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.
An adverbial phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. 1  The manager with the pink slips terrorized the employees. 2  The adjectival phrase âwith the pink slipsâ describes the noun âmanager.â.3  The price of the promotion was much too steep. prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the âobject of the preposition.â. Here are some sample prepositional phrases: 1  By the ocean. 2  Near the window.