Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the volcanic cloud was dispersed and SO 2 converted to sulphate aerosols , O 3 perturbations caused by large concentrations of SO 2 in the volcanic cloud may have occurred . |
| 2 | Given this to be so , under the influence of the new analyses ( of poverty and of the youth labour-market ) , it was appreciated that the critical features of the youth question were not only those relating to church attendance , unorganized leisure , absence of esprit de corps and , at the extreme end of the spectrum of anxiety , juvenile delinquency . |
| 3 | If minor degrees of depression or diminished wellbeing lead to significantly lower blood pressure , then it should follow that depression that is sufficiently severe to lead to hospital admission will be associated with substantially reduced blood pressure . |
| 4 | Other provisions of the FSA ( eg those relating to investment advertisements ) will still apply to these activities . |
| 5 | The reasons for this are largely practical relating to Tax regulations rather than the underlying theoretical debate about the way in which by adjusting the owners salary the performance measure can be manipulated . |
| 6 | To her , it was somehow disrespectful to talk to Cabinet ministers in a sweater . |
| 7 | Further along the line , Oakworth Station was closed and looking a little dishevelled owing to platform repairs ; a remarkable sight was the boiler of ‘ City of Wells ’ standing in splendid isolation in the sidings . |
| 8 | There is some evidence that the sexually transmitted form of hepatitis is more likely to lead to liver damage than that passed on by means of blood products . |
| 9 | Breaches of pollution control are more likely to be picked up ; they are more likely to lead to enforcement action , possibly criminal prosecution ; more and more remediation is demanded ; and they are more likely to have an impact on a company 's image — and hence exact a heavier toll on company profits . |
| 10 | An American clinical study ( Anderson and White , 1986 ) also suggests that problems in step families are more likely to relate to parenting issues between adults and children than to the parents ' marital relationship . |
| 11 | Psychiatrists studying shopping behaviour have found — not surprisingly — that the hungry woman is much more inclined to succumb to impulse food buys . |
| 12 | It had been recognized that Liberals had been more adept at handling the press because they were more ready to stoop to newspaper practices , as Sandars had reported in 1909 : |
| 13 | Mitsubishi apparently agrees , and has extended the interval to 4,500 — still annoyingly frequent compared to petrol servicing . |
| 14 | Macrophages are also likely to contribute to LDL oxidation and to release of growth factors — such as platelet-derived growth factor , transforming growth factor , fibroblast growth factors , heparin-binding epidermal growth factor , various interleukins , interferon gamma , and tumour necrosis factor alpha — that contribute to monocyte and lymphocyte recruitment and proliferation . |
| 15 | It has to be said that some species are notoriously difficult to acclimatise to aquarium life when collected from the wild , but once the acclimatisation process is complete they will usually become resilient and even robust . |
| 16 | As part of a strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in food , he said , the government was to initiate a three-year pilot programme concentrating resources on 40 districts most able to contribute to food security efforts . |
| 17 | You can bring a picnic along with you , and brewing up is now possible owing to member Ron Davies donating a kettle for this purpose . |
| 18 | I already introduced certain mystical categories above in my discussion of Buid personhood , particularly those relating to spirit mediumship . |
| 19 | Although for long established homeowners , falling property prices represent merely a paper loss ( likely to be relatively small compared to paper gains made in preceding years ) , those who bought at , or close to , the peak of the boom , will suffer an absolute drop in the price of their homes . |
| 20 | All " senior parliamentarians " ( i.e. those elected to mainland seats in the 1940s ) would be forced to retire before the election of a new 327-member National Assembly in late 1991 . |
| 21 | The people 's radio told us more real news , but these days we were too afraid to listen to Colonel Stephens . |
| 22 | Well , we seem to be a society that is very much orientated to crisis management rather than prevention , and perhaps we 're very good at recognizing our human needs and our children 's needs in terms of their nourishment , their physical and intellectual development , but perhaps not quite so well acquainted with their emotional needs to feel safe and secure with the adults around them being in control and able to handle their lives and the world 's situation in a mature and secure way . |
| 23 | In A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery ( 1760 ) , she argued that male practitioners lacked patience and sensitivity , and were too quick to resort to metal instruments , causing needless infant deaths . |