . |
| 5 | Outside school — and maritime mishaps — community life was restricted when compared to modern standards . |
| 6 | DIRECT as opposed to INDIRECT . |
| 7 | It is a possibility which should always be borne in mind when neck spasm is being treated , particularly if it does not respond as expected to tension-release techniques . |
| 8 | Also , what you generally find is that if somebody is reading as opposed to refreshing their memory from looking at a piece of paper and then letting it flow , if they 're reading from it it 's dull , it lacks sparkle . |
| 9 | All these prevalence rates were strikingly increased when compared to matched non-diabetic controls except that of hypercholesterolaemia in males . |
| 10 | This is a clear , liquid adhesive for glass that sets when exposed to natural daylight . |
| 11 | In the meantime task forces are trying to collect accurate data on actual hours worked as opposed to contracted hours . |
| 12 | A clearer proof that cells change when exposed to new influences from outside is afforded by embryonic induction , first described by Spemann in 1924 . |
| 13 | This chapter introduces five patients whose surgical histories are used throughout the book to illustrate how the nursing responsibilities discussed in each chapter may differ when applied to individual patients . |
| 14 | He concludes that ‘ the ability to produce vocalisation which is articulated as opposed to holistic in nature , which is mediated by the neo-cortex as opposed to the limbic system , is unique to the genus : homo sapiens ’ . |