Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing turns on the precise figures . |
| 2 | The project outline claims that no-one lives in the inner zones , although this is disputed by local non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) , which insist that tribal people currently use all of the forest . |
| 3 | Nothing passes during the eight miles to Dimatima . |
| 4 | Just as the young Federman arrives in America and will embark on a new series of experiences , so Double Or Nothing speculates about the possible shapes it might take . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there is nothing comparable on the university side , unless one refers to the general aims of higher education enunciated by Robbins ( 1963 ) and endorsed by the recent White Paper ( DES 1987 , para. 1.2 ) : ‘ instruction in skills , the promotion of the general powers of the mind , the advancement of learning , and the transmission of a common culture and common standards of citizenship ’ . |
| 6 | However , when one turns to the year-by-year figures in Table 2 , the picture , even for that period , becomes more variable . |
| 7 | If one turns from the professional judges to the nobles and gentry who were members of the Council in the Marches , high-handedness and corruption become more apparent . |
| 8 | Of course , America has always been highly influential , but when one thinks of the Rolling Stones and Beatles erm and what have you in the sixties and seventies , and how much it has influenced Continental light music , not light music but popular culture , it is incredible . |
| 9 | If one looks beyond the surviving lists of fees to less formal evidence of affiliation , more instances of continuity are to be found . |
| 10 | If one looks beyond the surviving lists of fees to less formal evidence of affiliation , more instances of continuity are to be found . |
| 11 | However one looks at the early movies one comes up against the decisive contribution of the showmen , but obviously their role was most noticeable in the way the movies were presented . |
| 12 | It seems to me that when one looks at the brief findings and reasons of the justices given at the conclusion of the hearing , or even if one were to look at the more elaborate reasons which they have compiled subsequently for the purpose of his appeal , then their decision was plainly wrong . |
| 13 | If one looks at the continuing difficulties in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet empire , which some now call the UFFR — the union of fewer and fewer republics — one sees that those troubles could trigger off large movements of displaced persons across national frontiers . |
| 14 | The impression one gets from the various accounts , however , is of a remarkable uniformity of depth from some writers , and of far less uniformity from others . |
| 15 | Whatever view one takes of the electoral fortunes of the Liberal and Labour Parties before 1914 , the Conservative party was clearly losing — three general election defeats in a row and no significant signs of an electoral revival . |
| 16 | The following are examples of the petty attempts at subversion which one finds in the old books on election law . |
| 17 | The specificity of this form of violence or coercion has to be recognized , however one feels about the terrible consequences of it for the innocent . |
| 18 | If one follows through the possible implications of this , one comes to the thought that perhaps language should be presented , to learners primarily in lexical terms , setting conditions for the gradual emergence of syntax as a focusing device — the very converse of conventional practice . |
| 19 | Finally , one penetrates to the real reasons for the success ( or failure ! ) of a theory . |
| 20 | What one hopes , of course , is to find that one comes to the same conclusions from using the neuropsychological method as from using psychological methods of investigation : and , as we will show in Chapter 9 , such agreements between conclusions do actually occur . |
| 21 | One arises from the different ways hoards were put together ( i.e. ‘ savings ’ or ‘ currency ’ ) ; if the particular circumstances of a hoard 's history affect the composition of two hoards with the same deposition dates , it is impossible for the composition of both to reflect mint output . |
| 22 | Just about everyone flicks through the racing pages and either studies the form , thinks of a lucky number or name , or just plunges in the pin . |