Example sentences of "[adj] of [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers about midlife are fond of referring to the empty nest syndrome , much to the annoyance of feminists , who deplore the notion that women need children to bolster their sense of self-worth . |
| 2 | the fact of belonging to the same class , and that of belonging to the same generation or age group , have this in common , that both endow the individuals sharing in them with a common location in the social and historical process , and thereby limit them to a specific range of potential experience , predisposing them for a certain characteristic mode of thought and experience , and a characteristic type of historically relevant action . |
| 3 | Here the convention of changing media out of respect for the person merges into another category , that of changing to the higher medium for a more serious subject-matter . |
| 4 | Eurobankers are beginning to be chary of lending to the nationalized industries and state authorities of even big countries in balance of payments deficits . |
| 5 | It 's a well-founded faith he has developed since Michelin this year singled him out as the only French chef worthy of upgrading to the coveted three-star accolade . |
| 6 | He states that natural justice , being a flexible term which imposes distinct requirements in different cases , is capable of applying to the whole range of situations encapsulated by the terms ‘ judicial , ’ ‘ quasi-judicial , ’ ‘ administrative ’ or ‘ executive ’ . |