Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitch reckons that not all bond insurers deserve the top rating ; those that do , it believes , suffer because investors do not trust the triple-As assigned to the insured debt by Moody 's and S&P . |
| 2 | The great anti-Establishment provocateur of the Sixties now reduced to a gibbering wreck ? |
| 3 | Although committed to the Independent Orange Order 's rally in Ballycastle , he announced that he would begin the Twelfth by visiting Portadown to add his support to the planned march . |
| 4 | He promoted county petitions supporting the vote of no addresses and the trial of Charles I. But although named to the high court of justice in January 1649 , he stayed away and returned to Parliament only after the king 's execution . |
| 5 | There are only three sacral vertebrae that support the pelvis , the lowest number that occurs among dinosaurs , and the hand retains a fifth digit , albeit reduced to a short metacarpal . |
| 6 | The Activities Book , although linked to the main course , may be used for an independent programme of practical study . |
| 7 | Most of us would prefer when ill or very elderly to be looked after by those we know and love rather than taken to a strange and unfamiliar place . |
| 8 | They also stressed that prosecutions should be taken up by a state prosecutor , rather than left to the ineffective parish vestry committees |
| 9 | A single stroke on a cymbal with a timpani stick produces a ‘ splash ’ of sound , and a crescendo roll adds great excitement if added to a general orchestra crescendo three or four bars before its climax . |
| 10 | 28mm pipes leading to and from the boiler for gravity circulation , or 22mm if connected to the pumped circuit for pumped circulation |
| 11 | A properly-made U/V unit will clean green water in one to 14 days , and all of the units supplied should perform this task if matched to the right size of pond . |
| 12 | This approach may well bear fruit if applied to the future harmonisation of company law strictly so-called , and indeed to the harmonisation of national rules on the conduct of particular classes of business activity . |
| 13 | Such language would be quite inappropriate if applied to the typical civil law system . |
| 14 | If applied to the British parliamentary system , this would at least acknowledge the equal partnership of women and men in government . |
| 15 | Twist our arms and we 'll plump for his brilliantly-executed diatribe against the somewhat larger rock acts currently doing the rounds : ‘ Gim me something small and poisonous , with teeth , born out of the gutter , ’ oozed The Ig , eyes bulging as if strapped to the electric chair . |
| 16 | This clearly raises enormous philosophical and political issues , and may if pushed to an extreme position , risk losing any sympathetic reception for the study and control of corporate crime from those of liberal sensibilities . |
| 17 | In the warehouses there were still some bales of fine leather and if sold to an honest dealer , they would bring in enough at least to pay off some of her father 's debts . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you realise you probably have information which , if offered to the right people , could make you one hell of a lot of money ? ’ |
| 19 | The Methane produced on landfill sites is very explosive and can lead to severe illness if inhaled to a great extent . |
| 20 | The weight is about right , if compared to a similar Fender , and the slightly elongated top horn helps the bass to balance well , falling as it does in line with the twelfth fret . |
| 21 | Flowers produced by waterlilies will not open properly if subjected to a continuous spray of water . |
| 22 | Publishers ' casings are not designed for library use , and if subjected to a heavy rate of issues they may become damaged within a year or two of purchase . |
| 23 | Because of the scale of its command over resources , the government can spread its risks over many projects and so is justified in undertaking more investment in research and development than would occur if left to the private sector . |
| 24 | Picture quality is good ; if the format has a weakness , it is in the quality of the sound if recorded to the old ‘ mono ’ system which has a tendency to be slightly hissy . |
| 25 | The sole equivalent here is the modest ‘ give as you earn ’ scheme , with up to £480 a year deductable from taxable salary if donated to a registered charity . |
| 26 | And certainly precision — unless carried to the ultimate degree , as in Madame Saint-Ange 's Livre de Cuisine or Julia Child 's Mastering the Art of French Cooking — can be more misleading than vagueness . |
| 27 | End gain presents a problem , as it simply does n't glue effectively unless worked to a smooth finish , which is impractical in this type of situation . |
| 28 | Improbable because compared to the plump , leather-lined Bentley , a barn door has the frontal area of a postage stamp . |
| 29 | While committed to a strong and secure Israel , the United States remained a consistent advocate of the return of virtually all the territories captured in 1967 in exchange for peace . |
| 30 | Taken together , these findings exclude the possibility that either apoptosis or the protective effect of bcl-2 involves the mitochondrial respiratory chain , at least in these cells under the conditions that we have studied , and raise the possibility that the Bcl-2 protein might exert its protective effect while bound to the continuous nuclear and ER membrane . |