Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] to the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Activities Book , although linked to the main course , may be used for an independent programme of practical study . |
| 5 | They also stressed that prosecutions should be taken up by a state prosecutor , rather than left to the ineffective parish vestry committees |
| 6 | 28mm pipes leading to and from the boiler for gravity circulation , or 22mm if connected to the pumped circuit for pumped circulation |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Such language would be quite inappropriate if applied to the typical civil law system . |
| 10 | If applied to the British parliamentary system , this would at least acknowledge the equal partnership of women and men in government . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you realise you probably have information which , if offered to the right people , could make you one hell of a lot of money ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Improbable because compared to the plump , leather-lined Bentley , a barn door has the frontal area of a postage stamp . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Rainforest soils are usually very poor and when exposed to the harsh sun and heavy tropical rains , their fertility is soon washed away . |
| 19 | The written word always has a special sanctity and more so if it is from a contemporary source , but it needs to be examined with the same ruthless and objective scrutiny as given to the archaeological evidence . |
| 20 | It is a common complaint of educational technologists ( self-styled ) that people still think of them as " something to do with machines " , or " audio-visual-aids people " , and most books and articles on educational technology spend valuable space on definitions , especially when addressed to the lay reader . |
| 21 | When added to the innovative shows regularly staged by the Ikon Gallery and the newly-established Midlands Contemporary Art , which specialises in the work of local artists , this makes Birmingham the equal of any other provincial city in the country as a mecca for art lovers — and potentially much more besides . |
| 22 | The final dividend will stay at 7.6 pence per share , which when added to the interim dividend of 3.3 pence , makes an unchanged total of 10.9 pence . |
| 23 | When added to the usual treatments for this condition it cleared up persistent ulcers in 40 out of 60 cases . |
| 24 | Just under half the arable area was grazed and when added to the permanent grass area this made a total of 5,700 ha . |
| 25 | When added to the tapering off of Soviet oil production , the ‘ opportunity cost ’ to the USSR of energy exports to CMEA as opposed to the West has altered appreciably — all the more so once these exports became vital for financing her own grain and equipment imports from the West . |
| 26 | Despite the number of marriages broken by divorce , it seems that most young people make their vows in good faith , intend to keep them and see themselves as committed to the other for life . |
| 27 | Moreover , the principle of linguistic self-consciousness or reflexivity seems to be made even more explicit when transposed to the narrative model . |
| 28 | ( 1985 : 687 ) suggest something quite similar to Jespersen — " the infinitive marker to may be viewed as related to the spatial preposition to through metaphorical connection " — and illustrate this by the series : How far this metaphorical connection extends is not specified , but it is significant that both Quirk et al. |
| 29 | However , if one tries to envelop the noun phrase and the adjective in a single question , then , on the one hand , the result will usually or always be grammatical , because the verbs occurring in this construction can of course stand as ordinary transitive verbs , but , on the other , the question form will naturally be taken as related to the ordinary transitive verb with a simple noun phrase object — with a corresponding alteration in the meaning expressed ; ( 23 ) is an attempt to put such a question : ( 23 ) his sister set the owl free what did his sister set ? to which suitable answers could include the mousetrap or the first four questions . |
| 30 | Problems which may arise in any family are those which may be seen as related to the Oedipal situation — the sexual attachment which arises between parent and child and which is not always worked through adequately . |