Example sentences of "[adj] [am/are] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a link exists between body temperature and the sensation of fatigue , then it is reasonable to enquire if the abilities to fall asleep and remain asleep are also related to body temperature . |
| 2 | Many mechanised units which should be riding around in armoured personnel carriers are still mounted in trucks — some are even reduced to walking . |
| 3 | Although day-care programmes are gaining increasing recognition , most patients who are moderately or severely ill are still admitted to hospital . |
| 4 | These are normally presented to Parliament in the previous December , along with the winter supplementary estimates for the previous year . |
| 5 | One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time . |
| 6 | But questions have also been raised about it in non-social areas of linguistics , and these are often attached to reservations about the theoretical nature of sociolinguistics as a discipline . |
| 7 | Several types of instrument can be used for this type of test , and these are usually limited to measurements on rigid polymers or rubbers . |
| 8 | These are mainly confined to Afghanistan and north-east Persia , although some genuine Russian tribal items may also be found , and are predominantly the work of the Tekke , Yamut , Ersari , Chodor , Saryk and Salor tribes ( pl. 7 ) . |
| 9 | The important point , however , is that the two " likes " must be treated as like in some respect ; and in the linguistic cases this does not merely mean that the two items co-ordinated must be on the same level in terms of specific syntactic classifications , as has often been remarked ; more importantly , it is clear that they must be alike in both bearing one of the other relations , already introduced , to some third element ; thus , in : ( 38 ) Nora is Irish and beautiful the structure is such that Irish and beautiful are both related to Nora by assignment , while in : ( 39 ) bed and board is going to take half his wages the relation of instantiation links both bed and board to the single entity in the subject position . |
| 10 | There are no plans to send British ground troops into Somalia at the moment because 2,400 are already committed to food convoys in Bosnia . |
| 11 | Both are well adapted to London 's dry climate and dirty air . |
| 12 | Both are completely geared to novices , with plenty of other distractions if walking the plank does n't suit . |
| 13 | Both are still committed to meaning , both want to promote pride and dignity , give us clear vision , a sense of sanity , encourage people to take control of their lives . |