Example sentences of "the nature [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy for many candidates such as one of those quoted above to criticise headhunters : they feel they have no need for them , because of the nature of the internal communications network at Lloyd 's and because recent changes in the City and the resulting increased need for various financial specialists appear to have had no impact on Lloyd 's insurance jobs . |
| 2 | The nature of the cellular changes responsible for tissue differentiation are not well understood , but at the cellular level they do qualify as hereditary changes : each kind of cell gives rise to its own kind at cell division . |
| 3 | This suggests that impulses travelling along the uncrossed pathways suppress or inhibit impulses travelling to the cortex by way of uncrossed fibres , although recent work suggests that the extent of ipsilateral suppression depends upon the nature of the competing stimuli ( Springer , Sidtis , Gazzaniga and Wilson , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | It is of equal interest to compare the cratering on different planets to elucidate the nature of the small bodies that have caused the cratering . |
| 5 | These tensions also inform the nature of the political imperatives , both international and national . |
| 6 | Moreover , the ability of state enterprises to maximize business objectives depends on the nature of the political pressures on them , and indeed , a greater ‘ business ’ rather than ‘ political ’ orientation ( Zif 1981 ) may flow from clear directives of the political authorities ; in other words the dominant political objective may be for the enterprise to behave in a ‘ commercial ’ manner , so that the maximization of business objectives may be a reflection of greater dependence on political authorities . |
| 7 | Is a civil servant entitled to act on a personal view of the nature of the best interests of the state ? |
| 8 | So far , quantitative measurements have mainly been done in order to discover the nature of the emitting centres , but there is considerable scope for using emission spectra from different growth zones in crystals as ‘ fingerprints ’ in establishing carbonate cement stratigraphies ( see below ) on a more certain and detailed basis . |
| 9 | It is possible to argue that the SR compatibility effect is in some sense due to the nature of the anatomical pathways involved . |
| 10 | Details of the team 's full caseload , in terms of the location of clients at the point of referral , the nature of the challenging behaviours and progress with the design and implementation of Individual Service Plans for clients in each of the referring districts is available elsewhere ( Special Development Team , 1988 ; Emerson et al. , 1987 ; 1988 ) . |
| 11 | This is because the nature of the mechanical deficiencies changed with time , and so did our predecessors ' perceptions of them . |
| 12 | The next set of problems concerns the nature of the comparative statics exercise implicit in the redistributive studies . |
| 13 | The nature of the two eyes of the Fate of the discworld was this : that while at a mere glance they were simply dark , a closer look would reveal — too late ! — that they were but holes opening onto a blackness so remote , so deep that the watcher would feel himself inexorably drawn into the twin pools on infinite night and their terrible , wheeling stars … |
| 14 | First , divergences in the nature of the two subjects cause a great many problems . |
| 15 | It seems that the nature of the physiological factors involved in the motivation for competition play an important role in differentiating these rank orders . |
| 16 | Here , there is less possibility of philosophical variation , but this second characterization of the nature of the causal items is perhaps as important as the first . |
| 17 | The nature of the nasal sacs in heterostracans has been the subject of some debate . |
| 18 | Crystal and Davy on the other hand are focusing on the language of a few speakers well known to them , and it may well be that in their case the nature of the personal ties between investigator and subject makes candid recording a less pressing ethical issue . |
| 19 | That the expansion of exports falls well short of absorbing the growth in manufacturing output suggests that something of this kind must have happened , as does the fact that the nature of the new products does not allow for explanation in terms of extra spending on luxuries by high-income earners . |
| 20 | These cheeses have their own identity , and nothing about one cheese changes the nature of the other cheeses . |
| 21 | The important difference between the two conditions is in the nature of the systemic complications . |
| 22 | But the two theories carry very different implications for the nature of the correlated responses . |
| 23 | For Naville , given his Marxist theoretical perspective , this visible autonomy sweeps aside the veil and reveals the nature of the existing patterns of hierarchical organisation in their true light — as patterns that are socially , and not technologically , determined . |
| 24 | Yet even in such cases , it is possible that public involvement on specific issues will stimulate a more critical evaluation of such proposals in the future and generate a wider concern in other aspects of their environment , including the nature of the existing mechanisms for decision making . |
| 25 | Each of us knows the nature of his or her own sensory states ; but can we know the nature of the sensory states of others , or even that there are any other minds to have the sensory states which are not ours ? |
| 26 | Once again , it appears that the nature of the available remedies is having some effect on the character of the diagnosis . |
| 27 | to assess the nature of the economic impediments to the implementation of particular prevention policies . |
| 28 | Much criticism has been levelled at the nature of the upper reaches of the English educational system before 1914 , with its emphasis on liberal studies within the ethos of the public school which extolled the virtues of the gentleman amateur [ Coleman , 1973 ] . |
| 29 | an endorsement appears on the certificate to indicate the nature of the agreed arrangements ; |
| 30 | The Law Society also issued a set of written professional standards concerning communications with clients , with the broad aim ( now enshrined in Solicitors ' Practice Rule 15 ) of ensuring that clients are kept regularly and fully informed in layman 's terms as to the course and conduct of their affairs ; as to the identity of the solicitor or other person in the firm having day to day conduct of the matter ; as to the nature of the legal issues raised in the case ; as to the progress being made ; as to the cost ( including the availability of legal aid ) ; and as to the prospects of success . |