Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most generally accepted mechanism of evolutionary change is the modern version of Darwinian natural selection , based on the simple propositions that ( a ) like begets like , though with minor , essentially chance , variations ; ( b ) all organisms are capable of producing more offspring than actually can survive to maturity and reproduce in their turn ; ( c ) those offspring that do survive to reproduce must in some way be variants that are better adapted to their environment than those that fail ; and ( d ) those favoured variants are likely to reproduce the favourable variation in their own offspring . |
| 2 | To achieve this end , it proposes to provide students with experiences which are functionally related to their course work . |
| 3 | The low number of trainers , who are already stretched to their limit , gives rise for concern . |
| 4 | The pragmatics of all these statements — the ways they are used to produce certain effects on the people to whom they are addressed — are thus tied to their propaganda value for particular campaigns or positions , or to their instrumental value in furthering the personal or political objectives of particular individuals or groups . |
| 5 | The economic differences are that taxes are not related to the services which taxpayers might receive from the authority ; whereas rents paid by individuals are directly related to their occupancy of council houses . |
| 6 | The spirits can move the instruments , since they are strongly attuned to their protection . |
| 7 | Clearly those who live with their dependant are heavily committed to their task . |
| 8 | The project is concerned with identifying those household characteristics that are systematically related to their position in the income or living standard distribution . |