Example sentences of "to [be] harmful " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the short term , however , mutation is far more likely to be harmful . |
| 2 | Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food . |
| 3 | There is also the possibility that genetically released organisms might , while being beneficial to some plants and animals , prove to be harmful to others , including humans . |
| 4 | As with all professions , medical and pharmacological competence can not and should not be taken for granted , as evidenced by the frequency with which new drugs are introduced and then withdrawn from the market after proving to be harmful , even fatal in continued use . |
| 5 | Pregnancy itself does not appear to be harmful to women with HIV infection . |
| 6 | Social control performs the function of defining those acts that are deemed to be harmful to the society . |
| 7 | when a partner has been guilty of misconduct likely to be harmful to the firm 's business ; |
| 8 | Outrageous , this is wicked , it 's monstrous , but I 'm absolutely appalled , now I 'm not allowed to speak about her because that 's going to be harmful to her , but any Tom , Dick , or Harry can get information which they have no right to about her and about me , about anybody else , and can flog it . |
| 9 | d Taking too much vitamin C is unlikely to be harmful . |
| 10 | It finds its way to the outside world via the water system and it is believed to be harmful to animals . |
| 11 | Computers , especially microcomputers and terminals with monitors , have been claimed to be harmful to the health of the operator because of radioactive emissions although at the present time there does not appear to be any conclusive proof that a real danger to health exists . |
| 12 | Launching the Poison in the Pipeline ? report , Hughes said that in 1991 one in four water-supply areas in England and Wales supplied water which contained lead more than five times above the level which the World Health Organization ( WHO ) deems to be harmful to health . |
| 13 | However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered . |
| 14 | But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region . |