Example sentences of "[adj] to [art] [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The procedures of public decision-making , therefore , may be more cautious than in the private sector , and more prone to the excesses of paper record-keeping in case the decision needs to be defended at a later date . |
| 2 | This increases soil acidity , and encourages trees to form shallow roots , which are less efficient and more prone to the effects of drought . |
| 3 | In theory the system was efficient and just ; in practice it was prone to the limitations of travel , seasons , and the possibility of corruption , which was inevitable in such an extended empire . |
| 4 | Planted at an altitude of between 100 and 200 metres , the higher situated vines are less prone to the dangers of frost and provide well-structured , fruity wines . |
| 5 | Gandhi is faithful to the traditions of Hinduism when he affirms the isomorphism of Truth ( Satya ) and Reality ( Sat ) . |
| 6 | Cabinet members and other senior administrators were also obliged to attend indoctrination sessions where major figures , from the president down , lectured them on the virtues of teamwork and exhorted them to remain faithful to the principles of Reaganism . |
| 7 | Given these conditions of campaigning it is not surprising that when they get to Washington legislators are even more inclined towards individualistic behaviour than before , and even less responsive to the appeals of party leaders and presidents . |
| 8 | The chitinous external skeleton seems to be particularly responsive to the demands of evolution . |
| 9 | The overall aim of the Enterprise Centre is to enable students and staff to develop the essential enterprise/transferable skills to operate and succeed in a changing employment and business environment and thus make Napier University more responsive to the needs of work . |
| 10 | — make a special effort in the coming year to show themselves responsive to the needs of industry , both in terms of collaboration in research and development , and the provision of well-trained and well-motivated graduates for recruitment to industry . |
| 11 | Is there any chance of the Government issuing similar instructions to ask health boards to be responsive to the needs of health service workers ? |
| 12 | Each image pulsed animatedly , responsive to the currents of fortune , to the ebb and flow of events , to the forces of cleansing light and of dark malevolent corrupt insanity . |
| 13 | Another sympathizer was Lord Furness , a self-made man from the very bottom of the ladder , whom the NSFU recalled " as a great shipowner who was never averse to the claims of justice and fair play , always approachable in any difficulty , from whom a case reasonably stated never failed to obtain a patient hearing and who was never spoiling for a fight " . |
| 14 | Second , the form of the political system means that non-dominant classes have access to the state and hence may influence state policy in directions antipathetic to the interests of capital . |
| 15 | It should come as no surprise , therefore , to find that detailed ethnography of police social practice is antithetical to the philosophies of control by which they operate . |
| 16 | Sometimes the enamel is almost entirely eaten away , and the dentine can take on an appearance similar to the effects of weathering ( Fig. 3.23 H ) . |
| 17 | The effects of this regime on subsequent recovery sleep are similar to the effects of REM sleep deprivation , in that a rebound of about 50 per cent occurs on recovery nights . |
| 18 | In early 1983 , infra-red images from a US NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) satellite showed a large cloud , similar to the plumes of gas that rise over volcanoes , off the north coast of eastern Siberia . |
| 19 | Such a system will be highly resistant to the effects of damage to individual modules and will only begin to show marked alterations in function when a large proportion of the modules has been damaged . |
| 20 | This is because thick lithosphere will tend to be more resistant to the effects of heat conduction and penetrative magmatism . |
| 21 | Furthermore , although Hayek 's is a particular theory within the tradition of liberalism , the key themes which pervade his work — the supreme principle of liberty , the character of state power , and the relationship between the individual and the state — are themes which are central to the tenets of liberalism . |
| 22 | De-differentiation refers to the reversal of that differentiation process which observers such as Weber ( 1978 ) saw as central to the processes of modernity . |
| 23 | I mean that Britain , for example , became more central to the currents of world trade . |
| 24 | Reducing the power of the unions was thus central to the goals of Thatcherism ( see also chapter 7 ) . |
| 25 | The second type ( 2b ) consists of lexical sets , the membership of which can not be reliably predicted on phonological grounds alone , and this type is additional to the types of variable that were studied by Labov ( 1966 ) in New York City ( these were types 1 and 2a ) . |
| 26 | Mr Fallon said they would no longer be subject to the constraints of poll tax capping and there would be an end to ‘ haggling ’ with Durham County Council . |
| 27 | In keeping with the spirit of the Blues Skies approach I should also point out that in the absence of clearly identified industrial or commercial possibilities ( as opposed to imagined ones ) the research would not be subject to the constraints of confidentiality . |
| 28 | The interaction of a photon and a molecule , like other physical processes , is subject to the laws of conservation of energy , of linear momentum and of angular momentum . |
| 29 | For each locality the records of first resort remain the early county histories , the relevant volumes in the Victoria County History series , and the proceedings of the county , or similar , historical or record society ; and no doubt local historians will wish to obtain some of these or , subject to the laws of copyright , obtain photocopies of selected sections . |
| 30 | Or , at the very least , their arguments to the contrary are subject to the rules of logic . |