Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] to [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because reinforcement is derived from the termination of noxious events , it is referred to as negative reinforcement . |
| 2 | Since this relationship is established through the reduction of pleasant environmental events , it is referred to as negative punishment . |
| 3 | If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals . |
| 4 | It is adhered to by increasing numbers who have become disillusioned with British identity and have seen Paisley 's words about the traitorous nature of British governments become reality as protestant — loyalist domination in Ulster has been continuously eroded . |
| 5 | I do n't really see how erm it is going to in any way weaken people 's ability to make an effective er objection . |
| 6 | That machine has now gone back to being called the Model 54 and will appear as a 45MHz TAB-packaged four-way , as it was meant to at one time . |