Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 2 | This distils the ratios to that sub-set which , when taken together and appropriately weighted , best distinguish the characteristics of the failed and silent sets of firms . |
| 3 | The same two terms , ‘ bibliography ’ and ‘ history ’ serve to describe both subjects , and it is only the order in which they are cited and , in natural language , the connecting words that distinguish the statements of the two subjects . |
| 4 | Because the sets were completely different , the Theatre Royal having a much taller stage , White had to restage the movements during the two-week break . |
| 5 | The relations between capitalists and previous dominant classes , such as the aristocracy , and traditional institutions , such as the monarchy ( where it exists ) , the armed forces and the established religion , influence the textures of the dominant ideology . |
| 6 | For the outcome of this role depends on the multiplicity of local social processes which influence the activities of the local state , but which are inaccessible to the centre . |
| 7 | The Prime Minister , the Minister of State and I met the leaders of the four main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland on 11 February . |
| 8 | A little later , he met the leaders of the Provisional IRA in Dublin and assured them that he would be delighted if he could cut it down to ten or eight years . |
| 9 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 10 | The RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley who met the families of the murdered officers said their deaths tragically illustrated the continuing sacrifice of the RUC in the service of the community . |
| 11 | The government 's plans effectively met the demands of the African National Congress ( ANC ) and other opposition groups for a transitional constitution to be devised by a constituent assembly chosen on a representative basis . |
| 12 | On Monday , the managing director , Jacques Calvet , met the unions for the first time but said there could be no discussion of pay until production was resumed . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he last met the chairmen of the regional electricity companies to discuss levels of disconnection for debt . |
| 14 | By 1967 Ceauşescu had already staged several historical pageants at which he met the heroes of the Romanian past and of his own childhood games . |
| 15 | Professor North has suggested that the booming of the specialised plantation economy in the southern states was the key factor in the growth of a pattern of dynamic regional specialisation which allowed the north-eastern states to cradle an American industrial revolution by 1830.48 Up to then , however , it was primarily British manufactures which met the needs of the new republic . |
| 16 | A SATELLITE channel transmitting the proceedings of the British Parliament and overseas legislatures has been suggested by the Astra satellite company , Marketing Week reports . |
| 17 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 18 | The participants from Eastern Europe may well have been surprised at how lightly their Western counterparts were ready to sacrifice the traditions of the great east Berlin museums . |
| 19 | The heterostracans were associated with the hagfishes , chiefly because they lacked the specializations of the nasohypophysial opening and because they have a single branchial opening ( see below ) . |
| 20 | Hoomey had not foreseen the consequences of the new decision . |
| 21 | The end of the era of stable exchange rates in 1972 coincided with the birth of a whole new class of financial instruments designed to accommodate the uncertainties of the new era . |
| 22 | Built in 1881 to accommodate the employees of the nearby Rocksavage railway station , it was a straight terrace of some thirty tiny one-storey houses , each fronted by a strip of grass and hedged railings betokening the gentility of its original occupants . |
| 23 | It was a Labour government that proposed to implement a process of ‘ organic change ’ to accommodate the demands of the former county boroughs ( DOE 1979 ) . |
| 24 | If the current state of practice of assessment is to accommodate the demands of the National Health Service and Community Care Act ( 1990 ) and to meet the aspirations of practitioners to improve practice in relation to older people , it is important to begin the process of development by defining the principles of good practice which comprehensive , multidisciplinary assessment should embody . |
| 25 | There may be a corresponding disadvantage in having to accommodate the partners of the acquired firm who are unwilling to retire from practice . |
| 26 | The DFG has long realised the shortcomings of the normal 1-year grant : it does not give enough resources and security to build up a substantial group or programme in a particular area . |
| 27 | Having consulted the therapists about the best type of activity to choose for the patient , you may be able to work out how best to interest and amuse the patient through your knowledge of what he enjoyed doing before his stroke or head injury . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's beautiful , ’ I said as the man stowed the parcels into the tiny cabin . |
| 29 | This , in the government 's view , was the only practicable way of rectifying the injustices of the dual market for land . |
| 30 | Over the last fifteen years , preaching has moved , by and large , from preaching the truths of the Christian faith to the experiences of the Christian faith . |