Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schools may be primary , secondary intermediate , grammar or special ; membership of boards of governors differs for the different types of school , but they include representatives of parents , teachers , education and library boards , and sometimes churches ( mainly the Protestant churches ) . |
| 2 | Stripes always look good when they are vertical and the same goes for the soft edges of these stripes . |
| 3 | The break-even points between the two modes of processing can be seen clearly in Fig. 7.22 ; for numbers of records for which a sequential curve is above each straight line that represents the time required to process a record directly , direct processing is faster . |
| 4 | The socialists had concentrated — in their aim for a better world — on the contradiction points between the social relations of production and the productive forces and ignored those between human production and the natural world . |
| 5 | Coaxing the car through London , Dominique longs for the empty roads of Europe . |
| 6 | Every man in her vicinity had found himself putting his best foot forward , and she had done wonders for the sartorial standards of the notoriously uncaring C1 division . |
| 7 | This lies between the mean densities of Venus and the Earth , but because of Mercury 's low gravity the uncompressed density is not much less that 5430 kg/m 3 , whereas the uncompressed densities of Venus and the Earth are considerably less than the planetary values . |
| 8 | The frons is the unpaired upper facial part of the head which often lies between the lateral arms of the ecdysial cleavage line when this is present . |
| 9 | Barclays says it looks after the financial affairs of some 150 ‘ high technology ’ companies in Cambridge : three years ago the figure was 15 . |
| 10 | What lies behind the different views of the books is , of course , social and economic changes . |
| 11 | Fifty miles downstream the mouth of the Virgin River , where Powell ended his first expedition , now lies under the stagnant waters of Lake Mead , the reservoir backed up behind Hoover Dam . |
| 12 | The answer lies with the drunken roues of the 17th Century . |
| 13 | Wissenland lies along the upper regions of the Reik and river Sol , and incorporates the former territory of Solland . |
| 14 | ( 3.3 ) unc Thee will be several laws later on which show how assignment interacts with the various constructs of the language . |
| 15 | The book starts with the basic processes of affiliation and interaction , differentiating newly ‘ created ’ groups from those which already exist . |
| 16 | SCOTTISH Tories , awaiting their election counts in the early hours of Friday , were prepared for the worst . |
| 17 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 18 | Well the answer lies in the twelve hours of negotiation that took place yesterday . |
| 19 | The clinical importance of NSAID enteropathy lies in the associated complications of blood loss , protein loss , and occasional strictures that may require surgery . |
| 20 | The answer lies in the time-honoured methods of withdrawal , abstinence , non-penetrative sex , douches and abortion , plus a whole plethora of folk methods — herbal potions , amulets , spells — of unknown efficacy . |
| 21 | I suspect the answer lies in the demographic changes of the 1980s , which showed a substantial and unexpected in-migration to Scotland , on the same scale and pattern as the ‘ incomers ’ to Wales who were selling off expensive property in south east England and settling down on the proceeds . |
| 22 | It lies in the western shadows of Thunder Mountain , and was discovered by the Dwarfs who mined into it creating a labyrinth of tunnels , caverns and partially complete workings . |
| 23 | The main disadvantage of the method lies in the long periods of time required to reach equilibrium . |
| 24 | A last distinction between calming experience in Britain after The Brow and that on the Continent since the Woonerf , lies in the dissimilar attitudes of government transport departments as reflected in their literature . |
| 25 | A further deep-seated reason for neglect lies in the unforgiving attitudes of the general population towards criminals , which , although fostered and maintained by the British , existed long before and after they left ( cf. |
| 26 | That 's the theory … here 's the practical … first the course … they 've mapped out the 26 miles … the beauty of the route lies in the cobbled squares of ancient towns like Bhaktapur … the beast is the city … traffic and smoke is a major problem … the other unknown factor is altitude … |
| 27 | The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism John Postgate |
| 28 | The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism |
| 29 | This ‘ impact ’ has from the earliest days of film theory opened up questions of ideology , of desire and fantasy , and of representation . |
| 30 | Just as solicitors acting for the wife , where the matrimonial home stands in the husband 's sole name , will have given advice concerning the registration of a Class F Land Charge or a notice ( if registered land ) ; so , where the home stands in the joint names of husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants , will they have advised on severance of that joint tenancy in order to prevent the husband acquiring the whole property by operation of law in the event of the wife 's death before the determination of the matrimonial proceedings ( see Barton v Morris [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 1032 ) . |