meant that misconduct went undetected for a number of years. Barclaysâ control and risk functions failed to challenge effectively the management of these risks in the FX business. 2.8 Barclaysâ failings in its FX business allowed the following behaviours to occur: (1) Attempts to manipulate the WMR and the ECB fix rates in
A phrase can be either a prepositional phrase (preposition + noun-object) or a participial phrase (participle form of a verb, with possible a direct object and/or adverb). If it modifies a verb, an adjective, or adverb, then itâs an adverbial phrase.) Participial phrases can modify an entire clause. In case #1, the participial phrase is acting as an adjective, that is, as an adjectival phrase. In cases #2 & #3, the participial phrase is acting as an adverb, that is, as an adverbial phrase.
Noun Phrases. A noun phrase is made up of a noun and all its modifiers. It can function in a sentence as a subject, an object, or a complement. Some noun phrases begin with an infinitive (to go) or a gerund (going); this type of noun phrase is always singular: To sail the seven seas was her lifelong dream. verb phrase consists of a main verb plus one or more helping verbs, its complements, objects, or other modifiers, and functions syntactically as a verb. Some common helping verbs are: 1  to be (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been). 2  to have (has, have, had). 3  to do (do, does, did).