Example sentences of "[adj] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Also , other measures of pairwise probe distance/similarity may prove to be better-suited to future applications than the maximum-likelihood distance used here . |
2 | Patients with ‘ non-ulcer dyspepsia ’ who seem refractory to all treatments might be assessed in this way to ensure they do not have a gross disorder of gastric emptying , but the likelihood that the result will advance clinical management seems small . |
3 | Although there are several possible explanations for these findings as reviewed by Skaer ( 1981 ) , it is possible that some α-granules may remain refractory to secretory stimuli . |
4 | You 'll be faster , less bothersome to other parties , and wo n't spend the whole climb in mortal fear of tripping up on your own rope ! |
5 | Each cassette for Europe will run for 60 minutes ; customers in the US and Japan will get 90 minutes ' playing time , However companies hope to extend this to four hours . |
6 | All this to modern eyes looks like , and indeed very often was , mere selfish defence of local and sectional interests . |
7 | Let me say this to Labour Members : if for one moment they feel uneasy about the document , let us have the alternative that they have tabled ; let us know where we stand . |
8 | The purpose of of these four orders , which I must say I greatly welcome , it is one of the , the most beneficial things to come out of the B C C I er disaster er and er i if I can say in in effectively in answer to everything the honourable gentleman for Great Grimsby said and he and I have debated on many occasions , if fact usually on the television not on the floor of the house , but er an an an an because of it for not quite so long either , er but erm th the point I would make to his is that really what he was saying was th that what went wrong with B C C I is that Price Waterhouse knew there was fraud and did n't say so and that wha what Lord Justice Bingham pointed out was that there is a clear conflict of interest between the interest of the client who they work for and the public interest and that what needed , what was needed was some amendment to the banking act to clarify that and that is precisely what er this order actually does and you ca n't really er Madam Deputy Speaker , expect anyone to really seriously criticise the government when in actual fact not only have they come up with the regulation to deal with that but they 've also gone further and said we will apply this to financial services and to building societies and to insurance companies as well , just to be absolutely sure . |
9 | Mothers of handicapped children can extend this to 10 years or longer . |
10 | One disadvantage of this to all parties is that over a long period memories fade and evidence becomes more difficult to establish . |
11 | It will examine 16-18 year-old pupils ' responses to arguments about science-based social issues as presented in video/TV programmes , through small group discussions and relate this to two types of science course being taken at school by students of comparable ability — Science , Technology and Society ( STS ) courses , and more formal science courses . |
12 | But under a new team approach with pump agents Lasalle , BP hopes to increase this to two years within the next five years . |
13 | Reduce this to two tablespoons by rapid boiling . |
14 | Greenfield has attempted to apply this to other cultures , using questionnaires given to Wolof children to establish an empirical basis for the distinction ( 1972 ) . |
15 | ‘ Do you do this to many cars , dad ? ’ |
16 | An infinitary rule based on syntactic approximation extends this to general programs . |
17 | Relating this to actual flows , is restricted by the severe simplifications in deriving the equations , although there have been some experiments showing interesting behaviour . |
18 | This to ordinary mortals seems quite inaccessible but it has been climbed , the first ascent being in 1967 . |
19 | At the last count they had lifted this to 200 days and 350,000 hours . |
20 | Mention this to most clergymen and they will rightly say that spiritual development is far more important than a degree . |
21 | At Key Stage 1 teachers should work backwards from the present ( before I was born , 20 years ago , 50 years ago , 100 years ago etc. , relating this to different generations of parents , grandparents , great-grandparents ) . |
22 | Fast chargers and coffee break chargers reduce this to 15 minutes or a top up charge for 5 minutes . |
23 | As regards abortion , this may reflect inclusion of induced pregnancy terminations in the data and the close relationship of this to non-biological factors compared to spontaneous abortions . |
24 | The minimum monthly wage was raised to 200 roubles ( average wage 350 roubles ) ; on Nov. 22 the Russian Supreme Soviet raised this to 324 roubles . |
25 | The new plans , which have yet to receive official blessing , would drop this to 1–6 times . |
26 | By 1969 the port authority had reduced this to 700 hectares . |
27 | There is evidence to suggest that they had indeed been introduced before this to some offices — possibly as early as before Christmas 1872 — but it is clear from the strike committee minutes that they were not regarded by the union as a threat of any significance compared with that of outside labour . |
28 | Well , I suppose that er er i it i it is a barrier of some , some sort , some sort , but it does n't strike me as being a very strong one , er and all of this you see is and I say this to Noble Lords in all parts of the House , all of this is part of the continuing destruction of local authorities |
29 | Of course , it may be objected that the very notion of an ‘ art-object ’ is a cultural construct peculiar to certain traditions , but that notion is so deeply embedded in Western culture that it is difficult to dismiss it . |
30 | Moscovici uses the concept in a particular sense when he argues that social representations are peculiar to modern societies , for they are a ‘ specifically modern social phenomenon ’ ( 1984 : 952–3 ) . |