Example sentences of "to a [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the area secretary 's relationship to a DEC was different from that of the more educationally experienced staff of Oxfam . |
| 2 | The expression ‘ new ’ in relation to a vehicle is capable of meaning not just in new condition but also that the car has not been registered . |
| 3 | But comparing depression to a cold is misleading in so much as it implies that the condition is not only common , but mild . |
| 4 | When the level of parenting available to a child is bad enough to make it appropriate for the state to intervene on his or her behalf , long-term planning to ensure continuing of good-quality substitute parenting should be essential . |
| 5 | There was a reluctance among some teachers to say openly that a particular answer to a question was wrong . |
| 6 | ( Where no explicit reference is made , below , to a course being available on a part-time basis , those interested are advised to consult the department concerned . ) |
| 7 | This method of joining a neckband to a garment is ideal for use with a cut and sew neck . |
| 8 | But for relatively inexpensive , early drinking , Champagnes , the judicious addition of good quality Pinot Meunier to a cuvée is indispensable and provides an immediate appeal to both nose and palate . |
| 9 | To discriminate on the grounds of sex or race , either directly or indirectly , in relation to the admission of a pupil or group of pupils to a school is unlawful under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and Race Relations Act 1976 . |
| 10 | All the inputs to a net are simple and similar , and there are typically lots of them . |
| 11 | The vital ingredient that serum provides to a medium is lipid , which cells need to maintain the integrity of their outer membranes . |
| 12 | Any service charge added to a bill is subject to VAT . |
| 13 | Sir Ronald Fisher in the 1958 edition of his great book The genetical theory of natural selection ( first published in 1930 ) cautioned against this fallacy and suggested that arguments about the benefit of a given trait to a species were misleading . |
| 14 | If the rent was from non-UK land there will have been no tax charges under general principles although the income may be assessed under TA 1988 , Part XV or TA 1988 , ss739 or 734 or , if it is paid out in an income form to a UK beneficiary , it may be assessed on the beneficiary under Schedule D , Cases IV or V. The position with regard to dividends received by overseas discretionary trusts where the income is then paid out to a beneficiary is complicated because of the way in which the 10 per cent additional rate charge is levied . |
| 15 | Stephen refers to a crime being excusable if the defendant can show as one of the requisites that what was done was done to avoid a consequence which could not otherwise have been avoided , and which , if not done , would have inflicted harm on him or on others he was bound to protect . |
| 16 | Certainly anyone who has ever had a severe , immediate reaction to a food is likely to react in the same way if they are told that they have consumed some of the same food . |
| 17 | For that level of critical reasoning to be reached , criteria of evaluation which are internal to a discipline are inadequate . |
| 18 | Obviously assuming that his readers will be dealing with subjects to whom they are relative strangers , Labov points out some practical disadvantages of candid recording ; first of all , long-term access to a community is likely to be hindered if people think they are being spied on , and second , the quality of such recordings is often poor . |
| 19 | For each of us , keeping our risks to a minimum is dependent on what we do and not how we identify ourselves . |
| 20 | When South Tees Health Authority 's public health officials questioned GP recently , direct access to a physiotherapist was top of their list of requirements . |
| 21 | The records are not hand-written ; they are more focused and less personal due to the wider audience , the variety of sources that can input to a debate is world-wide and some avenues of thought will survive through this to meet success which would have withered in a smaller community ; response time is faster and , confident in the formal date stamping and public manner of their input , scientists are more willing to share information earlier . |
| 22 | The usual reward for keeping to a diet is in-built ; you lose weight ! |
| 23 | The resemblance to a camera is obvious . |
| 24 | Not all goods supplied to a business are taxable ; some are exempt , i.e. VAT is not charged on them . |
| 25 | For the majority of people the response to an odour is instantaneous , disappearing immediately the odorant is removed . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that odours do pose a problem for environmental health but to what extent they affect the health of an individual exposed to an odour is difficult to say with any precision . |
| 27 | Yeah the terminal came up erm , due to an error were unable to complete your transaction , so I thought oh great , so I ca n't have my money in any place |
| 28 | This is another reason why a well-advised employer who offers you an ex gratia payment when your job comes to an end is likely to insist that you are effectively prevented in law from making any further claim against him ( see Chapter 19 ) . |
| 29 | As we are told by the idea that ‘ the idling spirit by its own moods interprets , every where echo or mirror seeking of itself ’ we realise the poet 's argument that our subjective perception of an event is more important than the event itself ; our creative response to an action is all-important , therefore . |
| 30 | This to an Englishman is classic ground . |