Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These motives , by dint of repeated presentation to the mind , counterbalance the powerful impressions of the private passions that oppose the common good ( Beccaria , 1963 , p. 12 ) . |
| 2 | The fractional-order beam intensities can be written , by analogy with holography , as It can be shown that the first and second terms are actually the squares of amplitudes of scattered waves , and their major components have lower frequencies than do the third and the last terms , and can therefore be suppressed ( refs 8 , 14 ; P.H. and D.A.K. , unpublished results ) . |
| 3 | The donation is in response to Cambodia 's request for help in restoring its shattered agriculture and reflects the Cambodian government 's desire to make the country self-sufficient in food as quickly as possible , but experts fear any short-term benefits will be outweighed by long-term damage . |
| 4 | He sat back , studying the hologram a moment , conscious of how it waited for him , displaying that unquestioning patience that distinguished the mechanical from the human . |
| 5 | It was considered , therefore , worthwhile to apply an expert system in the early diagnosis and hopefully direct the diagnostician in the right direction and avoid the nugatory work . |
| 6 | Rather , the time spent negotiating detailed heads of terms is usually better spent on starting due diligence or negotiating the main agreement . |
| 7 | In consideration of the purchaser incurring the costs of its professional advisers in commencing due diligence and negotiating the binding agreement the vendor hereby undertakes to the purchaser that during the period from today until midnight on [ ] 19[] it shall not negotiate the sale of the business with any person ( either directly or indirectly ) other than the purchaser The only essential content of the heads of terms is to specify that they are subject to contract except for one or two specific clauses . |
| 8 | Seen from without , the stately building that fronts the open square is sufficiently imposing ; viewed from within , the place more than fulfils the promise of its exterior . |
| 9 | Will Lee was recently quoted as saying , ‘ The ways I approach grooves are either to lock with the kick drum and playing fills around that , or to ignore the kick drum and create a melodic hook that allows the bass part to shine . ’ |
| 10 | If the defendant has made an interim payment before he pays in , his notice must specifically refer to the interim payment and aggregate the two amounts if he is to put the plaintiff at risk for the total . |
| 11 | Gohlke tells a more subtle story than made the early headlines . |
| 12 | Steve , who has won the Isle of Man race eight times and holds the outright lap record , will be arriving with his latest bike for the 1992 racing season . |
| 13 | ‘ Nate and the Executive Committee have agreed in principle to phase-out all regional activities and bring the whole god-damned shootin' match right back here to Detroit , where I always said it should be . ’ |
| 14 | Bookchin has tried hard , while most of us have n't tried at all , to forge a political ideology that links the old socialist traditions of the 19th and early-20th centuries , with the ecological preoccupations that are bound to dominate the politics of the 21st century . |
| 15 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and IBM Corp came together in Paris last week to put the finishing touches to their collaborations , announcing successful conclusion of specific contracts that comprise the far-reaching open-systems technology and associated manufacturing alliance announced on January 28 . |
| 16 | In such situations , assertive team members who are able to state a strong case but appreciate the genuine needs of others are necessary . |
| 17 | Using this method the idling current can be limited to very low values whilst maintaining the large voltage and current swings required to drive a loudspeaker . |
| 18 | Right hon. and hon. Friends could replicate that experience and express the same concern about urban and rural areas throughout Wales and England . |
| 19 | The Lost Files of Sherlock Homes is just like the classic books and brings the old London atmosphere into your own home . |
| 20 | But it but it 's often misinterpreted , as being of the right mind and having the right attitude , about understanding |
| 21 | She gave Nana a quick , guilty glance and saw the old woman , arms still folded , standing a few paces apart , maintaining her vacant expression . |
| 22 | People stopped private cars and put the dead and injured in their boots . |
| 23 | But eventually selective breeding turned the tables on quality , and the economic boom that followed the First World War brought an explosion of demand for fur , for the first time a high-fashion commodity . |
| 24 | The fighting between the UVF and UDA , and the struggles for power within the UDA , did much to damage the reputation of the working-class loyalist organizations and to permit the professional politicians to regain control after the UWC strike . |
| 25 | Otherwise , ‘ a stranger detraining and observing the vacant appearance of a town around the station where there should be bustle would think naturally that something serious was the matter ’ . |
| 26 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |
| 27 | This kind of map analysis used to be done manually ( before the advent of practical GIS ) by overlaying transparent map sheets , establishing the required spatial relationships and drawing the new map on a clean top sheet with felt pens ( McHarg 1969 ) . |
| 28 | His head must have fallen almost directly on top of one of the tall spikes that surmounted the old iron rail . |
| 29 | Ayala Lasso also expressed the hope that the admission of the Koreas would reduce regional tension and provide the two states with " an appropriate forum in which to consider the many things they have in common and to overcome the few remaining obstacles to their unification " . |
| 30 | But it was not economic distress that precipitated the present crisis . |