Example sentences of "are [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can set up menus which are assigned to specific users and passwords . |
| 2 | Favours are given to female guests only , crackers could be supplied for your whole wedding party , your females guests Oh gosh it 's gusts . |
| 3 | All profits are given to good causes . |
| 4 | Also , personal discounts are given to certain classes of adults , e.g. handicapped people , those in full time education . |
| 5 | Since virtually all credits are given to local or regional enterprises , much of the money thereby created returns as deposits to the credit-giving banks . |
| 6 | Even within national systems , the structure of the television schedules , and the different interpretations which are given to different injunctions — with different degrees of force — to inform , entertain and educate , make it difficult to think of television as a single formal system . |
| 7 | Where medical questions are involved , specific decision-making powers are given to medical adjudicating authorities . |
| 8 | Of course , these pathological tendencies are still with us today and are widely recognized in individual mental illness ; but what is not generally appreciated is their extent in cultural forms , not all of which are limited to ancient societies . |
| 9 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 10 | However , while agreeing with Bolinger in almost every instance on his raw data , as to which adjectives are limited to prenominal position and which are ambiguous , we disagree with him in almost all cases as to the underlying reasons . |
| 11 | Like the dietary laws , which mean that although we should enjoy our food we are limited to certain foods , we are encouraged to enjoy sex , but only in the context of a legal marriage and with certain constraints . |
| 12 | Under fairly weak conditions , with only one decision variable , such a ‘ local ’ equilibrium can be shown to exist ( Kramer and Klevorick , 1974 ) , but whether it provides a persuasive resolution to the ‘ majority voting paradox ’ depends on the extent to which choices are limited to small perturbations of the existing situation . |
| 13 | Staff in high risk areas are limited to small sleeper earrings , an identity bracelet or necklace worn for medical purposes only , and a wedding ring . |
| 14 | If the numbers in the sea are limited to good friends and well-known faces from the ( packed ) Driftwood pub in St Agnes , and outside visitors are few , then the Badlands surfers are not complaining . |
| 15 | Data for coronary revascularisation are limited to coronary artery bypass surgery ; results of percutaneous coronary angioplasty are not yet available . |
| 16 | It follows that damages recoverable by the estate under the 1934 Act in the case of deaths occurring on or after that date are limited to financial loss suffered before his death , to damages for pain and suffering sustained by the deceased before his death and to funeral expenses . |
| 17 | Therefore , opportunities for men and women , though especially the latter , are limited to traditional and backward sectors such as subsistence agriculture and domestic service . |
| 18 | Although the drawing tools are limited to freehand pixel editing , lines and fills , with patience you can produce any symbol that you require . |
| 19 | Sports like jet-skiing and water-skiing are limited to specified areas . |
| 20 | In either case , though not invariably , editions are limited to modest , and sometimes very small , numbers . |
| 21 | In view of the uncertainties in our knowledge of stellar processes which generate gravitational waves , calculations here are limited to order-of-magnitude estimates of the power output to be expected in a favourable case . |
| 22 | Curriculum Studies : An important element of the course is the examination of how studies taken as ‘ subjects ’ are taught to primary school age children . |
| 23 | well known as centres of academic learning and excellence , where people are taught to degree-level standard . |
| 24 | To align the instrument with the computer image of the skull , specific anatomical reference points on the patient 's face , such as the corner of the mouth , are aligned to corresponding points on the three-dimensional image . |
| 25 | They are both interesting books because they tell interesting stories , and are arranged to dramatic effect in interesting ways . |
| 26 | Engine components are stacked to portable shelving and essentially follow the stripped-down radial on a parallel around the CFS facility . |
| 27 | Taylor expressed his surprise ; was Jackson not aware that in the district in which these persons derived their experience , there was little , if any , knowledge of mines worked under day levels or of what takes place in them when they are drained to considerable depths by machinery ? |
| 28 | About 100 cases will be drawn from three Scottish regions and cases taken as they are referred to specific teams . |
| 29 | This perspective aims to present teaching as a self-conscious enquiring enterprise whereby classroom activities are referred to theoretical principles of one sort or another . |
| 30 | The examples also demonstrate the complexity of the family situations which are referred to social workers , if a situation can be resolved by commonsense solutions , and talking through with friends and relatives , then this is usually achieved privately . |