Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first fall since 1973 and was due predominantly to reductions in the numbers of remand prisoners , due to the success of the probation service 's bail information schemes , and sentenced young offenders , partly due to the stricter criteria for custodial sentences for young people required by the 1988 Criminal Justice Act , and partly to the drawing up and implementation of ‘ action plans ’ for community plans by the probation service . |
| 2 | Like the hon. Gentleman , I regret the job losses at Clydesdale , which are due fundamentally to overcapacity in seamless tubes . |
| 3 | ‘ What ? ’ he says accusingly , his anger at the teachers somehow getting displaced on to Marjorie . |
| 4 | Apart from random fluctuations , due mostly to sampling and response errors ( the latter are very common in retrospective surveys ) , the relationship between infant mortality and birth order took reversed " J " , " U " or " J " shaped forms in most of the sampled communities . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that there is a transition between the minor forms and the major ones : indeed , there seem to be fundamental differences between the two ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) , including the fact that the minor forms , being due mainly to surface creep , have the coarser grains in the ridges , while the larger forms , due mostly to saltation , tend to have the finer material near the crests . |
| 6 | What had happened to us could not , I thought , have been due entirely to education — not even to the idea that girls develop more quickly than boys to a certain point and then slow down ; but as I still clung loyally to my little world where all clergymen were good , all solicitors honest , and all philosophers and experts different from ordinary people and unquestionably right , I struggled hard against any idea that I might still be wiser than Bertrand Russell in some respects . |
| 7 | Moreover , the fact that we know so much about Mozart 's early years is due entirely to Leopold 's desire to record the events in his son 's life . |
| 8 | These socio-economic differences in school-leaving age are not due entirely to IQ differences . |
| 9 | An analysis of the half-year accounts and projections for the end of 1991 indicated that LAB 's expenditure for the year would be somewhat over budget , due entirely to costs hitherto outside it control . |
| 10 | " My dishevelled appearance is due entirely to Miss Topaz Chilcott , who imagined that I was going to have my wicked way with her . |
| 11 | The increased detection of anti-HEV in adults in our study could reflect a cohort of Turkish residents infected with HEV in the past and a younger generation unexposed to virus , due perhaps to improvements in sanitation . |
| 12 | The relatedness of fetal mortality to birth intervals is widely discussed in the relevant literature but , due perhaps to lack of reliable data even from developed countries , without resolution . |
| 13 | If a fish was receptive enough to electricity to pick up any tiny currents induced in its body , they would provide an additional guide to the Earth 's magnetic field . |
| 14 | Henceforth , like St Paul , she was dead to the world and alive only to God . |
| 15 | Politics must play a major role in any decision — but how long can the organisers afford to defer their verdict on whether the country is stable enough to stage World Cup 1995 ? |
| 16 | The polymer solution is separated from the pure solvent by a membrane , permeable only to solvent molecules . |
| 17 | Even at this stage it is preferable only to sketch in secondary details , fragmentary accompaniment ideas , etc. , before completing a whole section of the main subject matter . |
| 18 | A vet told the inquiry her Jersey herd is unique , her natural breeding programme has produced the only such herd strong enough to winter outdoors . |
| 19 | so that was n't strong enough to shovel coal ? |
| 20 | The scrum has also looked solid enough to date , although no side has really put it under any pressure yet . |
| 21 | However , it could be argued that an organisation is badly structured because it is poorly managed , and even if it were restructured , poor management would continue to depress the organisation 's performance — ie. performance may not be attributable only to structure . |
| 22 | As the slabs had been laid direct on to earth , a layer of hardcore was needed . |
| 23 | The present project aims to speed up the process at both the collection and analysis stages , by the development of software which will operate with speed , simplicity and flexibility , while the use of a portable computer will make it possible to enter material direct on to disc . |
| 24 | Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ? |
| 25 | Never valuing him enough to be jealous , never arriving suddenly to catch him out , never finding his mail interesting enough to steam open ! |
| 26 | They were not er they were old enough to work , they were much older than me . |
| 27 | But in the first instance , as I say we , I was one of six children and er I do n't think there was one working while they was , I mean they was all born before there was anybody old enough to work , you find , that 's And our Albert , me dad had Albert up and he er never give me mother any wages for Albert . |
| 28 | And I said to me mother , I says look here , when I 'm old enough to work I say 's , I ai n't going to work for me dad I shall get a job on me own . |
| 29 | This boy of yours is twenty-five years old , old enough to father children and break hearts . |
| 30 | It 's often more exciting not to preplan what 's going to happen in the scene , but we do need to know what has happened up to now . |