Example sentences of "[be] [adj] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Custody of the share certificate is regarded as the essential protection of the lender and it is not clear precisely how continuation of this popular method of providing security will be practicable in relation to uncertificated listed securities on the introduction of TAURUS — short of repealing section 360 of the Act and requiring ‘ account operators ’ to note equitable interests . |
| 2 | In other areas , precedent established some years ago in the light of circumstances then may be disputable in relation to the present day . |
| 3 | This may be attributable in part to employer attitudes in the form of an extreme hostility to trade unionism ( Clegg , 1976 ) . |
| 4 | The atypical but consistent finding of McKeever and his collaborators that a right field advantage can be obtained with both unilateral and bilateral stimulus presentation may be attributable in part to their use of very short exposure durations , and in part to their use of a digit as a " fixation forcer " . |
| 5 | Wages and membership will be sticky in response to iso-elastic demand shifts , while employment bears the brunt of the adjustment.18 |
| 6 | This could be due in part to the fact that the only guitars I could draw any parallels with , in terms of appearance , were the infamous Jedsons of the late '60s and early '70s , guitars which many of us have nightmares about even now . |
| 7 | The high strength of thin fibres may be due in part to the fact that such fibres are very easily bent and it is therefore easier to bend them than to scratch them . |
| 8 | At least some of these errors may be due in part to individual differences in dialect and incorrect pronunciation , but these four examples were produced in response to correctly spoken words in a spelling test . |
| 9 | Typically there is a long latent period between radiation exposure and detection of a tumour , which is because of the time required for sufficient increase in the size of the tumour to make it detectable , and may also be due in part to a form of induction period before the initially affected cell or cells start to divide and form a tumour , or before the tumour assumes ‘ malignant ’ characteristics of growth and spreading . |
| 10 | Year-to-year variations may be due in part to variations in precipitation ( e.g. the drought of 1988 and associated increase in windblown dust ) , volcanic activity ( e.g. Mount St Helens in 1980 ) and wildfires ( e.g. Yellowstone forest fires in 1988 ) . |
| 11 | This may be due in part to the fact that women in developing countries tend to achieve second or third parity at much younger ages than is the case in developed regions . |
| 12 | The decrease in numbers may be due in part to the transfer of readers to the Scottish Science Library as its services have become better known . |
| 13 | The reason why the coal is so " clean " is unclear , but may be due in part to the very wet conditions in the region over the millions of years during which the coal was formed . |
| 14 | Both theories have as their basis the suggestion that a stimulus ( or stimulus element ) will be low in associability to the extent that it is the subject of excitatory associative influence — to the extent that it is predicted by other stimuli or stimulus elements . |
| 15 | The greater the openness of the boundary , the greater the potential capacity to negotiate across it ; the greater the number of open boundaries , the greater the potential power available to the social actors to promote a dialectical relation with the outside world , to actively influence the processes , policies and events that touch their lives Conversely , the fewer open boundaries there are perceived to be and the more closed , the more powerlessness and passivity is likely to be manifest in relation to the outside world . |
| 16 | This is essential if the head is to be free in relation to the rest of the body , so that the Primary Control can perform its natural function . |
| 17 | However , the sanction chosen should be real and effective , that is , it should satisfy cumulatively the following three conditions : ( a ) it should be adequate in relation to the damage sustained ( principle of proportionality ) , ( b ) it should have a real deterrent effect on the author of the infringement ( principle of effectiveness ) and ( c ) it should be at least comparable to the sanctions imposed for infringements of national law of similar nature and importance ( principle of non discrimination or of comparability ) . |
| 18 | Other countries known to be interested in bioconversion to ethanol include Australia ( cassava ) and New Zealand ( beet ) . |
| 19 | Although we can not be categorical in relation to the cases in this study , other research has indicated that psychiatrists rarely trouble themselves with the social circumstances of individuals referred , and are rather preoccupied with evidence of mental disorder ( Bean , 1980 ) . |
| 20 | Ad valorum fees will almost certainly be payable in relation to progress of the job and cash-flow predictions will be seriously affected should delay occur . |
| 21 | Whilst the highest hill in an area would often be used , it was more important that this should have a distinctive shape or be prominent in relation to the surrounding countryside . |
| 22 | The new breakfast news station is expected to be similar in style to the TV-am format and much less formal than the BBC 's rigid Breakfast News show . |
| 23 | It would appear to be similar in principle to electro-acupuncture . |
| 24 | This would be similar in principle to the Cramp v Smythson [ 1944 ] case discussed earlier in this chapter in which copyright was denied to a simple diary because the commonplace nature of the information left little room for judgment in the selection and organization of the information . |
| 25 | The resistance R and reactance X therefore follow from application of the relations For good accuracy , needs to be similar in magnitude to R and X. If not , small errors in the phasor diagram due to small measurement errors may lead to large errors in R and/or X. Of course , the r.m.s. current could be measured separately by inserting a suitable a.c. meter in series with the circuit . |
| 26 | But it is useful anyway to speculate about possible findings and so some possible explanations ; the characters who use irony might be similar in type to Austen herself ( in class , gender , age ) ; or they might be the characters who function as heroes and heroines in the novels . |
| 27 | When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition . |
| 28 | Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus . |
| 29 | Again we see how much easier it is to be absolute in allegiance to a doctrine rather than to enquire into the beliefs upon which it is founded . |
| 30 | However , as the Philips Report ( HMSO 1954 ) pointed out : ‘ The contribution to be expected from any likely postponement of retirement would not appear to be large in relation to total available manpower . ’ |