Example sentences of "[be] [adj] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shorter the period over which prices are sticky in relation to the period over which government policy instruments are sticky , the more likely it is that the policy implications of chapter 4 will remain . |
| 2 | Holden calls someone a ‘ phoney ’ if they behave in a superficial way , or if they value the wrong things , for example money and beauty , and are hypocritical in order to be accepted in society . |
| 3 | Actions for damages ( as opposed to injunctions ) have not so far figured largely in litigation against individuals caused by industrial action ; the limits to union liability set by the 1982 Act are low in relation to the loss that may be suffered and the very large fines imposed for contempt by disobedience to injunctions have probably been a more powerful sanction . |
| 4 | Until the potential political power of the millions of women who are disadvantaged in relation to paid and unpaid labour and in retirement is realised , policies to combat the poverty of many of those aged 60 and over are not likely to be forthcoming . |
| 5 | This has been a source of satisfaction to the Computer Group , but has been due in part to the assistance we have received from many people . |
| 6 | These falls have been due in part to straightforward changes in age structure : fewer children — who tend to increase average household size — and more elderly people — who tend to live in smaller households — will both lower the overall average household size . |
| 7 | Without doubt a great deal of my enjoyable working life has been due in part to being lucky enough to work with . |
| 8 | Of course the absence of any such response to these sentences in the original version might have been due in part to their location in the story . |
| 9 | Despite its widespread occurrence gold has always been scarce in relation to demand . |
| 10 | Sea-kayaks are unstable in comparison to river canoes I decide . |
| 11 | The L1 protein shows a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities in vitro , and its putative anti-proliferative properties are interesting in relation to the immunosuppression postulated to take place in lamina propria . |
| 12 | The strength of the Labour Party lay in its ability to win votes , which became increasingly clear in relation to the Liberals after the granting of manhood suffrage in 1918 and had been clear in relation to other socialist groups ever since 1900 . |
| 13 | In particular the researchers are interested in responses to a recent directive concerning the uses and meanings of literacy practices in the writers ' lives . |
| 14 | Falcons are interested in food to the exclusion of everything else , but an owl likes to know precisely what 's going on around it , even if it 's hungry . |
| 15 | The golden orb web-building spider Nephila clavipes has males which are tiny in comparison to their females . |
| 16 | Moore might well have presented his claim that good , in contrast to horse and various other universals , is simple , as the statement that it is a quality , for there is a sense in which all the universals most naturally called qualities are simple in contrast to other universals , such as forms ( e.g. shapes ) or structures ( e.g.the way in which an army is organized ) . |
| 17 | These small plateaux , covered in basaltic lavas , are similar in formation to that of Paúl da Serra to the west of the central mass . |
| 18 | Geologically the Desertas are similar in formation to the volcanic rocks of the Machico area ( post-Pliocene ) from which they are separated by a channel 50–100m deep . |
| 19 | The possibilities become more interesting when we begin to ask questions such as ‘ What objects in this database are similar in shape to this one ? ’ . |
| 20 | Scotland has 16 Central Institutions , which are similar in function to polytechnics in England and Wales , though they have always been controlled centrally by the Scottish Education Department rather than by local education authorities . |
| 21 | Attached brick-built garages are similar in cost to extensions ; pre-fabricated concrete garages cost from about £1,000 up to £4,000 , but now come in attractive finishes and , at the top of the range , with pitched roofs that can be tiled to match the house . |
| 22 | They have muscular tentacles in a well-developed head region , highly efficient eyes which are similar in construction to those of vertebrates ( although obviously independently derived ) , and they feed with the aid of strong , beak-like jaws . |
| 23 | Most a.c. bridges are similar in form to the Wheatstone bridge for measuring resistance described in section 3.9 . |
| 24 | The reactors are similar in design to the Chernobyl plant but have undergone a number of modifications since 1986 . |
| 25 | These formulations are supplied in liquid form and are similar in texture to detergents although with a slightly acrid smell unless perfumed . |
| 26 | In general , liquid densities are similar in value to the densities of solids . |
| 27 | Spider Riders are similar in principal to Wolf Riders and the same comments apply . |
| 28 | They are similar in habits to the rockhoppers . |
| 29 | As a nation , we 're all in hock to the tune of over £24 billion — and that 's excluding mortgages on property . |
| 30 | As a nation , we 're all in hock to the tune of over 24 billion — and that 's excluding mortgages on property . |