Example sentences of "[adv] directly [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the oesophagus is not directly exposed to tobacco smoke , its constituents condense in the mucous membranes of the mouth and pharynx and are swallowed . |
| 2 | And so we have a dimension of politics in international politics and within the state which is related to securing objectives which are not directly connected to security using the means of violence . |
| 3 | Many other factors not directly related to cold have been involved . |
| 4 | Although the other social characteristics available are not directly related to wealth , they are amenable to ranking in a general social and economic sense . |
| 5 | All these patients had bulky gastric tumours extending to nearby or distant organs and death was due to progressive and uncontrolable disease and was not directly related to surgery . |
| 6 | Delegates expressed the hope that the environmental damage caused during the Gulf War — in particular Iraq 's release of oil slicks and the firing of Kuwaiti oil wells and the UN coalition 's bombing of nuclear , chemical and biological warfare facilities — would focus governments ' attention on the need to deal with the environmental dimension of modern warfare and to outlaw environmentally damaging actions not directly related to war arms . |
| 7 | Much of the discussion at the meeting was about issues not directly related to cycling , such as the wearing of rear seat belts . |
| 8 | Since weak left handers were observed to have sinistral relatives more frequently than strong left handers , Hécaen and Sauguet inferred that " the intensity of left handedness is not directly related to bilaterality of language representation or to familial left handedness . |
| 9 | Of the two free-standing colleges , Bishop Grosseteste is endeavouring to diversify by offering courses of general education not directly related to teacher training , while Matlock has remained essentially a monotechnic institution , offering initial and in-service teacher-training courses . |
| 10 | Republican Senator John C. Danforth , the self-appointed mediator between the two sides , expressed his dismay over Bush 's opposition to a provision of Danforth 's proposed compromise bill which would prohibit employers from adopting employment standards which were not directly related to job performance . |
| 11 | For me this is most directly related to homework . ’ |
| 12 | Some assessments are much more directly related to action for improving a teacher 's teaching and assisting pupils in their learning rather than for classifying them by their level of attainment . |
| 13 | Its function is more directly linked to consumption , which it promotes by shattering the imaginary possibility over and over , repeatedly reopening the gap of desire . |
| 14 | Assumption 3 : Consumption ( C ) and saving ( S ) are both directly related to income ( Y ) . |
| 15 | Of the withdrawals , we have assumed that savings and imports are both directly related to income but that taxes are lump-sum taxes . |
| 16 | Household spending on consumption ( C ) and household saving ( S ) are both directly related to household after-tax income . |