Example sentences of "[adv] in [noun sg] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhat in contrast to these findings about Thatcher and Kinnock , the visibility of all ‘ other ’ Conservative and Labour politicians ( taken in each case as a collective , unspecified ‘ other ’ ) became more predictable as the election approached . |
| 2 | Somewhat in contrast to these findings about Thatcher and Kinnock , the visibility of all ‘ other ’ Conservative and Labour politicians , taken in each case as a collective ‘ other ’ , became more predictable as the election approached . |
| 3 | The European Space Agency ( ESA ) announced on May 26 , apparently in response to financial pressures , that the manned space shuttle Hermes would not be launched until 2005 , if at all . |
| 4 | In spite of these developments , however , the rate of growth of the environmental movement in Europe remained fairly slow until 1986 when it suddenly accelerated , apparently in response to environmental disasters such as the explosion at the Chernobyl reactor in April of the same year . |
| 5 | This was prompted by reports that the two governments had been providing logistic support for UNITA — South African Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha , hitherto a negotiator in the conflict [ see p. 39129 ] , had been declared persona non grata on Nov. 6 , apparently in response to these reports . |
| 6 | I 'm not saying necessarily in response to that resolution , but at least in the direction that we were hoping . |
| 7 | Even using apparently direct measures of morbidity is problematical , as reporting may be different between social groups , especially in response to general questions such as the ‘ limiting longstanding sickness ’ item in the general household survey and 1991 census . |
| 8 | Parliament 's two major functions are : ( 1 ) the making or approval of legislation and ( 2 ) the control of the Executive , especially in relation to financial matters . |
| 9 | acid deposition , especially in relation to atmospheric emissions and potential damage to ecological sites and the soil ; |
| 10 | Medical sources of information have helped to clarify trends in violent crime especially in relation to unreported domestic and street violence and have identified causes of injury more precisely . |
| 11 | The band have often been criticised for their imperious stance , especially in relation to early material and the decision to stop playing encores . |
| 12 | However , will he assure the House that the importance of retained profits is truly understood by his Department , especially in relation to unquoted companies where the profits ploughed back by those companies are often the only source of capital ? |
| 13 | By handling the key points with different speeds and rhythms , the physiotherapist can change the patient 's body reactions , especially in relation to automatic spastic responses . |
| 14 | When the motivation of younger constables leads to offences being treated seriously , older or more dominant constables often use the celebration as a reason for discretion , especially in relation to drink-related offences . |
| 15 | The points made by Freud in the theory of psychoanalysis are tentative , especially in relation to female sexuality and to the sequences involved in psycho-sexual development . |
| 16 | The final section will discuss her representation of the female body , especially in relation to contemporary ideals of beauty . |
| 17 | They concluded that , especially in relation to fluvial processes , explanations that ignore the role of human activities run the risk of eliminating one of the most significant variables and perhaps an appropriate note on which to end this chapter is their affirmation that ( Graf , Trimble , Toy and Costa , 1980 , p. 281 ) : |
| 18 | At the time , though , the Nicholson legend was slow to take off , especially in comparison to that of his chum Warren Beatty , who became a Hollywood name even before his first picture was released . |
| 19 | I have read too many surveys in Aura — written them indeed — which prove that men feel trapped and uneasy if the word ‘ love ’ is mentioned , especially in proximity to any other word suggesting permanence . |
| 20 | [ … ] But it will be useful , especially in respect to future discussions on monopoly and on selling costs , to explain a little more specifically how the market process operates in a world of production . |
| 21 | Soon after Naxos , Athens undertook a big aggressive campaign in the south-eastern Aegean , under Kimon 's leadership ; this was perhaps in response to allied discontent at the way the league was turning into a machine for policing its own members . |
| 22 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
| 23 | Leeds , Leicester , and the Open University geology departments do not feature very highly in relation to Scottish geology , but Cambridge , Oxford , Edinburgh and Durham score well in most of the bibliometric indicators studied here . |
| 24 | Frost-hardening — the process that enables plants to withstand freezing conditions without damage — is a property of cells that develops seasonally in response to climatic factors . |
| 25 | So in addition to standard depreciation allowances , certain designated sectors can write off another 25 per cent of the investment against tax in the first year , while in energy saving or robotic investment the rate has gone as high as 60 per cent . |
| 26 | I do n't want to sort of wade in in response to that , I want other people to er |
| 27 | The book says that Eliot 's truest poetry was a form of plagiarism , in the benign sense that ‘ it was only in response to other poetry that Eliot could express his own deepest feelings ’ . |
| 28 | In Du Cubisme they wrote : ‘ A decorative work exists only by virtue of its destination , comes to life only in relationship to determinate objects … |
| 29 | A desire to get to London can be irrational only in relation to other desires . |
| 30 | Given the kind of society that we have at the moment , I think so , because in the home — I mean aside from being defined as a housewife — you 're really defined only in relation to other people , so what you say about self definition , erm self fulfilment , is absolutely crucial . |