Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 2 | During my years in Oxford , working as I was largely in the field of recent Anglican ecclesiastical history , I was increasingly drawn to Anglicanism . |
| 3 | ‘ I was even taken to hospital at one point thinking I had a hypo coming on , but then we realised that I was actually having panic attacks — a delayed reaction to losing my sight . |
| 4 | I was once introduced to Sir somebody , David Webb I think , who was in charge of the Opera House . |
| 5 | Both old age and disability are dimensions of experience which are fundamentally linked to gender ( Morris , 1991 ) . |
| 6 | The right to die and the right to help someone to die are surely matters which are best left to discretion and commonsense . |
| 7 | The true place of inflation in calculating the cost of credit is as part of a triangle which has as its other sides the interest to be gained from instalment savings and the interest to be paid for instalment credit — both of which are broadly related to inflation rates anyway . |
| 8 | These concerns have been further stimulated by the change in public attitudes to safety and environmental issues , many of which are closely linked to energy . |
| 9 | On the other hand , very few checklists have been systematically evaluated in relation to the formal criteria which are normally applied to language tests ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 10 | Finally , LIFESPAN ABLE will enter all modules which are already known to LIFESPAN and are on active DCs . |
| 11 | This applies particularly when the bricks come from Ryarsh 's three complementary ranges — Sandlime , Flintlime , and the Village range , which are generally manufactured to Class 3 strength , which means they are load-bearing . |
| 12 | They are all illnesses which are directly related to poverty and to the consequent lack of education concerning health care . |
| 13 | Two programs which are virtually guaranteed to work are Fontasy and Fleet Street Editor which is the same as Clickart Personal Publisher to all intents and purposes . |
| 14 | However in many cases it is doubtful whether these are anything other than the traditional wage system in a new disguise — for ‘ merit ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ and ‘ cooperation ’ , which are often tied to length of service have been used as major criteria for wage increases granted in this fashion … managements have not proceeded hastily towards full-blown wage rationalization because of their own concern with preserving worker identification with the enterprise … |
| 15 | They referred to the ‘ traditional restraint , from which all other branches of inquiry have long been emancipated ’ : ecclesiastical interests and party predilections , which meant that theology ‘ fails to receive the intellectual respect and confidence which are readily accorded to learning and research in any other field ’ . |
| 16 | In one pathway , receptors are coupled through G proteins to stimulate PLC- β , whereas the other pathway depends upon tyrosine kinase-linked receptors which are specifically coupled to PLC- γ . |
| 17 | In 1968 Gow and Page followed up their first volume by bringing out Hellenistic Epigrams : the Garland of Philip , again in two volumes ; this time Gow was primarily responsible for the 650 epigrams which were either attributed to Antipater of Thessalonica or left over as being either his work or that of Antipater of Sidon . |
| 18 | Handicap is defined in terms of symptoms which were traditionally attributed to hearing loss . |
| 19 | The illustration shows the head and trunk of a young boy wearing a number of bracelets and many beads , most of which were probably attached to clothing . |
| 20 | I found that it was vital to keep them under water when moving them after I had experienced problems with eggs which were accidentally exposed to air which probably dried them out . |
| 21 | The political challenge for those on the left is how to meet this self-assertiveness , which is clearly linked to self-fulfilment , while at the same time building support for policies that favour those on low incomes and the underclass . |
| 22 | The heads identified as JYM thus exercise a form of control over the process of viewing and apprehension which is normally denied to portraiture . |
| 23 | The user has attempted to reserve a module name which is already known to LIFESPAN . |
| 24 | The preferred version must be a version of the module which is already known to LIFESPAN . |
| 25 | Skin cancer , which is directly linked to sun exposure and damage , is now the UK 's second most common form of cancer . |
| 26 | During inhalation , the NO is absorbed by erythrocytes as they pass through the lungs and is thought to be inactivated by tight bonding to the haem , which is subsequently metabolised to methaemoglobin . |
| 27 | One example , which is certainly related to schizophrenia and which we shall come across again , is ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ . |
| 28 | All this changed in 1969 and 1970 with the emergence of the environmental movement which made the environment a political or ‘ vote-catching ’ issue , and which produced massive public pressure for fast , dramatic action , the nature of which is usually restricted to crisis situations ( Gunningham , 1974 ; Jones , 1973 ) . |
| 29 | Consciousness , which is indissolubly linked to language , is itself a social product . |
| 30 | However , the impulsive nature of such repeats , which is often related to alcohol abuse , can make alternative measures , which appear practical to the therapist , totally inappropriate for the patient . |