Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 2 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 3 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 4 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
| 5 | However , by delegating authority to subordinates , the superior takes on the extra tasks of calling the subordinates to account for their decisions and performance , and also of coordinating the efforts of different subordinates . |
| 6 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 7 | The kind of novel learning environment that is characteristic of the pilot CPVE schemes now being implemented , which breaks down the traditional barriers of subjects , compartmentalized lessons and didactic teaching , may well spread rapidly into other areas of the school 's work . |
| 8 | From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment . |
| 9 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 10 | But the latter were clearly hopelessly reductionist in relation to a concept such as this which at once opens up the possible significances of what was once merely seen as the aesthetic . |
| 11 | She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze . |
| 12 | It is formed when the sun 's ultraviolet radiation breaks up the two atoms of oxygen molecules into single atoms . |
| 13 | He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock . |
| 14 | While this is fine for short items it misses out the real benefits of stylesheets . |
| 15 | Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract . |
| 16 | Somehow that incident sums up the Corinthian surroundings of British rowing — the sport that won Great Britain two Olympic gold medals last summer . |
| 17 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 18 | We were together all the time : played languid games of tennis on the court behind her house , swam , went on picnics , went for long walks up the lower slopes of Kinabalue , the mountain whose green and mauve shadowed mass loomed over Jesselton . |
| 19 | Article 2 , which sets out the general areas of workers ' rights , simply spells out many rights that already exist in law , or have been present in well-unionised work places for years before Thatcherism . |
| 20 | Table 5 — 23(4) ( a ) in the SFA Rulebook sets out the required contents of a two-way customer agreement . |
| 21 | Table 6.1 sets out the main responsibilities of different professionals within the main agencies . |
| 22 | In his He Who Is : A Study in Traditional Theism ( intended as a response to Martin Buber 's I and Thou ) and in his work Existence and Analogy , Mascall sets out the main arguments of the Thomist . |
| 23 | The accompanying table ( see table 5.1 ) sets out the main features of how the text is organised . |
| 24 | In particular , Chapter 38 sets out the main features of a production planning and control system , Chapter 39 briefly outlines the principal methods of production available to organizations , and Chapter 40 examines some of the leading aids to production , such as Work Study , and Chapter 41 outlines key features of new technology in manufacturing . |
| 25 | Part II to Schedule 12 sets out the prescribed matters of complaint . |
| 26 | A sanitation field manual sets out the different types of low-cost sanitation . |
| 27 | Using social classes I and II combined as the reference point , Table III sets out the relative risks of child mortality for different social groups in three age bands : 1–4 , 5–9 , and 10–15 years . |
| 28 | His view of the American situation follows out the formal consequences of earlier complaints by such writers as Nathanael West and Philip Roth , that the American novel can no longer keep up with contemporary reality . |
| 29 | However , the British sex and race discrimination legislation spells out the equivalent concepts of direct and indirect discrimination . |
| 30 | In reiterating its own superfluity , however , Mira 's ‘ redundant ’ language spells out the hidden resources of the novel 's position . |