Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [adj] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essential when planning for negotiations to define in broad terms the stances that will be adopted . |
| 2 | However , given the importance of receiving the information required under the section 39 notice to the Bank 's supervision of the defendant and in order to support the [ defendants ' ] application , I am able to state in broad terms the grounds of the investigation and the reasons for the Bank 's supervisory concern . |
| 3 | In addition , it will be possible to chart in these children the emergence of early awareness of the sound structure of words , and to identify the cognitive and social precursors of this phonological awareness . |
| 4 | As a focus for discussion , the character of Anderson , in Stoppard 's play , Professional Foul , has been chosen , and a wide range of approaches taken from discourse analysis and pragmatics is used to identify in particular scenes the ways in which four prominent character traits are deducible from his conversational behaviour . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , I think its effect is to distort in some ways the dualism set up by Proust . |
| 6 | In the case of the Hundred Years War , the causes of the conflict were to be found both in the long historic links between England and France , links which were gradually becoming weaker , and in the need to express in new terms the relationship between the two countries ( arguably the two most powerful in western society in the late Middle Ages ) taking into account elements such as national consciousness and diverging methods of government ( to name but two ) which historians recognise as being characteristic of late medieval European society as a whole . |
| 7 | And what , thought reformers , could be more effective in pursuit of this goal than to inculcate in young workers the values of citizenship — a popular doctrine which drew support from all political perspectives ? |
| 8 | Whilst this may look like easy fun for those who did not have to cope with the impossible timetables and endless pressures , the reason for criticism is not to deride the working groups but to understand in concrete terms the limitations of the system now in operation . |
| 9 | It is also affected by the attitudes of those in the respective management structures , who have power to reward in specific ways the activities of their subordinates . |
| 10 | Chapter 4 extended the analysis to consider in economic terms the position of the ‘ personal sector ’ wage and salary-earning employees , and the effects of the saving of this sector on accumulation — the expansion of the salaried strata in particular being , at least in part , the obverse of the rise of the impersonal capital . |
| 11 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a member state prohibits retail premises from being open on Sunday for the sale of goods to customers , save in respect of certain specified items sales of which are permitted , and where the effect of the prohibition is to reduce in absolute terms the sales of goods in those premises including goods manufactured in other member states , and correspondingly to reduce the volume of imports of goods from other member states , is such a prohibition a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports within the meaning of article 30 of the Treaty ? |
| 12 | By showing the authority of the apostolic see to judge in such matters the pope therefore showed his authority to decide on rulers . |
| 13 | He was able to convey in grotesque terms the characters of George III and his family . |
| 14 | Three additional mutations were introduced in this region by site directed mutagenesis ( See Materials and Methods ) ( T A at -68 , A G at -73 and G A at -75 ) in order to test in more details the importance of this DNA segment for CytR regulation . |
| 15 | In Keeton 's words , ‘ it was left to Dicey to formulate in general principles the assumptions on which political association was founded ’ . |
| 16 | Explanations for the failure of working-class children within the system , for example , have ranged from the ‘ cultural deprivation ’ theory ( e.g. the Plowden Report 1967 ) to the vulgar Marxist belief ( e.g. S. Bowles and Gintis 1976 ) that the primary function of education is to instil in working-class pupils the docility and passivity necessary for participation in the labour force . |
| 17 | Fortunately , some transracial adopters are able to speak for themselves and are therefore able to correct in some ways the folly of others : |
| 18 | As always , the Chairman and other members have represented the Young Bar at various overseas events , and it is always striking to note in other countries the extent to which the Young Bar forms a highly influential and powerful part of the Bar organisation . |