Example sentences of "[is] [adj] to a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A weaker protection is produced at GpA in ( ATT ) 4 CG(AAT) 4 suggesting that the weaker cleavage observed in this fragment is due to a lower affinity of the antibiotic for this site , presumably as a result of the structure imposed by the surrounding DNA sequence .
2 The higher incidence of perforation in the present study is due to a larger number of patients with corrosive strictures which are technically more difficult to dilate .
3 Apparently , the DNA in an early cancer cell is uncoiled to a greater extent , reflecting heightened metabolic activity .
4 Once he has come reasonably to the conclusion that this will happen , the question whether his decision to issue the particular instructions that he gave was a reasonable one in the circumstances is subject to a further test of reasonableness .
5 Obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are therefore transferred to the supplier of the item , and his obligations continue where the equipment is subject to a further lease in continuation of the original one .
6 I turn aside to record this judgment , because it is relevant to a later stage of this memoir .
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