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.
When a group of words not containing a subject and verb acts as an adverb, it is called an adverbial phrase. Prepositional phrases frequently have adverbial functions (telling place and time, modifying the verb): He went to the movies.