Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silos are used to store fresh grass which is fed to cattle in the cool winter months when grass stops growing . |
| 2 | It requires , in all but the most self-evident cases , the recognition that the content which is given to concepts such as proportionality will be dependent upon the identification of the particular political theory which is said to warrant the conclusion which is being drawn . |
| 3 | Firstly , in addition to looking for a general description of the information available in the films , this study was concerned particularly with information which is related to risks and potential risks in the scenes . |
| 4 | The most significant of these is schistosomiasis ( bilharzia ) , a debilitating disease that can cause liver fibrosis and bladder cancer , which is transmitted to humans by a parasitic worm that requires water-snails as an intermediate host . |
| 5 | Denton has classified the various forms of aid to industry under three headings : general incentives provided under various programmes to all industrial firms in all parts of the country ; industrial restructuring which again is universal in scope and geographical area and which is intended to encourage industrial efficiency ; and regional aid which is limited to firms in the deprived regions of the country . |
| 6 | There 's still unfortunately a great deal of history which is pegged to dates , and dates are very important to historians , but fortunately now there 's a lot of history which tries to bring the past back to life in some kind of way . |
| 7 | New from Ion Science was Labflow , a digital gas flow calculator which is calibrated to NAMAS/NBS to a precision of 2 per cent over the range of 0.1 to 500ml min -1 , providing a low cost solution to the measurement and setting of gas flows . |
| 8 | You have attempted to use an option which is restricted to users with the PROCESS MODEL OPERATIONS priv . |
| 9 | Not all of this enters the Mersey because the majority of aqueous mercury losses , which is discharged to canals as the highly insoluble mercuric sulphide and settles near the factory , is removed by dredgers for landfill before it gets there . |
| 10 | The other change is the invalid-care allowance which is paid to men and women who give up paid employment in order to care for a sick or elderly person , not necessarily a relative . |
| 11 | the University may wish to consider a review of the information about assessment and marking schemes which is provided to students . |
| 12 | They will form the editorial panel of The Defender , which is distributed to members of the North West branch of the George Cross Island Association , covering North West England and North Wales . |
| 13 | Finally , as liver failure was predominant in at least 16 of the 29 patients dying within six weeks and as our score gives an objective information about the outcome of the patient ( unlike the classicacl Child-Pugh classification which is subjected to changes after improvement of the patient 's status ) cirrhotic patients with their first , potentially lethal , variceal bleeding should be early stratified as candidates or not for liver transplantation and the decision to proceed to transplantation should be considered in the high risk group defined by us . |
| 14 | So far the discussion has focused on the offence of rape in English law , which is confined to cases of ‘ sexual intercourse ’ where the penis penetrates the vagina . |
| 15 | The discussion in the following paragraphs , which is confined to issues of particular importance for sociolinguistic research , draws heavily on Goldthorpe 's ( 1985 ) balanced introductory account . |
| 16 | There 's also the soft side , the Bill Morrison who is reduced to tears by Harry Secombe — ‘ I 'd love to be as good as him ’ and the Bill Morrison who confesses in an unguarded moment that as an epitaph he 'd like the description that appeared in a recent Times leader about him : ‘ a man they can trust ’ . |
| 17 | The man , who is known to police as a leading paramilitary figure , said future IRA attacks on the Shankill would be matched on a scale similar to the Jamaica Street incident . |
| 18 | However a special resolution required under the section may not be proposed unless it has been recommended by the directors , and there is circulated to members entitled to notice of the meeting a written statement by the directors of their reasons for making the recommendation , the amount to be paid to the company in respect of the proposed issue , and the directors ' justification of that amount . |
| 19 | Too often now death comes to one alone and unprepared and the news of it is broken to others , perhaps at night , by an impersonal voice on the telephone . |
| 20 | It is well worth visiting and contains facsimiles of many fine and interesting manuscripts , but be prepared for the fact that it is geared to schools and is therefore rather didactic . |
| 21 | Only when it is exposed to chemicals that harden the tissue and inhibit decay , a method known as fixation , is the brain easily studied and only then will it reveal the complexities of its organization . |
| 22 | A copy must be lodged with the Quotations Department and the Panel at the same time as it is posted to shareholders . |
| 23 | Although it is intended for all ages and abilities , in practice it is limited to Levels 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 24 | This is not unlike the high-technology if , vestment profile except that it is generalised to situations where the expected risks of high technology are absent . |
| 25 | The circulation of each newsletter is 5000 ( approx ) and it is distributed to students , all academic staff , academic-related staff , members of the court of the University , and to a wide variety of external organisations . |
| 26 | It is distributed to employees in 50 countries worldwide , finding its way to unlikely corners like the Falklands , and to 14 separate companies in the Caribbean alone . |
| 27 | It is left to readers to assess whether such explanations appear reasonable or contrived . |
| 28 | PFA chief executive Taylor said : ‘ We are going down a dangerous road when it is left to referees to decide whether players are injured or not . |
| 29 | In one way it is more limited , in that it is restricted to rodents , but in another it is less limited because rodent incisors are less variable between rodent taxonomic groups than are the molars . |
| 30 | Originally it covered all gifts , but since 1986 it is restricted to gifts on death or those made within seven years of death . |