Example sentences of "[adj] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were so horrendous to each other . |
| 3 | Communal life survived until the beginning of the nineteenth century and traditions peculiar to that way of life had lingered into the present . |
| 4 | This type of survey was first developed seriously in the United States , and its importance can similarly be traced to economic and social factors peculiar to that country at a particular stage in its history . |
| 5 | The British ‘ aristocracy of labour ’ , a stratum peculiar to that country where the class of independent small producers , shopkeepers , etc. , was relatively insignificant , as was the lower middle class of white-collar workers and minor bureaucrats , helped to turn the Liberal Party into a party with genuine mass appeal . |
| 6 | Yet Leslie was a Nonjuror and a Jacobite , and this way of thinking was peculiar to that group . |
| 7 | A smell peculiar to that place assailed his nostrils with its pungency . |
| 8 | And techniques that are peculiar to that job . |
| 9 | The general increase in demand is misread by all of our hypothetical islanders : it is perceived on each island as an isolated ( forgive the pun ) , specific phenomenon peculiar to that island . |
| 10 | It will be of value to itemise those aspects peculiar to that situation , and for convenience I divide them into ‘ helps ’ and ‘ hindrances ’ : |
| 11 | According to Marshall , when supply exceeded demand in any market , the forces of competition would exert downward pressure on the price peculiar to that market . |
| 12 | Thus , the abstract ‘ idea ’ of ‘ man ’ , what Locke calls a nominal essence , differs from that of ‘ Peter ’ and ‘ Paul ’ 'in the leaving out something , that is peculiar to each individual ; and retaining so much of those particular complex ideas , of several particular existences , as they are found to agree in . ’ |
| 13 | The actual rates of operation of the processes of precipitation , interception , evaporation , transpiration , overland flow , throughflow and groundwater flow depend upon climatic , vegetative , pedological , topographic and geological conditions peculiar to each drainage basin . |
| 14 | The curricular answers to such questions must involve some analysis of the knowledge , skills and norms peculiar to each profession . |
| 15 | Some problems seem peculiar to each profession : the balance between technology and human relations in medicine ; the relationship between the two branches of the legal profession ; the status of some branches of engineering ; the balance between generic and specialized social work ; the growing shortage of young nurses ; the low morale in teaching ; the uncertain identity of management ; the crisis of confidence in architecture . |
| 16 | The other root of the idea of restraints is shared by medieval and modern constitutionalism and is peculiar to some extent to Western culture . |
| 17 | It seems to be a feature almost peculiar to this country , and nothing could be healthier for scholarship . |
| 18 | The house is built of rock-faced sandstone which is of the deepest pink , peculiar to this area , and its roofs are of patterned slate . |
| 19 | After all , the physical facts of life are commonplace throughout the universe ; the biological , so far as we know , are peculiar to this planet and then for only a very brief part of its history . |
| 20 | In spite of all the traumas of the last four years Meg 's inner self was too confidently rooted to be prone to that kind of sexual or social self-abasement . |
| 21 | ‘ She should have worn her flip-flops , ’ he said , and was startled by the sudden explosion of mirth , but then his mother was always a bit prone to that sort of thing . |
| 22 | As I 'm not prone to that complaint I ca n't comment , but you need to watch it in boggy places and crossing streams . |
| 23 | Netting is particularly prone to such earthing , and the bottom horizontal ( which is not electrified ) is frequently bitten through by rabbits or badgers , making gaps for lambs to squeeze through . |
| 24 | She was prone to such confusion |
| 25 | However , ‘ bosses ’ were less prone to such detachment than ‘ managing directors ’ , since they tended to place a high value on knowing , and hence controlling , all aspects of school life . |
| 26 | The abundant volatiles particularly prone to such condensation are H 2 O , CO 2 , CH 4 and NH 3 , that is , the common icy materials . |
| 27 | The toddler age group is particularly prone to this type of behaviour problem and parents may seek help from GPs and paediatricians who may just say that the child will grow out of it ( Christopherson 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Ogons are especially prone to this foreshortening |
| 29 | Congenital deafness is more commonly associated with some dogs than others — white boxers , for example , are prone to this condition . |
| 30 | All fish that actually have a swimbladder , are prone to this disorder , but it seems some species particularly the fancy varieties of ornamental fish are especially at risk , in particular goldfish . |