Example sentences of "it [is] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's cut to upper-thigh length , my preference , and there 's plenty of material for upper arm movement even when worn under a climbing harness . |
| 2 | It 's lead to chronic lung damage . |
| 3 | So when it 's added to harmful substances , it makes them unpalatable . |
| 4 | There is a stony silence , Dolores hides her head and turns away and it 's left to Fergal to say in solemn tones : |
| 5 | The quantity n is called the principal quantum number and though it is related to angular momentum it is not identical with it as Bohr had supposed . |
| 6 | Some say that the breed originated in Wales from a cross between local cattle at Castle Farm in Brecon with Castlemartins from Pembrokeshire , which means that it is related to neighbouring Glamorgan , Gloucester and Welsh Black breeds . |
| 7 | For example , it is related to parental love in that children learn at a very early stage that behaving well or being ‘ OK ’ means they get more affection ; being ‘ not OK ’ leads to a withdrawal of affection . |
| 8 | Bleeding from these ulcers is often related to portal hypertension and may be controlled with an infusion of somatostatin , but occasionally it is related to arterial damage which will only respond to prompt surgical intervention . |
| 9 | Considerable effort by senior management needs to be devoted to refining information so that it is related to local units , uses easily understood concepts and yardsticks , has illustrations and examples , is consistent and is a careful balance between mentioning failures and successes . |
| 10 | Unused cement from open bags will last longer if it is transferred to well-sealed plastic bags . |
| 11 | As the water is recycled through the system it is exposed to germicidal radiation , which clears algae but does not produce sterile water . |
| 12 | The Tory calculation is that Labour 's unity is a facade which will crack the moment it is exposed to stormy assault . |
| 13 | But through Marine Midland and its stake in Britain 's Midland Bank , it is exposed to dodgy third-world debt , as well as to the tumbling property market in north-east America and the troubled British economy . |
| 14 | It is hoped to released the bird back into the wild when it is fully recovered . |
| 15 | The lightness of Courtney 's sentence is obvious when it is compared to other recent sentences . |
| 16 | It is turned to Cool . |
| 17 | Normally , one only meets a non-cumulative several liability where it is annexed to joint liability . |
| 18 | The disease may remain dormant and undetected until it is transmitted to other fish through abrasions to the skin . |
| 19 | This approach has considerable intuitive appeal when it is applied to the markets for apples or second-hand cars , and even when it is applied to individual labour markets . |
| 20 | A further criticism may be levelled against the ‘ past use ’ theory of weeding , particularly when it is applied to public libraries , where most of Slote 's studies were carried out . |
| 21 | This mode of rationality , whether it is applied to scientific or technological problems or to problems of economic production is governed by ‘ strategies based on analytic knowledge ’ ( Habermas 1971 : 92 ) . |
| 22 | Even at this level , evaluation of the war 's influence is superficial , because it is limited to political , legislative and institutional innovation . |
| 23 | But correct as the analysis may be it is limited to pragmatic instrumentalist legal theory , and the prescription fails to take account of social theories which may help to explain the changes in the rule of law over time . |
| 24 | Finally , and significantly , voting rights exercisable by discretionary portfolio managers are attributed to them ( although member states are allowed to postpone the notification requirement in this last case so that it is tied to general meetings ) . |
| 25 | The structure of this argument is important because we find it repeated when we look at the traditional ways in which it is sought to legitimate private power . |
| 26 | Well , there is the fact that it is connected to sensory endings that are designed specifically to respond to vibrations in the air . |
| 27 | A wide recording head stretches across the jumbo roll of tape and magnetises it before it is slit to domestic size . |
| 28 | It is left to individual men to find the way — to create small islands of sanity in an ocean of storms . ’ |
| 29 | Where enamel remains on these teeth it is restricted to small islands separated by areas of dentine . |
| 30 | The normative requirements of the defence of duress ( discussed in detail in Chapter 6.4 ) ensure that it is restricted to dire and realistic threats which a citizen of reasonable firmness could not be expected to resist . |