Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 2 | Racketeering and syndicate crime have been invaluable to the government in that the persons and organisations involved develop the characteristics of legitimate business men . |
| 3 | In general , the results that we have reported in this chapter have been favourable to the rational expectations hypothesis , suggesting at the very least that the usefulness of that hypothesis in one area of macroeconomics can not be dismissed lightly . |
| 4 | Men 's and women 's claims to social security income maintenance have been subject to different assumptions . |
| 5 | But even as the mainstream has turned on to S&M images , those involved in the scene have been subject to increased harassment from the authorities . |
| 6 | Their publication have been essential to the writing of this book . |
| 7 | Remember , too , that the strains within the ERM have been due to exceptional circumstances . |
| 8 | The role of music , song , and poetry have been important to the YCCC as well , and this too is a central theme of Highlander . |
| 9 | Aiming at ‘ normal ’ concentrations runs the risk of inducing phenylalanine deficiency , which several lines of evidence suggest is harmful to both nutrition and brain development . |
| 10 | Traditionally , releases of major pollutants to air , land and water have been subject to separate controls . |
| 11 | We can see that the economic aims of Thatcherism have been contradictory to its moral postures . |
| 12 | ( b ) Adolescents in need There is a separate and additional duty for every local authority " to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who has reached the age of 16 and whose welfare the authority consider is likely to be seriously prejudiced if they do not provide him with accommodation " ( s20(3) ) . |
| 13 | Other forms of privatization have been closer to the dominant forms identified at national level by Mohun . |
| 14 | Our members need to know that the services and benefits that the union provide are available to them regardless of where they work . |
| 15 | Women 's claims to maintenance from the state have been subject to different constraints . |
| 16 | Disciplined political parties and a system of parliamentary and Cabinet government have been conducive to a restrained , impersonal style of political leadership . |
| 17 | The reasons for this diversity have been subject to much debate ( section 2.4.2 ) and while it is not yet resolved , the fact remains that such forests house a huge genetic resource that has only been fractionally realised to yield what have ultimately become significant commercial products such as rubber . |
| 18 | If some of the ideas in this book have been new to you , you may be full of enthusiasm for putting them into practice . |
| 19 | Some of the other issues discussed in this book have been central to historical writing on South Asia which treats more traditional subjects . |
| 20 | That characteristically unerring line and grudging length have been intrinsic to Middlesex 's record-breaking run in the Sunday slog , and , as that tentative pivot becomes progressively freer , he is fully aware that the next step is to press more firmly on the throttle . |
| 21 | To that extent it might in principle have been acceptable to the Vietminh government : but probably only to the point where , in practice , it was powerless to circumscribe the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic . |
| 22 | Mr Brennan said : ‘ Throughout , I and the Board have been sensitive to the toll on our workforce resultant from this process . |
| 23 | Eastnor Castle boasts ninety eight rooms … including the Great Hall , which is sixty feet long and fifty five feet high.Next door the inner hall contains one of Britain 's largest private collections of armour.These parts of the castle have been open to the public since the last century . |
| 24 | Issues about women 's autonomy have been central to feminist thinking and action . |
| 25 | Many of those classified as ‘ psychosomatic ’ may in fact have been sensitive to food . |