Example sentences of "are [adj] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This is much easier to follow than text which is long-winded and frequently ambiguous or file designs or programming flowcharts which are understandable only to the computer professional . |
2 | She gladly gave her blood for a substantial blood transfusion , and the patient was told after-wards by the doctor , ‘ You owe the fact that you are alive today to the crossing sweeper who first detected a movement in you when you were in the mortuary and then gave her blood for you . ’ |
3 | The decline in hospital orders and the rise of prison sentences are traceable formally to the practice of modern psychiatrists of recommending fewer hospital orders , and in reality to the more restrictive policy on admission to special hospitals being pursued by the DHSS , and also to the higher proportion of defendants who are declared to have ‘ recovered ’ by the time of the trial . |
4 | When the arrears are payable , the presumption is that they are to be paid provided there are surplus assets available , whether or not these represent accumulated profits which might have been distributed by way of dividend , but that they are payable only to the date of the commencement of the winding up . |
5 | The advantages of being able to run baits out to any spot within range of your radio signal are obvious even to an objector and to sit on a reservoir bank as electro-man catches pike on free-lined herrings at 200 yards , whilst my weapon hangs limp in the still air waiting for a stiff breeze has been frustrating . |
6 | For example , ministers are responsible formally to the monarch . |
7 | Note that the absolute values of n are accurate only to a factor of 2 up or down but that the relative numbers from planet to planet are considerably more accurate . |
8 | Most offline facilities are available only to a user with Offline Manager privilege . |
9 | Most offline facilities are available only to a user with OFFLINE MANAGER privilege . |
10 | Catherine Lalumière , Secretary-General of the Council of Europe , acknowledged that " there is a contradiction between freedom of movement and the wish to avoid migratory inflows that are detrimental both to the country of origin and the receiving countries " . |
11 | Let us disregard the moral overtones which are irrelevant anyway to the concept of lying ( what makes lying bad is what is bad about what makes it lying ) . |
12 | Other clauses are subject to a test of reasonableness , and are enforceable only to the extent that they are shown to be reasonable . |
13 | CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category . |
14 | In addition , they will be expected to go on visits to their local Department of Social Security office , courts , industrial tribunal and other institutions that are relevant locally to the CAB clients . |
15 | The study was specifically about school boards , but the finding are relevant also to the planning of training in other fields , especially where volunteers with varied knowledge of existing concerns and varied understanding of their responsibilities are involved . |
16 | These coefficients are sensitive both to the difficulty of a test as well as its reliability ( consistency ) and so it is not easy to assess the latter . |
17 | Shareholders are liable only to the extent of the value of their paid-up shares . |
18 | Some books are devoted specifically to the sort of information which can be recovered from coins and the methodology of their study : M. Grant , Roman History from Coins ( 1958 ) ; John Casey , Understanding Ancient Coins ( 1986 ) ; M. H. Crawford , Sources for Ancient History ( 1983 ) , chapter 4 ; and J. Casey and R. Reece ( eds . ) , |