Example sentences of "[conj] is [adv] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND tomorrow will unveil a lavish £4.5 million plan to stage cricket 's sixth World Cup that is already doomed to failure . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , R&D that is not related to defence has declined by about 10 per cent since Reagan took office , once inflation is accounted for . |
| 3 | The natural meaning of rule 1(4) seems to us to give the expression ‘ costs ’ a meaning that is not confined to litigation costs . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Difficulties of setting up a system of rewards that is directly linked to performance appraisal and the achievement of objectives . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Placement of tonic stress is , therefore , important and is closely linked to intonation . |
| 8 | This section of the Act is of general application and is not limited to London . |
| 9 | Moreover , the test applies to all unusual or unreasonable terms , and is not limited to exclusion and limitation clauses . |
| 10 | If the selling shareholder is a corporation , the Revenue takes the view that , because the distribution element is franked investment income and is not charged to corporation tax in the company 's hands , the full amount of the sale price should be brought into account in the company 's computation of chargeable gains . |
| 11 | Lexical variation of this type is widespread in Durham and is not restricted to items belonging to any particular grammatical class ; Kerswill reports that it is particularly salient as a sociolinguistic marker sensitive both to the age and social class of the speaker ; but unlike either CSPs or other phonological variables , it is affected very little by speech style . |
| 12 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 13 | The House held , agreeing with the Court of Appeal , that there is a tort of intimidation , but they also held , reversing the Court of Appeal , that the tort extends to threats by A to break his contract with B and is not confined to threats of criminal or tortious conduct . |
| 14 | A disclaimer can be used in relation to any trade description of any goods and is not confined to odometers on motor cars . |
| 15 | The sanding plate wo n't rip or tear , and is simply attached to tools with a self-adhesive backing . |
| 16 | It also gets to 60mph in 5.9secs and is artificially restricted to 157mph . |
| 17 | After all , he 's been told what 's going on , she has n't — and is almost driven to suicide by his mysterious silence , ’ she explains . |
| 18 | In part it is simply descriptive of the employment foundations of the economy , and is sometimes related to theories of economic development which argue that national economies evolve through a series of stages dominated in turn by agricuIture , manufacturing and services . |
| 19 | Infrequently , a refractory pouchitis ( RP ) presents with certain clinical , endoscopic , and pathological features resembling Crohn 's disease and is often ascribed to misdiagnosis of the initial colitis . |
| 20 | Be assured , though , that God sees what you are doing , understands why you are doing it and is really chuffed to bits when you try to do what he wants . |
| 21 | Front Benchers and Back Benchers have been going through the hoops , trying to devise a system that is fair and is always related to ability to pay . |
| 22 | In other cases ( like fasciclin III ) , expression begins near the time of neuromuscular contact and is always restricted to NMJ sites . |
| 23 | The response of those engaged in the arduous labours which led to the conclusion of the Convention is no doubt not dissimilar to that of the scholar who writes a book on the doctrine of unconscionability in contract law and is then taken to task by a reviewer for his failure to cover breach and termination — in other words , for not writing a different book . |
| 24 | In another room is ‘ Christ carrying the cross ’ from the Scuola di San Rocco , which was given to Titian at the Palazzo Ducale a couple of years ago , but is here assigned to Giorgione . |
| 25 | Spines — This expression has been used by various writers with considerable latitude but is here confined to outgrowths of the cuticle which are more or less thorn-like in form . |
| 26 | 88Open test technology verifies that systems and applications conform to source , binary and object standards , but is currently confined to software for Motorola 88000-based systems . |
| 27 | As is well known to anthropologists , kinship terms , and other kinds of title or proper name , often come in two quite distinct sets , one for use in address ( as vocatives in second person usage ) and the other for use in reference ( i.e. referring to individuals in third person role ) . |
| 28 | Tip : Decor materials can be sealed with matt or gloss polyurethane vanish , as is sometimes done to bogwood . |