Example sentences of "to [adj] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , this person 's role would not have been dissimilar to that undertaken by the present-day funeral director . |
| 2 | Damage to the cervical spine from rheumatoid arthritis has been noted in 30% to 46% of necropsy studies and is second in frequency only to that seen in the metatarsophalangeal joints . |
| 3 | A laparoscopic biopsy specimen of this mass ( Fig 4 ) showed diffuse infiltration of hilar connective tissue by inflammatory cells and fibroblasts producing a picture similar to that seen in the original thyroid biopsy specimen . |
| 4 | Photographs were distributed of young men wearing clothing similar to that worn by the two attackers involved in the incident which led to the death of Mr Sheldon , 20 . |
| 5 | Photographs were distributed of young men wearing clothing similar to that worn by the two attackers involved in the death of Mr Sheldon , 20 . |
| 6 | ‘ The audit function should be carried out by the Court of Auditors in a similar way to that adopted by the principal auditor of a multinational group of companies which has a number of foreign subsidiary companies . |
| 7 | This result could be achieved through the application of similar reasoning to that adopted by the Privy council in NZ Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite Co Ltd [ 1975 ] AC 154 . |
| 8 | On the contrary , according to the Middle East International of Feb. 22 , in the occupied territories the supporters of the PLO and those of its rival , the strongly Islamic Hamas , were brought together by a blend of secular nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism similar to that achieved by the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . |
| 9 | The Treasury Lords regarded the rejection of Hall 's Bill ‘ as a virtual abandonment of the whole scheme by the House of Commons ’ , and as the site was now limited to that authorized under the 1855 Act , they did not see why the plan prepared for that site should not be used . |
| 10 | Moreover , the strength of the positive signals broadly equated to that obtained with the IS900-PCR positive control ( equivalent to two M paratuberculosis genomes ) and suggests that the assay was operating at or near the limit of its sensitivity . |
| 11 | Nonetheless , the pattern of correlations over the ten junctions is extremely similar to that obtained in the previous study , see Figure 5.4 . |
| 12 | However , although frequently described as polytheistic , it would be more accurate to describe Hinduism as a religion which has become monotheistic by another route to that taken by the Near Eastern religions . |
| 13 | As a schoolmaster and later a headmaster his distinction was unexceeded by any in his profession , and the affection in which he is held by his former pupils is equal to that accorded to the legendary Mr Chips . |
| 14 | November new car sales rose by 6.3% to 106,902 and new commercial vehicle sales rose by 15.3% to 15,920 compared with the same month in 1991 . |
| 15 | The oesophageal mucosa was scored from grade 1 to 4 based on the endoscopic not histological appearance ( Table I ) . |
| 16 | The hydrocarbon ratios for the Tertiary coals behave similarly to those determined for the Palaeozoic coals ( Fig. 9 ) . |
| 17 | The ideal aim of a theory of turbulent motion would be the development of a statistical mechanics analogous to those developed in the kinetic theory of gases . |
| 18 | The model is then used to estimate the consequences of specified policies different to those assumed in the initial base forecast . |
| 19 | The heroin initiation patterns of this sample are quite similar to those displayed by the known sample with the exception of younger females . |
| 20 | School seems to offer both our groups of informants very little in the way of opportunities alternative to those formulated in the official theory of educational establishments . |
| 21 | The mean age of cases and controls was similar : 53.9 ( s.d. 8.8 ) and 53.1 ( s.d. 8.5 ) , respectively , and the mean cholesterol level in the control groups was identical to those obtained in the random samples of the first MONICA survey . |
| 22 | The ratios generated by the capture-recapture method display a remarkable similarity and identical ranking to those obtained by the first two methods . |
| 23 | Foucault 's distrust of conventional forms of history , as we have seen , is a consistent thread in his project , as is his insistence that his historical method is limited to addressing specific problems — often comparable to those posed by the social sciences — to historical documents and practices in order to make them intelligible . |
| 24 | The presence of carbon-bearing rocks similar to those studied here would raise the rock conductivity to moderate values if dry and to high values if also saturated with brines , producing values similar to those observed for the crustal high-conductivity zones by magnetotelluric methods . |
| 25 | Only two of these mice expressed the transgene in the brain , but at very reduced levels relative to those observed for the -300bp mice ( figure 6 ) . |
| 26 | The superhelical densities indicated correspond to those observed under the ionic strength conditions used in the transcription assays ( see Methods , section for preparation of plasmids with different superhelical densities ) . |
| 27 | God of all love , give vision to those dazzled by the bright lights of Christmas so that they see into the dark cribs beyond the packed inns and be the shepherd or the person of wisdom to those who have nothing to celebrate . |
| 28 | If the attributions are correct , then pieces by Alberti , Domenico Scarlatti , Eckard and Wagenseil will have to be added to those listed in the standard catalogues . |
| 29 | They have features , particularly chaotic polymorphisms , similar to those seen for the spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma . |
| 30 | It will be interesting to see whether the growth of high-interest bank deposits in the last two years and the recent increased volatility of stock and foreign exchange markets leads to a reversion of liquidity levels to those seen in the late 1970s . |