Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , attention will focus on island communities in the developing world where land-use has created specific environmental problems that are frequently related to watershed abuse . |
| 2 | Given the comments above , we would have our doubts over the likely benefits for sectors that are heavily exposed to Europe . |
| 3 | For longer-distance migration the destinations are likely to be places that are better known to tourists or are considered to be scenically more attractive . |
| 4 | Similarly there are individuals that go through the court system and are punished , that are perhaps sent to prison , and come out of prison saying it 's not going to make any difference , I now know how to break into every type of car , every type of building . |
| 5 | SuperCalc 5.5 has extended the use of fonts in printing spreadsheet ranges so that the facilities that were previously limited to laser printers now apply to most dot matrix printers . |
| 6 | The sky was a clear , pale dome , covered in the east by a flock of tiny clouds that were already turned to pink by the sun that was still concealed , that had not yet risen . |
| 7 | She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors and carried down to a panelled cabin where she and Maria Candida were to live during the voyage ; and when she had been helped out of her clothes and into simpler garments that were more suited to life on board ship , she insisted upon going on deck to watch from the aftercastle as the mariners sang at the capstan and the anchors were weighed . |
| 8 | Its purpose was to provide art historians with examples of antique sculpture that were definitely known to Renaissance artists such as Donatello and Ghiberti and influenced their work . |
| 9 | ENGLAND tomorrow will unveil a lavish £4.5 million plan to stage cricket 's sixth World Cup that is already doomed to failure . |
| 10 | But is n't it er true according the reports in the financial times , that the government at this moment is planning to withdraw Britain from the I L O. Precisely because the I L O has censured Britain a censure that is normally a sanction that is normally applied to countries like Haiti and North Korea . |
| 11 | Difficulties of setting up a system of rewards that is directly linked to performance appraisal and the achievement of objectives . |
| 12 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 13 | Because philosophy and science now occupy the secondary position that was previously ascribed to literature , it makes no sense to speak of literature as a special kind of language . |
| 14 | Erm we used to get complaints about kerb crawlers , but as you know , we had a a new law that was allegedly attributed to Nottingham , which made it an offence to , in certain circumstances to kerb crawl , looking for prostitutes . |
| 15 | And yet I risked everything I had worked towards , all the hope of what I might do in a position of real power , for something that was obviously doomed to failure from the start . |
| 16 | A recent study concluded with the recognition that research had not yet identified any variant of the existing system that was consistently related to students ' educational outcomes ( Averch et al , 1972 ) . |
| 17 | Stepwise regression analysis with stratification by age confirmed that colonic disease was the only variable that was significantly related to survival ( log likelihood=-132.894 , χ 2 4 <0.05 ) . |
| 18 | Issues are managed by domestic security dealers or by merchant banks and are largely sold to investors resident in the UK . |
| 19 | Those speakers whose ties are weakest are those who approximate least closely to vernacular norms , and are most exposed to pressures for change originating from outside the network . |
| 20 | Its reaching out to the people who 've not been through the processes that we 've been through and are still attached to ideas that are in essence racist , imperialist , sexist , heterosexist , and how we , nevertheless , draw those people into activity . |
| 21 | ‘ It will now be necessary to observe that animals are more frequently attacked by epizootic , endemic and contagious diseases than the human species because we are protected from these casualties by our Houses , Clothing and manner of Living , in short by all the precautions that reason dictates , whilst animals are deprived of all these recourses and are constantly exposed to dangers which we avoid by the above-mentioned precautions , besides their food and drink is constantly the same , which often is the cause of a fermentation in their blood which generally terminates in stubborn and fatal diseases . |
| 22 | They are unpopular since they are regressive and are poorly related to income . |
| 23 | Members experience less work-related stress and are better adjusted to life in the organization . |
| 24 | I 'm a sucker for coastal walking and am naturally attracted to Dorset as it offers some of the best in the country . |
| 25 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 26 | I could be trapped here at the top of the tower and be either forced to jump or killed like a rat trapped in a barn . |
| 27 | Nor does the issue of life and death rest only with your estate , as we have well seen in the fate of those earls lately in dispute with the king 's Grace who fell into the hands of certain lawless gatherings of commoners , and were shortly done to death . |
| 28 | They were , however , an all-White group , operating without directly involving parents and were generally committed to specialist care in the community . |
| 29 | Gibraltar and Minorca remained in British hands throughout the war , and were formally transferred to Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . |
| 30 | Their numbers have dropped noticeably in the last five years and very dramatically since the 1880s , when 70 per cent of all cattle in the Netherlands were Groningens while Friesians represented only 18 per cent and were mainly restricted to Friesland and Drenthe . |