Example sentences of "[prep] a few simple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile pacifists were generally content with the abstract moralizing suggested by the Manchester Guardian 's opposition to the formation of a Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee on the grounds that the ‘ success or failure [ of foreign policy ] depends on the application of a few simple principles to facts which as a rule are not very numerous nor very complicated . ’ |
| 2 | This might consist of a few simple rules and procedure to control decision-making and conflict , for example . |
| 3 | Eventually this ‘ top down ’ approach can lead to the level of a few simple English statements or a small amount of programming code . |
| 4 | Vibrational excitation has only been reported for a few simple molecules in the gas phase , as shown in Fig. 5.8 , and vibrational structure may also be seen on some bands arising from electronic transitions . |
| 5 | Consequently , he endured the pain as he went through a few simple movements . |
| 6 | All of their problems could have been solved with a few simple decisions but they seemed to have been robbed of their ability to think straight . ’ |
| 7 | With a few simple commands great sweeping designs appear and disappear , colours change and a new pattern emerges . |
| 8 | With a few simple lines of BASIC great sweeping designs can be made to appear and disappear , colours will change and a new pattern emerges . |
| 9 | so-called page-turning — barely interactive — routines that present screen after screen of text , maybe with a few simple diagrams and/or questions ; |
| 10 | When animals do not fall into a few simple categories , quantitative genetic techniques become more practical . |
| 11 | Far removed from a few simple flowers and greenery , this is an elaborate screen covered with flower petals stuck into clay to form a picture . |
| 12 | Physical chemists like Vernon Harcourt in Oxford were just beginning to study reaction-mechanisms in a few simple cases in the 1860s , and at the same period in France P. M. Berthelot was performing total syntheses , and in Norway C. M. Guldberg and P. Waage discovered the Law of Mass Action governing chemical equilibria . |
| 13 | Hobbes , for example , bases his analysis of the nature of the state upon a few simple axioms about the bodily needs and the personal desires and aspirations of men . |
| 14 | What you fear most is an opponent who will point to a few simple but undeniable facts , and this is why the economists , and above all that wonderful race of men the economic journalists great and small , are such indispensable allies to the politician : they enable the politician to fog up what he is doing , so as to escape the blame and often even criticism for his actions . |
| 15 | And our optional Payment Protector plan covers you against loss of income in the event of sickness , accident or compulsory redundancy ( subject to a few simple conditions ) . |
| 16 | He was not an intellectual ; he made constant use of anecdotal evidence and some of his views bordered on the banal , but one of his great strengths has always been his resolute attachment to a few simple conservative themes . |
| 17 | Adhere to a few simple sunning rules so you an enjoy the sun without sacrificing your skin . |
| 18 | Due to a few simple changes on employment records , the cleaning income was tax-free . |
| 19 | All you could send to them were the printable characters , plus a few simple commands like ‘ carriage return ’ and ‘ line feed ’ . |
| 20 | Science International certainly ranged widely during its first week , as well as getting across a few simple principles . |
| 21 | As it then appeared quarterly , Minton executed four designs , each vignette alluding to one of the four seasons , evocatively suggested by a few simple ingredients in a neo-romantic style ( Colour Plate X ) . |
| 22 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |
| 23 | The aim of statistics is to represent a large amount of data by a few simple parameters and the mean of the Normal distribution is one of the most important of these . |