Example sentences of "be rendered [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Why should the position between the original tenant and the sureties be rendered completely different just because the reversion has been assigned , a transaction wholly outside the control of the original tenant and the sureties ?
2 For all of them the Passion focuses the terrifyingly destructive forces in human nature and signals the one way by which they are to be rendered ultimately ineffective — a way not isolated in history , but constantly repeated by means of the game of faith .
3 On the other hand the second part of the trial may be rendered wholly unnecessary by the decision on the first part .
4 A statutory definition more restricted than existing law could also be rendered reasonably precise , especially if it abandoned the idea of public benefit and rejected many charities now falling under the fourth head .
5 It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’
6 Simply expressed , the accountability , or responsibility , of single-party government to the people a responsibility that has been of the very essence of our system of parliamentary democracy-would be rendered less likely with proportional representation .
7 Finally , services could be rendered more attractive to users .
8 He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ .
9 Among nationalist politicians , the main question on the UDR is whether the force should be abolished or whether , with radical changes , it could be rendered more acceptable to Catholics .
10 Attempts to disaggregate the growth of " non-standard " employment are likely to be rendered more difficult by an inability to determine whether it is the " temporariness " , the " self-employedness " or the " part-timeness " of any particular employment which is its predominant characteristic .
11 Some 20 years ago , the Americans became aware of the fact that poisonous vehicle emissions could be rendered virtually harmless by attaching a contraption known as a catalytic converter to the exhaust .
12 Of course , if this could be established , English would be rendered relatively invulnerable to attacks of the kind mounted , for example , by Snow and Collie .
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