Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it would be possible to pursue the question of history in terms of such analyses of the forms of historicity , such an enquiry would take us on a very different path from that prompted by our original question , namely if poststructuralism can apparently be faulted by reference to a history which it neglects , where in Marxism can this history be found ? |
| 2 | In the first place , as knowledge of the syntax , phonology and semantics of various languages has increased , it has become clear that there are specific phenomena that can only naturally be described by recourse to contextual concepts . |
| 3 | Its content will obviously be considered in relation to the ward learning objectives . |
| 4 | Social psychoanalysis , by contrast , takes the view that contemporary character should not merely be explained by reference to contemporary culture and childrearing , but that in any society contemporary childrearing and culture are the consequences of historical changes and that the contemporary individual recapitulates the cultural past and therefore , by a sort of reverse neoteny , experiences in his childhood the traumas and stages of ego- and superego-development which occurred in the adult lives of his ancestors . |
| 5 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |
| 6 | As fearful , angry , brave , quarrelsome , competitive , kind , generous , cooperative etc. do not exist in the world as measurable qualities , but humans as social beings may develop all , or none , to varying extents , so social behaviour like war can only be explained with reference to complex social factors , not to some assumed universal inner state . |
| 7 | The conclusion to be derived from the above is that the overdevelopment of the bureaucracy in the post-colonial state can only be explained by reference to factors which render other political institutions impotent . |
| 8 | The overall effect is visually complicated and inelegant , and could only be explained by recourse to arcane ritual references , which at this distance of time we have little hope of tracing . |
| 9 | In this case , they can only be assessed by reference to actuality . |
| 10 | In our response to the English language , both as readers and writers , we depend on an intimate feeling for words and rhythms and innuendoes and images and ironies which can only be achieved by exposure to great English literature . |
| 11 | In other words , crime is a relative concept ; it can only be defined in relation to particular criminal laws which are effective at particular times and in particular societies . |
| 12 | Secondly , if the nearest relative objects an order can only be made by application to the county court , which would complicate and delay the process . |
| 13 | Indeed the specifications of a stress-free and satisfying job can only be made in relation to the tasks being undertaken . |
| 14 | This can only be evaluated with respect to the distribution of scores obtained by the standardisation sample ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 15 | Interpretation must always be a matter of matching up what is new to what is familiar : ideas can only be understood in reference to established categories of thought . |
| 16 | Social theories thus argue that freedom requires an understanding of the self and our self-understanding or identity can only be understood in relation to the practices of our society . |
| 17 | Thus in the Mediterranean basin the evolution of valleys ( Vita-Finzi , 1969 ) could only be understood by reference to human activity and , more biogeographically , the significance of cultural biogeography was exemplified by the work of Professor D.R. Harris , which was initially in the field of historical ecology but proceeded to embrace the domestication of plants and animals ( e.g. Harris , 1968 ) and which later led to greater contacts with archaeology and to his appointment as Professor of Archaeology in the University of London in 1979 . |
| 18 | In the assessment of cleanliness this can only be done by inspection to be carried out after cleaning has been completed . |
| 19 | Such a capacity would not explain the specific instances of human sociocultural arrangements in their immense variety — that could only be done by reference to local histories , local circumstances , and local causes but it could explain how such a range and history of variation was possible at all . |
| 20 | However , questions about the meaning of sentences , such as ’ Who did he mean by the woman he saw last night ? ’ can usually only be answered with reference to facts about the world , i.e. , the specific denotation . |
| 21 | This question can only be answered with reference to specific indexing environments . |
| 22 | ‘ But whether , in the ordinary case to which section 5 of the Theft Act 1968 does not apply , goods are to be regarded as belonging to another is a question to which the criminal law offers no answer and which can only be answered by reference to civil law principles . |
| 23 | Work could only be substituted for leisure to a limited extent because of the strict prohibition against work on the Sabbath ; and most of all by the principle of jubilee . |
| 24 | It should by now be clear that the language behaviour of young black Londoners of Caribbean background can only be described with reference to patterns of code-switching , between the two perceived varieties " ordinary English " ( which in practice means London English ) and " Patois " , which I have argued is a variety of Jamaican Creole . |
| 25 | The ‘ duchy of Aquitaine ’ in the mid-thirteenth century can only be described in relation to the kingdom of France . |
| 26 | Note that as with here , the meaning of come can only be explicated by reference to pragmatic or contextual parameters ( speakers , addressees , times and places of speaking ) . |
| 27 | the written transcript will only be used in preference to the tape if neither prosecution nor defence sees any advantage in playing it , but it does not necessarily follow from this that the tape discloses nothing more than the transcript . |
| 28 | Now all I 'm suggesting to him is that there is here apparently a requirement laid down by the treaty which ca n't be aggregated by any one individual member state which could actually only be enforced by reference to a court of justice and what I 'd like to ask is in the light of this very deep seated concern by the French about Strasbourg er and the European parliament building and the knowledge that this is of such importance to the er of er voting and of representation in the community of the European elections . |
| 29 | Thus , transactions in shares could only be taken into account to the extent ruled by the Special Commissioner . |
| 30 | Another view was that six-monthly reports should only be required in relation to those firms ( regardless of size ) that had already been late in delivering their annual reports . |