Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , for the moment , we accept the narrow definition offered by Goody and Watt ( in Goody , 1968 ) and remember not to draw general conclusions about ‘ literacy ’ as such from the arguments presented there , we nevertheless still find some problems about accepting the kinds of consequences they assume for even that limited form of ‘ literacy ’ . |
| 2 | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . |
| 3 | But once or twice in a while I would despair of producing the kind of thing that seemed likely to win approval from one whose standards were so high — impossibly high I felt so far as emulation on my part was concerned — and therefore I had moods in which I would feel unworthy of his attention . |
| 4 | These can be seen as practical methods of resolving the kinds of problems identified by the theory . |
| 5 | The player , who scored last weekend on his comeback against Partick Thistle , might dwell on the advancement that has recently been made by someone like Eoin Jess , however , and reason that he would be well advised to channel all his energies towards regaining the kind of status that had him as part of Scotland 's European championship squad eight months ago . |
| 6 | Where an officer wants to see what a new or unconsented discharge consists of , therefore , or where his own judgment suggests that a discharge may be polluting , he turns to his sample bucket , which offers the ultimate means for practical purposes of establishing the kind and degree of pollution . |
| 7 | His later work has tended to modify the distinctness of each of these , as well as exploring problems which arise with particular forms of knowledge ; for example , the fact that the social sciences may involve truths of several different logical kinds , or the difficulties of explicating the kind of knowledge embodied in literature and the arts . |
| 8 | That is a necessary part of providing the kind of aid for which there is an increasingly strong case . |
| 9 | This is not the only advantage offered by an integrated spatial database for , given appropriate GIS software and hardware that are jointly capable of providing the kind of operations described in the earlier part of this chapter , geographical referencing opens up the possibility of combining cartographic and attribute data in logical ways , such as in determining those areas which possess characteristic A and ( or/not ) characteristic B. |
| 10 | Publications now abound which aim to develop ‘ ways of supporting the kind of school that ’ , with Hegarty ( 1987 ) , ‘ provides for each according to need as part of its normal provision , perceives special provision as an integral part of the whole ’ , and aims to prevent learning difficulties ( Booth et al 1987 ) instead of just reacting to them . |
| 11 | The renewed interest in using literary texts as a means of inculcating the kind of critical competence which could comprehend rather than simply dismiss contemporary culture in all its complex manifestations , was one kind of response to this crisis . |
| 12 | The material obtained from the drill holes could then be dated , both by sophisticated radio-isotope methods , and by the more ordinary , down-to-earth method of examining the kinds of fossil organism present in the sediments . |
| 13 | However , whilst other approaches offer superficial change , Disability arts carries the possibility of triggering the kind of fundamental change in mainstream arts that is vital for true integration . |
| 14 | The implications are again that any analysis must attempt the difficult task of combining the kinds of analysis offered by sociology with those offered by psychology and biology . |
| 15 | As they went their separate ways , critics gave Martin , who had been the straight man of the team , little chance of finding the kind of success they predicted for Lewis . |
| 16 | The dearth of native applications for parallel processors and the attractions of parallelising the kinds of application written in Fortran mean that the High Performance Fortran initiative simply must succeed . |
| 17 | The time allotted in different local education authorities for solving the kinds of issue described above ranged from no time at all , through one day every term , two hours once a month , to one afternoon , and in one case a whole day each week . |
| 18 | There is a buzz about Rollins right now , since he has achieved amongst grungers the kind of semi-legendary status that his self-proclaimed nemesis , M-M-M-orrissey , enjoys amongst clinically depressed onanists , cat-rapers and young Conservatives . |
| 19 | Indeed , black workers had originally been brought in in times of labour shortage and ended up doing the kinds of ‘ dead end ’ jobs which allowed white workers to set their sights higher — to a great extent they are still found in these same jobs . |
| 20 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 21 | We seem to be failing in producing the kind of teacher who is committed to national service today . |
| 22 | Alternatively , to avoid this people come to feel omnipotent which is but a short step from wreaking the kind of destruction that offers little hope of remaking life at work anew . |
| 23 | In the first place , far from eliminating the kind of inter-party competition he believed to be the fatally debilitating flaw of liberal democracy , it would add another participant to the contest . |
| 24 | This process prevented even the most distinguished families from establishing the kind of firm territorial base which underpinned the political influence of Western aristocracies . |
| 25 | To make sure that none of the macho details went to waste , the full , inside story of Washington 's awesome display of military prowess was entrusted to Steven Emerson of US News & World Report , who had shown in the past that he knew how to treat a government ‘ scoop ’ with respect , and who could be relied upon to resist the kind of sceptical impulse that sometimes afflicts reporters with a wider readership . |
| 26 | He 'd made major strides in establishing the kind of company he wanted , which was n't the kind of company David wanted , and I think David saw that when he got to New York . |
| 27 | Miss Drew , whose nom de plume is Linzi , was sentenced to four months incarceration for her part in promoting the kind of graphic material which Victorians euphemistically described as facetiae . |
| 28 | ‘ Got any bright ideas about how to stop Vitor from saying the kind of things he 's been saying ? ’ |
| 29 | The game is therefore useful in illustrating the kinds of strategies animals can not adopt . |
| 30 | An assessment of how the child is able to use his sight in day-to-day situations of work and play can be helpful in indicating the kind of activities involving vision that will be possible , and the kinds of learning and play materials that will be particularly appropriate for each child . |