Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Despite that , surprisingly few complaints about discrimination are made to industrial tribunals each year .
2 Legal fees and stamp duty for sale and purchase are reimbursed to existing employees ; new staff receive reimbursement of these costs only for buying the new house .
3 Later experiments will evaluate the extent to which problems in comprehension are related to specific age groups , or types of materials .
4 These data will then be used to determine whether all differences in comprehension are related to over-all differences in production .
5 Although there is perhaps a sense in which both taxonomy and description are related to explanatory purposes , this is not in any straightforward or enlightening fashion .
6 Since form and function are related to living things , when the information in an illustration is incorrect it can take more work in the long run to get the thing to look right .
7 The temporary replacement car will be made available only when full details of the loss or damage are notified to General Accident .
8 It is because the Supplement project collects quotations on a huge scale that the staff of the Dictionary Department are alerted to new linguistic developments .
9 One result of this diversion of investment is under-mechanisation and a shortage of labour : almost one half of workers in industry are consigned to unmechanised tasks .
10 The stockmarket has in effect been closed to new equity issues for three years , and banks will lend only to the safest borrowers .
11 Now the United States is on the verge of bombing Iraq on the pretext that Iraq refuses to destroy its ‘ weapons of mass destruction ’ — when , in fact , Iraq has asked that some of its military industry be converted to civilian production laid waste by allied bombing .
12 Authorities decided the only possible means of completing the transfer on time would be from a proper docking facility and requested the carrier be moved to nearby Glasgow for loading .
13 By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army .
14 Thus for example the questions about domestic routines and husband 's participation in the division of labour were geared to specific activities and time periods rather than to the more attitudinal or normative dimension of who ‘ usually ’ does what at what time .
15 This initially resulted in the charge of murder being changed to attempted murder , with Professor Usher reluctantly forced to admit that his initial examination was inconclusive .
16 The principles of the electronic valve were applied to magnetic recording in the late 1920s , so the BBC used steel-tape recorders for repeating programmes for the Empire broadcasting service ( 21 ) .
17 The HAE has more than 2,500 member outlets spread throughout the UK , Ireland and Europe , and the association is affiliated to various overseas hire bodies .
18 We will ensure that competitive tendering is extended to white collar local authority services , such as those offered by lawyers , accountants , architects and surveyors .
19 In this , he is saying something significant about the way Conservatives are perceived among the fashionable folk ; and this perception is transmitted to sensitive souls who hate to think of themselves as being racist , greedy and materialistic .
20 In some systems the input script is restricted to upper case unconnected letters , or lower case unconnected characters .
21 Clearly verbal consciousness is related to past learning , and so will vary considerably according to such factors as class , race and gender .
22 GEOGRAPHY is taught to Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies levels and we are one of only a few schools to offer GEOLOGY Higher Grade .
23 On a brighter note , the survey indicates that the North-South divide is continuing to narrow .
24 When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) .
25 This programme is offered to qualified and experienced social workers and social work managers who wish to carry out advanced study in project work or practice .
26 They occur in areas where the Earth 's crust is subjected to tensional forces , trying to pull it apart .
27 The Social Services department is committed to good discharge planning for all people discharged from hospital and will work with representatives to improve good practice ( Berkshire ) .
28 And , finally , Chair , the the last section , C C within committee budget , erm , this area is where the the costs of providing the central department is recharged to other departments .
29 Welfare , in the broader view of which this approach to child care might be deemed a part , is construed in individual terms : individuals are deemed responsible for their conduct , and little weight is given to structural , environmental and material determinants of behaviour .
30 Accordingly this study is limited to taxonomic aspects .
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