Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babies born to women who smoke are on average 200 grams lighter than babies born to comparable non-smoking mothers . |
| 2 | Babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are on average 200 gms ( 8 ozs ) lighter than babies born to comparable nonsmoking mothers . |
| 3 | Thus , although material tailored to specific professional roles was delivered in only 16 per cent of courses , it accounted for well over a quarter of all the teacher-days devoted to primary INSET , a proportion of time exactly equal to that spent on all individual areas of the curriculum together . |
| 4 | Sussex , Hampshire and Dorset police reported numerous accidents and ferries had to ride out the high seas until winds dropped to safe levels . |
| 5 | Both he and his half-back partner , Gary Armstrong , might be forgiven if thoughts turned to British Lions selection for the summer tour to New Zealand but Gavin Hastings , another candidate in that department who is now being touted as Lions skipper , was adamant that performing for Scotland was the only issue at stake . |
| 6 | For instance , there is a contradiction , in a strict interpretation of : ( 29 ) the circle in the left of the picture is essentially another rectangle The sentence could not be a usable part of the language if language adhered to logical conventions . |
| 7 | Since things returned to normal , he and Gordon Greenidge have formed the most prolific opening partnership Test cricket has known ; before the series they had opened the innings over 120 times , about twice as many as any other Test first-wicket partnership , although they had produced only thirteen century partnerships . |
| 8 | After the police broke up the meeting the demonstration turned to violence and looting ; more than 1,000 people were arrested as rioting spread to other towns . |
| 9 | We thought that the site over at the station centre would be good as a shop outlet and as office space for recycling , and that the site behind it would be a good place to keep all the stuff until it can actually be recycled , erm , so we identified the site to start with , then we started looking at what 's actually possible as op opposed to desirable . |
| 10 | The first is that drowned valleys down to about 90 m ( 300 ft ) are explicable as features related to low glacial sea levels and later drowned , but if they are deeper then this subsidence must have taken place . |
| 11 | US military sweeps through the countryside found no resistance , and rounded up hundreds more former members of the Panamanian Defence Forces , as life returned to normal in the capital . |
| 12 | Just as materials offered to young children in the classroom can be chosen to provide them with experiences leading to the acquisition of mathematical ideas , so the provision and organisation of outdoor activities can encourage children to explore such things as balance , weight , height , depth , direction , speed , spatial order , shape and size with very little participation from an adult . |
| 13 | As relief spread to pure pleasure she waved and came towards him across the yard like a young girl . |
| 14 | The drawings include the ‘ Vitruvian Man ’ , perhaps the most famous single drawing he ever made , as well as sheets related to major projects such as ‘ The Last Supper ’ and the ‘ Battle of Anghiari ’ . |
| 15 | As protest spread to provincial towns on May 25 , Bongo ordered an official inquiry into Rendjambe 's death . |