Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Charles the Bald could not evade the type of political problems just outlined , he was predestined neither to success nor to failure . |
| 2 | We will spare the blushes of those forecasters ' who notched up the biggest errors . |
| 3 | ‘ I would certainly stay the night without any fears . ’ |
| 4 | The Concorde post , which observers have unkindly suggested should disqualify the incumbent from any positions of responsibility in the future , was held between 1966 and 1970 by Sir James Hamilton , who holds down today a key position within the bureaucracy of the Department of Education and science . |
| 5 | It would not protect Labour ; it would merely expose the folly of Labour policies . |
| 6 | But if the cultural materialists tend to place a politics rather than a problem as the starting point of their enquiry , they do emphasize the deployment of specialized knowledges in the service of the popular political struggles of today . |
| 7 | The rhetorical approach to social psychology would emphasize the importance of contrary themes within what can be loosely termed common sense . |
| 8 | Gestures must convey the message for those friends who can not appreciate words . |
| 9 | Each of its four communications links can convey the equivalent of 20 bibles ; and its internal communications crossbar can throughput the equivalent of 200 bibles per second . |
| 10 | Each of its four communications links can convey the equivalent of 20 bibles ; and its internal communications crossbar can throughput the equivalent of 200 bibles per second . |
| 11 | With the three other members of the quartet sadly now dead , Smailovic relished the opportunity to play with another musician and to further affirm the presence of cultural values in the city . |
| 12 | Much depends on the nature of the training provided , especially the ethos that guides it ; that is , whether it is organization- and profession-centred on the one hand or client- and community-oriented on the other and the degree of commitment on the part of professionals to recognize and affirm the value of indigenous factors and to capitalize upon them . |
| 13 | For example it may influence the availability of such services as play-groups and nursery schools when young children have wider opportunities to practice communicating ; new types of activities and different relationships can be explored in these settings which add to the child 's capacity to communicate and are critical at this stage of development . |
| 14 | However , as a strategic planning authority , it is through the Structure Plan process that it can influence the protection of natural resources such as peat lands , and the opportunity for this will arise in the current review of the Plan which will be available for public consultation in the New Year . |
| 15 | At the very least , their existence in the home may create a climate of familiarity and acceptance in schools and this may influence the shape of educational commitments to multimedia when they eventually come . |
| 16 | In the first part of his argument , Plekhanov allows that the psychological characteristics of individual actors can influence the course of historical events . |
| 17 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 18 | In traditional public finance , the form in which the grant is made will influence the expenditure of local authorities . |
| 19 | In contrast with feelings of subjective risk , authors dealing with estimates of risk have often regarded estimated risk as a multidimensional concept ( Glendon , 1987 ; Hale , 1987 ; Johnson & Tversky , 1984 ) in which context can influence the relevance of different dimensions . |
| 20 | We can then use this information to help influence the design of future products . |
| 21 | Thirdly , certain vitamins and mineral may influence the production of thyroid hormones . |
| 22 | Four ‘ paired ’ studies will be conducted , allowing us to compare and contrast the use of similar technologies in different settings . |
| 23 | As far as possible , a specialist will compare the pottery with other examples ( usually called ‘ parallels ’ ) that have been securely dated , but if the only other examples of a type of pottery are not so well dated , the specialist points this out , giving references to the parallels that have been used . |
| 24 | Translators should find it useful to investigate and compare the expression of such categories and the meanings associated with various structures in their source and target languages . |
| 25 | The research will compare the development of Prime Ministers ' press offices in three ‘ Westminster systems'--London , Ottawa and Canberra--and the President 's press office in the White House . |
| 26 | You need only compare the scores after 25 overs to see what went wrong for the Scots , Bellville being 91 for three and Scotland 54 for three . |
| 27 | ' The product costing exercise meant more to people when they could compare the results with other companies ' . |
| 28 | We may now compare the costs of two firms producing with the costs of one . |
| 29 | Society , is that it develops ‘ a scientific model of the system , incorporating measurements of factors , such as chance and risk , with which to predict and compare the outcomes of alternative decisions , strategies or controls . |
| 30 | However , we do not compare the effect of those things with natural elements in the environment . |