Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same is done when religion is reduced to ethics , or treated simply as a movement within history , to be explained and defended , or even proved , by historical research and demonstration . |
| 2 | If your stomach feels tender and you have a slight temperature ( cystitis is an infection ) the best remedy is to go to bed with a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel against your stomach . |
| 3 | In fact at present much land taken for chalk extraction is lost to agriculture permanently . |
| 4 | The bottom opening of the segment ring is cut to 45° to accept the bottom panel . |
| 5 | Should one warhorse be slain the wagon can still move but its speed is reduced to 4″ . |
| 6 | When this episode is mentioned to PD and Paul , they merely shrug their shoulders and close ranks . |
| 7 | When this sustained-release bolus is administered to calves just prior to turn-out , it prevents the development of infections acquired from overwintered larvae and so prevents the deposition of eggs during the spring . |
| 8 | Most of the loss is attributed to population growth and rural poverty , leading to land clearance for agriculture . |
| 9 | For homesexual males , the annual incidence of AIDS is expected to plateau in 1994 in line with a peak annual incidence of HIV infection in 1983–84 . |
| 10 | By contrast , scientific knowledge is bound up with rationalism and , whether one wishes it or not , rationalism is allied to science , and demands scientific goals . |
| 11 | We assume throughout that demands are generated by a single aggregate utility function and that tax revenue is returned to consumers in lump-sum form . |
| 12 | The offence of murder is restricted to intent , and it would seem natural that recklessness as to the same consequences should amount to the lesser offence of manslaughter . |
| 13 | But this argument will seem less persuasive when we have discussed cases of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility : where a murder is reduced to manslaughter , the judge has a wide sentencing discretion and may , according to the facts of the case , select a determinate prison sentence , a hospital order , or life imprisonment . |
| 14 | The rest of the first half of the programme is given to Franz Lehar , with his great ‘ Gold and Silver Waltz ’ , followed by a selection from his evergreen success , ‘ The Merry Widow ’ ( 1905 ) . |
| 15 | An increase on the 1,000 million yen in environmental aid provided last year , the programme is linked to acid rain in Japan caused by pollution in China . |
| 16 | With regard to the former , power in the sphere of circulation is linked to power in the sphere of production : the greater a group 's access to rewards in the latter , the greater its strength in the exchange processes . |
| 17 | Once common , the seal is believed to number only around 300 , most of which live in small , scattered colonies , thereby weakening their chances of survival . |
| 18 | JMD 's mail is given to JMB after being date stamped . |
| 19 | As the Secretary of State is aware , Westminster hospital is due to close and the accident and emergency department is to move to St. Thomas 's hospital . |
| 20 | Remember to ensure the instrument is tuned to concert pitch while making these adjustments . |
| 21 | Research is needed to measure prescribing outcomes and health gain before new drugs and formulations are used |
| 22 | Greater weight is given to propositions by judges of courts higher in the hierarchy of courts . |
| 23 | Greater weight is given to propositions contained in judgments where the judges took time to consider their judgments . |
| 24 | Greater weight is given to propositions which have been repeated by judges in a number of cases . |
| 25 | Greater weight is given to propositions in cases where the decision was unanimous . |
| 26 | Greater weight is given to propositions which appear to be broadly consistent with the general law governing the area in which the proposition arises . |
| 27 | Scant weight is given to indices of economic deprivation , such as unemployment levels and proportions of children or families in receipt of Supplementary Benefit . |
| 28 | The evidence suggests that future expectations are an important determinant of the level of investment , although more weight is given to expectations about relative price changes over the current quarter . |
| 29 | In job applications , more weight is given to publications in international journals . |
| 30 | VIP is localised to neurones in the lamina propria , submucousal , and myenteric plexuses of the gut and mediates the descending inhibitory reflex . |