Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The culture-ideology of consumerism produces the values and attitudes that create and sustain the need for the products . |
| 2 | Accordingly , the level of bargaining influences the distribution of internal union power . |
| 3 | Although libertarianism at present constitutes the main driving force for the Federation of Conservative Students , there was no evidence of this ideological philosophy in the branches we studied . |
| 4 | Right , and the other story goes The angels go to Be |
| 5 | The answer to that may be that lowering cholesterol influences the level of serotonin , a neurotransmitter which affects mood . |
| 6 | I have already argued in this chapter ( p. 79 ) that the rat 's level of arousal can help determine the vigour of the OR ; and , theoretically more important , in this and in previous chapters I have argued that the decline of this investigatory response represents the operation of a process of habituation . |
| 7 | This response represents the isomorphic struggle to resolve meaning , at the level of metaphor . |
| 8 | A pointer is touched against each point of intersection on the grid and the digitizer records the position in the computer . |
| 9 | As it is , a different worry confronts the West : how best to get the Bosnian Serbs to change their minds . |
| 10 | You 've got some mate , do n't worry Mm , lovely bread mm , mm , mm Mum thinks the decoration it 's lovely , she said tell him you 've done a really good job , shush |
| 11 | The user 's acceptor represents the users and approves the specifications from the users ’ point of view before construction starts , and the user will use the operational system . |
| 12 | There is no sense that the audience at either play represents the cutting edge of unorthodoxy , buzzing with the enjoyment of dissent . |
| 13 | In my own case I know that the first link produces the last through the intermediate link , and could not produce it without . |
| 14 | My personal view is that the latter direction represents the more promising future . |
| 15 | At the moment the computer receives the pulse from the Light Rifle it compares the value of its scan registers with the screen position of the target and , if a match is found , the player has hit it . |
| 16 | The industry award produces the most varied shortlist . |
| 17 | This kind of decision fits the model of a ‘ weighing ’ of considerations ; we may think of the man as piling items pro and con on opposite sides of a balance and making his judgement after one side goes down . |
| 18 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 19 | At the bottom level sits the SQL Server engine itself . |
| 20 | At the bottom level sits the SQL Server engine itself . |
| 21 | Such provision represents the Group 's share of the estimated liability for costs which may be incurred in removing production platforms and facilities at the end of the producing life of each field . |
| 22 | Even the vegetarian has to cut the force , that through the green fuse drives the lettuce , in order to be able to live and say that meat is murder . |
| 23 | One Sunday morning after he had gone to his chapel and I to my church , he came back excitedly waving a newspaper and said ‘ Listen to this , ’ and he read the Dylan Thomas poem ‘ The force that through the green fuse drives the flower ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ The force that through the green fuse drives the flower . ’ |
| 25 | By their social destruction , the message is conveyed that the impairment represents the greatest fall for a person this side of death . |
| 26 | This change erodes the distinction between university and what were previously known as ‘ public sector ’ institutions , and may blur what Burgess ( 1977 , pp. 2332 ) has argued is a contrast between the ‘ autonomous ’ ( university ) and ‘ service ’ ( polytechnic/ college ) traditions . |
| 27 | The technique involves the use of a ‘ lipid bilayer ’ , a component of a cell membrane , to absorb an ‘ odorous ’ substance , then weighing the combination with a delicate balance . |
| 28 | The technique involves the woman masturbating her partner to the point where he can not control his ejaculation , whereupon she squeezes the tip of his penis firmly between her fingers until the urge subsides . |
| 29 | This technique involves the use of a sensor which is attached to the oil pipes . |
| 30 | The technique involves the partitioning of words in the text into classes based on certain similarities , and then further partitioning based on small word contexts . |