Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his view , then , the functionalist approach to inequality is nothing else than an ideology designed to legitimate this same inequality . |
| 2 | By the time we left the Parrot there was only an hour left to closing time . |
| 3 | Day hospitals usually have generous staffing levels of doctors , nurses and therapists , an ambitious therapeutic programme , at least on paper , and an ethos geared to continuing rehabilitation . |
| 4 | An action related to passing-off is trade libel , sometimes referred to a malicious falsehood . |
| 5 | In legislation concerned , for example , with Department of Trade inspections under the Companies Acts , the disclosure of incriminating evidence is a by-product of an investigation directed to other ends , whereas the whole purpose of this Act is to extract material which will lead to a conviction . |
| 6 | The fiction of Tolkien and Lewis is a compound of ancient fable — classical , Norse and Wagnerian — with an eye cocked to modern reality , and it might have been written to prove that there is a reality beyond realism . |
| 7 | And it can be equally damaging if unfamiliarity with Community mechanisms leaves an enterprise exposed to anti-competitive practices where effective remedies lie readily to hand if the proper advice is sought . |
| 8 | In particular , he found that in an organisation committed to consultative management , a superior may become more and more reluctant to exercise his authority . |
| 9 | Either of the two opposing views might have worked well , but the compromise is an artefact related to social considerations , not to the problem . |
| 10 | Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C granted an order limited to overt use of the information . |
| 11 | One theory says biochemical mechanisms to control the regulation of growth of some part of the organisms , say hormones or fur , may themselves become fault , or the conveyed messages over aeons may change , or the genes may suddenly switch off to inhibit the growth of winter fur of an animal used to northern climes . |
| 12 | W.M. Wood ( HAS Election Post March 30 ) seems to show concern for the nation 's moral welfare if we have an agnostic elected to prime minister . |
| 13 | Cast against type , the genial Wayans played an ex-jock addicted to bad women , bad drugs , bad odds and bad company ( the last played by Bruce Willis ) . |