Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] are [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All interested staff are thus exposed to the result of each major study , and get a chance to query or challenge on points which they do not immediately accept . |
| 2 | Victor and Evandrou ( 1986 ) studied social-class differences using a nationally representative sample from the General Household Survey ( GHS ) and concluded that the income and health of old people are strongly related to their past employment experience . |
| 3 | The providers of domestic , portering and ward ancillary staff are also subjected to pressure from staff for the peak-holiday periods . |
| 4 | The need for proper assessment and cooperation at the time of hospital discharge is an essential preventive measure to ensure that elderly people are not discharged to inappropriate care settings . |
| 5 | In fact , many people are effectively tied to rural areas because of their own or their spouse 's occupation , and residential choice is not free as envisaged in the theoretical residential decision-making models . |
| 6 | Deaf people are therefore reduced to providing accounts of personal experience of deafness , which fall upon deaf minds supported by the old adage that experience is subjective and can therefore be dismissed . |
| 7 | By virtue of the transfer of cattle the woman 's biological offspring are ordinarily deemed to be members of the descent group of the husband rather than that of the woman 's father ; payment of the cattle makes the children legitimate ; cohabitation alone does not . |
| 8 | Does training in economics make you mean — or is it just that mean people are somehow attracted to economics ? |
| 9 | Also known as clurican , these merry folk are closely related to the Irish LEPRECHAUN . |
| 10 | Consequently , the ‘ xuechao ’ came to end , but not before the ‘ hope of China ’ as young people are often referred to had declared that , ‘ we have no hope ’ They insisted that they were supportive of reform , ‘ but these are not the reforms we want ’ . |
| 11 | Many young people are now attracted to the idea of producing a large part of their own food . |
| 12 | Although love between human beings has in the first place a physical basis , in that two people are physically attracted to each other , ultimately it is not physical but mental . |
| 13 | Forest cover has been substantially reduced over the past two decades , although the local people are also reported to be becoming more aware of the need for conservation measures . |
| 14 | Today local people are still exposed to increasingly lethal quantities of pollution . |
| 15 | While regarded as able and industrious , senior staff are also thought to be remote , invisible , and above personal contact . |
| 16 | It can only realize its full potential when , at a school level , head and senior staff are actively committed to its use and prepared to involve themselves in discussion sessions , demonstrating , by example , allegiance to the notion that talking about areas of personal anxiety , confusion and failure is an essential part of professional development for all . |