Example sentences of "are [vb pp] to [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , we are treated to the results of a 10-year study of the foraging activity of a laboratory colony of Atta , information on the biology of the immense carpenter ant genus Camponotus and unique insights into the alkaloidal pharmacopoeia of fire ants . |
| 2 | ‘ the body of our dear brother here departed to a hemmed-in churchyard , pestiferous and obscene , where malignant diseases are communicated to the bodies of our dear brothers and sisters who have not departed … where a reeking little tunnel of a court gives access to the iron gate — here they lower our dear brother down a foot or two : here sow him in corruption , to be raised in corruption : an avenging ghost at many a sick-bedside . ’ |
| 3 | Moreover , when Dickens alludes in Bleak House to ‘ a hemmed-in churchyard , pestiferous and obscene , whence malignant diseases are communicated to the bodies of our dear brothers and sisters who have not departed ’ , he is not being metaphorical . |
| 4 | Learners are exposed to the voices of children and adults , native and non-native speakers , and a number of different regional and national accents . |
| 5 | So it is important to remember that schools are not factories — however frequently we are told that they have to ‘ deliver ’ the curriculum , and however deliberately we are exposed to the pressures of competition and market forces . |
| 6 | All farmers are exposed to the vagaries of the weather and the ever-present risks of disease ; their economic viability depends on the natural advantages and disadvantages of terrain , position and climate . |
| 7 | Henk Vlug of the Dutch Plant Protection Service has suggested that the beetles are attracted to the fields by the odour of manure and lay their eggs in the slits . |
| 8 | There is no reason to suppose that such effects are confined to the victims of rape as traditionally defined : although sexual assaults vary in their degree , there may be many other forms of sexual assault which are serious enough to create such profound physical and psychological after-effects . |
| 9 | In contrast , the side chains of MeLeu9 and Abu2 are located to the sides of the binding pocket ( Fig. 2 ) and can accommodate a variety of side chains consistent with the structure/activity relationships . |
| 10 | So Bedford , Leeds , Norwich , Hastings , Weymouth , are added to the places from which you travel electric to London , perhaps not so bad a score for the decade . |
| 11 | In the object-oriented model , the features of a cat are added to the features of a mammal ( to which sub-class cat belongs ) and the features of a mammal include the features of all animals ( the class to which mammal belongs ) . |
| 12 | Many ewes also are moved to the lowlands for the winter . |
| 13 | Government objectives , we have argued , are transmitted to the railways through bargaining relationships between the political controllers and railway management , rather than being directly and automatically imposed . |
| 14 | The propulsive forces are transmitted to the forequarters through the trunk . |
| 15 | The Engineering Council also operates the Technology Enhancement Programme which is for 14–19 year olds and aims to increase capability in technology , mathematics and science , developing skills that are matched to the needs of industry . |
| 16 | plan research programs that are tailored to the needs of each different ‘ cluster ’ of countries . |
| 17 | The lively and varied entertainments programme and excellent facilities are tailored to the needs of these students . |
| 18 | To create databases that contain local statistics and are tailored to the needs of particular units of work within the curriculum . |
| 19 | The modified regulations are tailored to the requirements of business people for a more comprehensive , responsive and cost effective service than we could provide under the general rules . |
| 20 | The investigation of the language of popfiction is here conducted , in the author 's own words , at three levels : " a level of verbal choice and organisation , a level of narrative structure , and a level at which stylistic options and devices are related to the ideologies of manliness and womanliness which we either bring to our reading or derive from it " ( p. xi ) . |
| 21 | Especially note that the senses in which the signal e.m.f.s act are related to the senses of the input and output signal currents . |
| 22 | The University of Oxford 's policy and practice require that entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure . |
| 23 | The University of Oxford 's policy and practice require that entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure . |
| 24 | These patterns are related to the patterns of input but already selective recoding has begun , since some aspects of the input will activate the nervous system more than others . |
| 25 | The inshore limits of wave erosion are related to the heights of high tides , so that the inshore margin of a marine terrace may vary by 6–7 5 m ( 20–25 ft ) ( half the tidal range ) from areas with no tides to areas with the maximum tidal ranges known . |
| 26 | Some of these are related to the costs of modern medicine and the limits to which efficiency savings can be made in nonclinical areas . |
| 27 | The primary task of the external auditors is to report on the truth and fairness of the financial statements which are presented to the members at their annual general meeting . |
| 28 | In nationalized industries , the professional standards are those which are applied to the accounts of PLCs . |
| 29 | The great advantage is that no external stimuli are applied to the subjects of the observation — all their actions and the situations they are in are absolutely normal . |
| 30 | If those principles are applied to the facts of the present case , in particular to the Commissioners ' finding that the transaction did not involve any bounty on the part of Mr Levy , it is clear that there was no disposition , agreement , or other transaction within s454(3) of the 1970 Act [ now TA 1988 , s681(4) ] . |