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.
In grammar an adverbial (abbreviated adv) is a word (an adverb) or a group of words (an adverbial phrase or an adverbial clause) that modifies or tells us something about the sentence or the verb. (The word adverbial itself is also used as an adjective, meaning having the same function as an adverb.) Look at the examples below: