Example sentences of "[conj] is [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Garner said : ‘ Whether or not a murder charge stands or is reduced to manslaughter depends entirely on the individual case . |
| 2 | It is our feeling that the council needs to be encouraged to take that attitude because if we have a change of policy as the District Council are asking , so that the number of sites released from industrial use is compensated by new green field sites being allocated , then it seems a little bit like a blank cheque to us and we should like to see a firmer control on the amount of land that is lost to development and in seeing that firmer control we 'd like to put pressure on the District Council by not offering them compensation |
| 3 | It may be argued that because the affective domain deals with qualitative differences it can not be planned for in the same systematic way that is applied to knowledge , and that it is best dealt with by providing suitable models , and by discussion when problems and student needs arise . |
| 4 | Garg and Gotlieb have developed a method that is related to interpolation searching , and in which the algorithm is based on an analysis of the key sequence , rather than on a presupposition such as the effectiveness of any particular procedure — say mid-square or division . |
| 5 | Otherwise not only will results concerning group size and composition be misleading , but results involving any variable that is related to size of group are likely to be inaccurate . |
| 6 | Casodex is a drug that blocks the release of testosterone , a hormone that is linked to prostate cancer . |
| 7 | You should ensure that the new SPR is based on an SPR identifier that is known to LIFESPAN . |
| 8 | This does not mean though that the analogy is unimportant in mobilising habits of deference or in raising individual awareness of the importance that is attached to company loyalty . |
| 9 | Paired activation of the parallel and climbing fibre inputs results in long-term depression of the parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapse , which is thought to be mediated through the mGlu receptor that is coupled to InsP 3 formation ( Box 1 ) . |
| 10 | It is precisely this rewriting of ‘ history ’ as ‘ hystery ’ that is forbidden to woman . |
| 11 | Martin Smith , of Brighton Kemptown , protested : ‘ We want a Labour government , but that does not mean to say that we are going to meekly accept inadequate policies and an economic policy that is doomed to failure . ’ |
| 12 | Moreover , the second band shows a progression with a reduced NN stretching frequency , and is assigned to ionization from the π u bonding level . |
| 13 | If a son or daughter commits a crime and is sentenced to imprisonment , the court will not allow an anxious father or mother to take their place , so how can it be that my sin can be taken by another ? |
| 14 | Spending by public sector organisations has to comply with complex and changing legal regulations , and is exposed to scrutiny at a number of levels . |
| 15 | The Female Beggar in An Evening Walk — the first of Wordsworth 's deserted women — laments for her soldier ‘ Asleep on Bunker 's charnel hill afar ’ , and the Female Vagrant , having followed her husband across the Atlantic , loses him and her children and is reduced to destitution . |
| 16 | Action : A module X , which is not referenced by a user package and is known to LIFESPAN must be on an active DC in LIFESPAN to allow entry of the module . |
| 17 | An animal model of colitis , however , has been developed recently using the free radical initiator , 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride and trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid , which also induces colitis experimentally and is metabolised to superoxide and hydrogen peroxide by rat colon homogenates or isolated colonocytes . |
| 18 | ‘ She has a chill and is confined to bed . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'd arranged that she would call in while you and Vitor were here , but unfortunately she 's sprained her ankle and is confined to home . |
| 20 | Heavy drinking affects the heart and is linked to brain disorders . |
| 21 | Claiming truancy has risen significantly and is linked to crime , he encouraged local authorities to prosecute parents who fail to ensure children are at school . |
| 22 | Looking for excitement and with little thought for his family , he steals a friend 's car , knocks down and badly injures a girl and is taken to court . |
| 23 | John Thaw says he knows , but is sworn to secrecy . |
| 24 | It cites the case of ‘ Edward Stapleton … a young attorney of London ’ , who appears to have died of typhus , but is restored to life by use of a ‘ galvanic battery ’ . |