Example sentences of "[is] relate to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is taken for granted that such taxation is related to income levels because the amount taken in income tax varies directly with incomes .
2 They 're actually paid a training allowance , which is related to income support .
3 Bearing in mind that growth rate is related to size in a non-linear manner , compare growth rates of whelks of the same initial size marked as feeding on different prey .
4 Otherwise not only will results concerning group size and composition be misleading , but results involving any variable that is related to size of group are likely to be inaccurate .
5 What can be said is that those whose discomfort is related to intercourse are most likely to be cured of their symptoms either by a combination of improved lubrication and post-coital urination , or by treating any infection that underlies the symptoms .
6 Blood pressure is related to birth weight but not independently to weight at 1 year .
7 The rate of vibration of the vocal cords — something which is physically measurable , and which is related to activity on the part of the speaker — is the fundamental frequency of voiced sounds , and should not be called ‘ pitch ’ .
8 These data agree with those of Mahmood and Templeton and support the hypothesis that the incidence of the disease is related to exposure to menstruation .
9 Philosophically , realism is related to conservatism , and is thus founded on a pessimistic view of human nature and of the potential for social progress .
10 However the use and acceptance of touch depends on numerous cultural norms and personal characteristics ; each culture has rules about how , when and where to touch another human , and this is related to gender , age and maturity .
11 Garg and Gotlieb have developed a method that is related to interpolation searching , and in which the algorithm is based on an analysis of the key sequence , rather than on a presupposition such as the effectiveness of any particular procedure — say mid-square or division .
12 The k is related to inhibition of the production of leaf cells by division and of the rate at which the cells expand .
13 The success of the Peronist movement and , to a lesser extent , of Vargas and Cárdenas , in gaining widespread acceptance for their visions of national unity can not be explained without reference to a second major element of the Latin American political tradition which is related to corporatism and which also cuts across class-based Marxist politics : caudillismo , and its modern corollary , populism .
14 Hence although the language is related to purpose this is not realized in the process of learning ( for further discussion see Widdowson 1983 : Chapter 3 ) .
15 Just as industrial policy is related to competition policy , so it is closely related to international trade policy , an issue to which we return in Chapter 32 .
16 The SOED mainly funds research which is related to Government policy concerns but a small proportion of the budget is reserved to fund ideas which come from the research community .
17 chinese ‘ stick ’ ink is related to carbon/Indian ink , in that usually the same pigment has been used , although these inks are formed into hard cakes .
18 Its cause is not fully understood , but in view of the known connection between infra-red reflectance and water content on the one hand , and the demonstrated correlation between exposure to a low humidity regime and a decline in the measurement on the other , it is possible that this behaviour is related to reflectance .
19 Lung function is affected mainly by intrauterine environment while respiratory illness , especially wheezing , in childhood is related to prematurity .
20 Following a nuclear weapons test the residence time of the radionuclides released depends upon the height to which the radioactive cloud rises ( which is related to explosion yield ) , its latitude of detonation ( the height of the tropopause being lower in the polar regions than near the equator ) , the size of the radioactive aerosols , and whether the radionuclides are in gaseous or particle form .
21 As we have indicated above there is now considerable evidence that degree performance for traditionally qualified students is related to performance in examinations before entry , although most of the research relates to England and A-level entry ( Sear , 1983 ; Bourner and Hamed , 1987 ; Johnes and Taylor , 1987 ) .
22 Erm volumes are about level with last year and the improvement in profits is related to currency changes .
23 ‘ If prosperity is related to health or , more importantly , if relative poverty is related to poor health , this may be one way in which Britain could act to improve life expectancy , ’ they said .
24 However , the vagaries of how people actually spend their incomes and the growing evidence that health is relative rather than absolute poverty , means that we have very little idea of how income is related to health in practice .
25 The story makes some very profound points about the role of ritual in religion , the development of conceptual understanding , the meaning of the word " spiritual " and how it is related to religion .
26 The aims of the project are to develop a small quarterly model of the United Kingdom economy and to use this model to investigate the way in which dynamic specification — the way in which lags in economic behaviour are allowed for — is related to forecasting and simulation properties .
27 To determine how fetal growth is related to death from cardiovascular disease in adult life .
28 Although size is related to training undertaken , in all parameters there are exceptions to be noted indicating that library departments can have a significant impact on effectiveness of training undertaken , and the use made of resources available to them , if they choose to do so .
29 Meaning is related to mind structure .
30 Public relations is related to advertising in that both are about persuasion through communication .
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