Example sentences of "is [vb pp] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc .
2 A grammatical score is assigned to each grammar tag based on the probability of the transitions that it occurs in .
3 The solutions should then be discussed with the in-bureau tutor who is assigned to each trainee .
4 The attribute , describing the spherical seating of the lever into the cover , is assigned to both sets as attribute
5 Yet changes which at first seem major or dramatic often fade in significance as parts of them are assimilated into school operation or attention is diverted to newer concerns .
6 In the Aryan conception , human evil ( guilt and suffering ) is traced to active sacrilege , which is masculine ( der Frevel ) and committed by a man .
7 Normally , one only meets a non-cumulative several liability where it is annexed to joint liability .
8 Instead of being largely obscured , as it is in the conventional process , the beautiful grain of the timber is highlighted to stunning effect .
9 GEOGRAPHY is taught to Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies levels and we are one of only a few schools to offer GEOLOGY Higher Grade .
10 We organize family accommodation and , as classes take place in schools where English is taught to local inhabitants , there is every opportunity for making friends and for conversation exchange .
11 The reader is referred to other sources for a proper treatment of these matters .
12 One does not wish to repeat oneself unduly and the reader is referred to other parts of this book which have relevance in this matter of sexual offences against children ( see Chapters 4 and 5 ) .
13 This experience is referred to many times in the Cantos : what its author most values in theory , the weighing of syllables in the line and the leading on of the reader 's breath from one syllable to the next .
14 In all cases , then , whether the infinitive evokes the possible or the real actualization of its event , the person of the to infinitive is referred to two positions in time , one before , one coinciding with this event 's place in time .
15 For a comprehensive account on the subject of private press and press books , the collector is referred to such books as Roderick Cave , The Private Press ( 1971 ) .
16 Demand for the restoration of capital punishment is regarded to this day by many politicians as a powerful torrent capable of bursting its banks and flooding the adjoining landscape .
17 If Ironside is recalled to Ayresome Park , Scarborough will have to chose between walking wounded Steve Hewitt and YTS keeper Neil Robinson .
18 The activity of each Myc protein in both assays is normalized to wild-type Myc activity ( 100% ) .
19 The Tory calculation is that Labour 's unity is a facade which will crack the moment it is exposed to stormy assault .
20 The board is exposed to UV light for a period of up to 20 minutes or so .
21 This means that a child who is exposed to violent models may be less inclined to halt or inhibit aggressive actions when given the opportunity .
22 As the water is recycled through the system it is exposed to germicidal radiation , which clears algae but does not produce sterile water .
23 Excessive fading can occur if a rug is exposed to long periods of strong sunlight , and is best avoided by either relocating the rug or putting it in storage for the summer .
24 If a child is exposed to two languages simultaneously , we would expect a single system at first which gradually becomes divided into two under the influence of linguistic input from two separate systems .
25 They are usually called upon to advise management in situations where the company is exposed to adverse opinion .
26 The NAS 's report is the latest attempt to steer a course through the minefield of potential hazards from the hundreds of new chemicals that the public is exposed to each year .
27 The award of the Nobel prize to Rigoberta Menchu means that Guatemala is exposed to international scrutiny in a way it has never been exposed before .
28 Now that much of American industry is exposed to international competition , barriers against foreigners in the transport business also look odd .
29 The stomach is exposed to dietary hazards and potential carcinogens throughout life , but the origins of gastric carcinoma within normal mucosa remain unknown .
30 On the conscious level , sexuality was to me only one of the responsibilities of adulthood : as far the sexual act itself was concerned , I simply did n't want to know , as a child who is exposed to sexual information at an age when she/he feels incapable of absorbing it will not want to know .
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