Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — during life the size , shape and position of the heart are subject to considerable variations ; |
| 2 | The core skills included in SCOTVEC 's framework are fundamental to effective practice and continued learning . |
| 3 | As a result much of the energies of the NUAAW are devoted to organizational problems . |
| 4 | In the remainder of this section we will examine the following issues : which bodies are subject to judicial review ; what sorts of decision are subject to judicial review ; who can apply to have a decision judicially reviewed ; what remedies are available to an applicant for judicial review ; and the procedures for seeking judicial review . |
| 5 | By establishing the practice of job rotation workers become generalists so that their skills and experience are specific to particular firms and therefore less transferable . |
| 6 | Levels of investment are important to economic growth , and it is often considered a ‘ good thing ’ to stimulate growth by inducing a higher level of investment . |
| 7 | Projections for the future are subject to great uncertainty because of the factors involved in energy forecasts and because of uncertainty in the willingness of the public to accept the potential risks associated with increased use of nuclear energy . |
| 8 | Twenty three of the ‘ 300 measures ’ in the National Front 's new programme are devoted to environmental matters . |
| 9 | Basal gastrin and pepsinogen-I , and pepsinogen-II concentrations were not influenced by sex or age and were similar in patients with duodenal ulcers and in H pylori infected volunteers without symptoms , suggesting that hypergastrinaemia and hyperpepsinogaenemia are secondary to active H pylori infection . |
| 10 | When catering , cleaning and grounds maintenance are subject to competitive tender the education department will need a ‘ consultant ’ to advise what standards to specify in the tender documents and how to monitor the service provided . |
| 11 | The issues considered by the research are relevant to practical questions but are chiefly theoretical , dealing with the relative use of verbal , spatial and motor representations of movement in both working memory and long term memory . |
| 12 | Dried flowers and potpourri are irresistible to small hands but could prove dangerous if sucked or swallowed , so our advice would be to move them out of harm 's way or to do without . |
| 13 | The colourings in toothpaste are identical to certain food colourings , so white toothpaste should be used . |
| 14 | Of course , some beliefs in violence are unrelated to catholic moral teaching . |
| 15 | A widely subscribed single premium life insurance policy ( known as the prima unica ) was suspended because most of the money invested had never been taxed ; insurers were to be legally obliged to disclose the names of policy holders , and primas unicas would in future be subject to withholding taxes . |
| 16 | ‘ I have already indicated my agreement with the views of my noble and learned friend , Lord Diplock , as expressed in O'Reilly v. Mackman [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 237 , and I gratefully adopt all his reasons for the conclusion that : ‘ it would … as a general rule be contrary to public policy , and as such an abuse of the process of the court , to permit a person seeking to establish that a decision of a public authority infringed rights to which he was entitled to protection under public law to proceed by way of an ordinary action and by this means to evade the provisions of Order 53 for the protection of such authorities . ’ |
| 17 | Primary and secondary prevention could in principle reduce the birth prevalence of congenital abnormalities by about 36% , from 65/1000 to 42/1000 , the greater part of the effect being due to secondary prevention . |
| 18 | Both the sun and the air as wind were essential to human life and in Amun-Re came together as a coalescence of creative elements . |
| 19 | That some form of religion is essential to human life is indisputable but , to use blind faith instilled since birth , to sustain conflict and hatred is intolerable . |
| 20 | This remedy is similar to Aconite but lacks its febrile excitement and is slower in pace , its onset taking several days and often beginning in the evening . |
| 21 | An expensive remedy is useless to poor countries . |
| 22 | The Association is grateful to British Gas for its sponsorship of the second edition of this publication which it had , with HCIMA , launched the previous year . |
| 23 | Instead , it is typically hypothesised that this association is attributable to other confounding factors . |
| 24 | entry is open to male and female applicants . |
| 25 | The internal cause of the rhythm can be established in the normal manner — by making the intake of food and water , the posture , and environment of the volunteers constant through the 24 hours ( see Fig. 1.3 ) The rhythm that persists in these circumstances indicates that the effect of the body clock and the difference from the normal rhythm is due to external causes . |
| 26 | No financial details were given ; the deal is subject to European Commission approval . |
| 27 | The price of this ingredient is subject to dramatic price variations , and the current market price is double the original cost . |
| 28 | The sad fact , well enough known , is that the given conception of consciousness is open to serious counter-examples . |
| 29 | The auction is open to invited parties only . |
| 30 | In contrast , host immobility is beneficial to vector-borne diseases because vector-avoidance behaviour is minimized. 's surveys of human diseases generally fit this pattern . |