Adjective complement with noun phrase

• contain: Waste treatment plants remove some of the most poisonous wastes from sewage, but most treated sewage still contains material harmful to the ocean.

• do: Those who want to learn Gung-fu shall respect these principles and never do anything harmful to these Chinese cultural traditions.

Modifies a noun

• bacterium: Pets can pass on harmful bacteria that may be present in their feces.

• substance: May have been poisoned or exposed to a harmful substance.

• ray: They are totally safe, with no emissions, smells, noise, or harmful rays.

• micro-organism: Many times, skin problems arise because bacteria find an ideal breeding ground which our skin provides when it is covered with harmful micro-organisms.

• emission: They are also capable of reducing harmful emissions by 90 % .

• side-effect: So, in effect, it has a double action: both stimulating oxygen use for better health and reducing oxygen's harmful side-effects.

Modifying Another Word

• potentially: However, the sun's rays also can be potentially harmful.

• environmentally: CFCs are now being replaced by less environmentally harmful compounds.

• sexually: Project 19 Provides services for children and young people who display sexually harmful behavior.

• positively: A reference that was useful yesterday may be useless or positively harmful today.

• possibly: Based on these character information, a feature that will identify possibly harmful web sites for mobile platforms shall be developed.

• particularly: Too much sun is particularly harmful to very young children, who should be kept out of direct sunlight.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: Badgers, like too many children, have a very sweet tooth, which can prove very harmful for them.

• consider: None of the failures of the standards in 2001 were considered harmful to consumers ' health.

• become: But when their children reach eight or nine years old, that curiosity can become harmful for both the children and the parents.

Preposition: in

• way: Nitrogen dioxide is harmful in two main ways: it can cause breathing problems and it also contributes to the problem of acid rain.

Preposition: for

• child: Carbon monoxide fills the rooms which is very harmful for children 's health.

Preposition: by

• inhalation: Hazards Iodine is harmful by inhalation and contact with the skin.