Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [det] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The uneven terrain and distribution of population means that the regions are unequal in size : the Strathclyde Region covers nearly half of the whole population of Scotland . |
| 2 | Val Savage searches out some of the cleanest looks for this summer . |
| 3 | When the computer is trying to save a new file to a disc , it looks for the first available fragment of space , writes as much of the new file as will fit , then looks for another available fragment of space , writes a bit more , and so on until all the file is written somewhere on the disc . |
| 4 | Their anger or fear antedates even that of the young infant who is in the process of integrating its pre-verbal behaviour with ill-formed vocal utterances ( although we might well wish to stretch a point and allow the inclusion of the Ameslan apes , particularly Lucy , up to , but not beyond , this point ) . |
| 5 | Unlike classical performers , the education of a jazz or rock musician has very little of the formal teaching situation about it ; these players learn ‘ on the job ’ , through the act of performance itself . |
| 6 | He has very few of the traditional trappings of the successful captain of industry . |
| 7 | Chief constable says too many of the guilty get off . |
| 8 | The report warns that unless the government acts quickly much of the natural heritage could be severely damaged . |
| 9 | It should be noted that this grouping of sixth-century metalwork includes nearly all of the known examples , and only raises again the question of how similar items have to be for us to be able to distinguish the skills of one workshop as opposed to the learned traditions of a single society . |
| 10 | And unlike most of the blondes popping up in Aussie soaps she does n't fit into the bimbo mould either , which rules out many of the high-profile parts . |
| 11 | This formulation is attractive as it marks out some of the broad historical shifts in the representation of Blacks in film . |
| 12 | Therefore , as the firm takes on more of the cheaper form of financing , debt , the cost of equity should rise so as to offset the advantage and maintain a constant cost of capital regardless of the debt — equity ratio . |
| 13 | Baker 's yeast breaks down some of the indigestible phytic acid in wheat and generates carbon dioxide in the process , causing the bread to rise . |
| 14 | The second half of the book takes seriously some of the philosophical obstacles to belief . |
| 15 | The Futurists , however , undoubtedly had an influence on the terminology of French painting and literature , and the bewildering mass of ‘ isms ’ springing up in 1913 and 1914 reflects also some of the spiritual restlessness which Futurism did so much to engender . |
| 16 | Indoors , though , ordinary window glass generally filters out some of the UV content of sunlight , and the author has never experienced any difficulties of daylight interfering with end results . |
| 17 | If one picks out some of the chief things which are good , one may find that the one thing they seem to have in common is that they are pleasurable experiences . |
| 18 | It explains clearly most of the basic physical techniques used in biochemistry and has particularly good sections on microscopy , radio activity , sedimentation , chromatography and electrophoresis . |
| 19 | It 's the flashiness that makes so many of the British films of the mid-1960s almost unwatchable today . |
| 20 | It is interesting that Leapor makes so little of the high perspective . |
| 21 | The annual event which brings together many of the 2,000 worldwide members of the association is usually held in America . |
| 22 | Forster , Where Angels Fear To Tread ( PG ) brings together many of the same team who breathed magic into another Forster novel , A Room With A View . |
| 23 | Chapter 6 , on the biological aspects of LB films , brings together many of the interesting properties of biomolecules in relation to their behaviour both on the water surface and as transferred LB structures , in one concise review . |
| 24 | We shall add , however , another treatment of the model , due to Zener , which brings out some of the thermodynamic aspects . |
| 25 | Its importance will grow as the reserve takes shape and provides even more of the right habitats for wildlife and wild plants . |
| 26 | Who knows how much of the physical damage done to property and people arises out of the resentment and frustration smouldering on from school-days ? ( see Hargreaves , 1967 , and Lacey , 1970 , for accounts of the ‘ D-stream subculture ’ in secondary schools ) . |
| 27 | The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself . |