Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the USA it is estimated that about 80 per cent of collective agreements are confined to employees of a single company and about two-thirds are limited to a single plant ( Cohen , 1975 ) . |
| 2 | Gardeners looking for something different are turning to a new hobby … growing meat-eating plants . |
| 3 | Moreover the number of universities in Joseph 's dominions had by 1790 been reduced to a mere three ( Vienna , Louvain and Pest ) and these had been forced to concentrate on such useful subjects as medicine and law and virtually to end the teaching of luxury ones such as foreign languages . |
| 4 | But eventually the French are reduced to a small band , and Roland realizes that he did wrong to send his faithful followers to death by his proud refusal to blow the oliphant . |
| 5 | I have a Turner drum winch ( ex-MOD 1964 ) which i-powered from the starting handle dog Can this be fitted to a 90 County diesel ? |
| 6 | Young people approaching the age when they would no longer be the formal responsibility of the local authorities became the primary consumers of residential care for several reasons : first , many had been placed with a family and temporary readmission to residential care was needed when such placements broke down ; second , some did not wish to join a new family and preferred group living amongst other young people and appointed caregivers ; and third , some were admitted to a residential setting for help with specific problems or as part of a strategy to prepare them for independent living . |
| 7 | This is fastened to a top and bottom line which is 100 yards long . |
| 8 | In the approach used in this text , the E-R model is used in conceptual modelling because it is much more semantically rich than the relational model , but this is mapped to a relational model because most commercial databases are relational and it is more convenient for logical mapping . |
| 9 | Wherever possible he uses machinery to help speed up the process but this is limited to a band-saw , a lathe and a thick strip of metal known as a bending iron . |
| 10 | However , in most commercial systems this is limited to a predefined set of English commands . |
| 11 | Since Mao they 've definitely taken the view that they should stabilize their population numbers as soon as possible , and they now have the most restrictive policies in relation to families , deferral of marriage , penalties for those couples that in the towns have more than one child erm and this is leading to a dramatic reduction in crude birthrate . |
| 12 | At present this is confined to a brief outline of the defendant 's breaches and the penalty imposed , but a working party will consider the possibility of issuing a full judgment outlining the facts alleged by the Investigation Committee , the member 's defence , the Disciplinary Committee 's findings and any mitigating circumstances ( see also p 25 ) . |
| 13 | This is linked to a complete file of the bibliographic collection held in inverted form . |
| 14 | This is linked to an existing experimental programme including human studies , |
| 15 | If this is subjected to a balanced pair of tensile forces F , its length changes by an increment dx so that . |
| 16 | In intact experimental animals prostacyclin has a vasodepressor effect and this was observed to an equal degree when injected intravenously or intra-arterially ( Armstrong et al , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | Beset with cooling and undercarriage problems , the Keiun made one flight only , on May 8 , 1945 and this was brought to a premature close by high engine temperatures . |
| 18 | The ribbon is 1¼″ wide and was originally of violet and white alternate horizontal stripes , although as with the AFC this was changed to a diagonal format in July 1919 . |
| 19 | This was attributed to a growing realization of the extent of the economic malaise and the need for painful measures . |
| 20 | In April 1981 , route 154 was diverted to a new estate on the site of Croydon Aerodrome and only 157 serves South Norwood and Anerley . |
| 21 | Another was attached to a high pressure gas cylinder . |
| 22 | To recover more for the domain of the non-sexual is related to a progressive sexual politics . |
| 23 | In 1990 , after unsuccessful fostering and further misfortune , she developed symptoms of anorexia nervosa and in 1991 was admitted to an adolescent residential unit for treatment . |
| 24 | It is also possible to envisage successful record of achievement schemes where these are confined to a particular course such as the CPVE or some of the other externally accredited vocational courses . |
| 25 | These were committed to a balanced or cross-bench political outlook and have been uneasy with the Prime Minister 's zeal , certainty , and forcefulness . |
| 26 | The international pre-eminence the country had enjoyed since defeating Napoleon in 1812 was brought to an abrupt end by the Crimean War ( 1853–56 ) . |
| 27 | The friends of the Queen belong to a small coterie of aristocrats , the children are educated exclusively ( one of the reasons Gordonstoun seemed a good bet was because , unlike metropolitan Eton , it was miles away in rural Scotland ) , and all are limited to a narrow circle of suitable acquaintances . |
| 28 | The toast to the Divisions has for some time been a ‘ musical geography tour ’ and this time people present were treated to an extra musical item being the toast to National Office , whereby gave an immaculate rendition of The Hippopotamus Song . |
| 29 | Of these , 340 were pinpointed to a particular chromosome , with at least one on each of the 23 pairs of chromosomes ( McKusick , 1980 ) . |
| 30 | 1 g commercial grade Ag 2 SO 4 is added to a boiling solution of 11.8 g MnSO 4 .7H 2 0 in 100 ml distilled water . |