Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the Scandinavian antipathy for power-hungry , dominant task leaders in groups fits poorly with the German tolerance of dominant power-holders as a means of getting things done . |
| 2 | The work of solicitors goes back to the 15th century and as time has gone on they have become increasingly influential . |
| 3 | The most convincing way to interpret Sinhalese perceptions of the colonial courts lies not in the judicial proceedings of Dutch or Kandyan times , but in the cultural precedent set by perceptions of the gods and spirits of popular Buddhism . |
| 4 | Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care |
| 5 | The explanation for the lacklustre increase of 260% since 1975 for one of the century 's greatest artists lies also in the variable quality and variety of styles . |
| 6 | This might be called ‘ triangular ’ bargaining , i.e. negotiations in which each of three parties deals bilaterally with the other two . |
| 7 | Perhaps the DNA of the mule germ-cells mutates back to the parental forms or , more speculatively , as Taylor and Short suggest , borrows chromatin ( chromosomal material ) from a neighbouring cell . |
| 8 | Katina MacDonald , widow of one of their descendants lives there at the present time . |
| 9 | The main conclusion which this section and the preceding one allow is that the true importance of intention in trusts lies not in the internal interpretation of the meaning or the details of a bequest , but in construction , in the ability to construe a trust on the basis of the testator 's intention , and to use facts rather than words to do so . |
| 10 | In contrast , the expression level observed with the Short construct mice deviates markedly from the expected ratio and position effects are present above five copies/genome . |
| 11 | Its growth was to cause a storm of protest in the next century from archbishops less inclined to travel than Sigeric ; but we need not doubt that it arose because Sigeric and his like were delighted to have an excuse to go on pilgrimage , and the diary he has left of his movements dwells especially on the many churches in Rome worth a pilgrim 's attention . |
| 12 | STORY : how Meaulnes gets back to the lost domain . |
| 13 | But most of the gap between Britain and other countries opens up within the next 20 years . |
| 14 | Although many sons have moved up , the homogeneous character of manual workers ' origins contrasts starkly with the middle class . |
| 15 | As David Shulman , equity strategist at Salomon Brothers , was the first to point out , the danger for investors these days lies less with the few hot shares whose rise he misses than with the many dubious ones already in his portfolio . |
| 16 | One of the richest and most ancient human civilisations lies today at the cultural roots of the world 's most economically vibrant region . |
| 17 | Which one appears as the From : address in your messages depends largely on the local arrangements of the site which receives them . |
| 18 | This traditional organisation characterised by individualistic , vertical clienteles militates strongly against the horizontal group-formation typical of modern politics . |
| 19 | This inability to make explicit symmetry judgements contrasts dramatically with the preserved effect of symmetry on figure-ground segretation . |
| 20 | If the problem is interpreted in this way , the debate between holists and individualists centres initially on the relative scope of the two approaches . |
| 21 | The reputation of Vertus 's richly perfumed still red wines goes back to the fourteenth century ; in the seventeenth century these wines were favoured by William of Orange . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the way in which modern economists view macroeconomic problems owes much to the Keynesian framework . |
| 23 | Yet , the answer to the drought and related problems lies not with the worthy , necessary and spatchcocked aid to Ethiopia but with a positive response to Brandt . |
| 24 | The proportion of lone parent families varies significantly between the different ethnic groups . |
| 25 | The rule that delivery and payment are concurrent conditions ties in with the unpaid seller 's lien ( see Chapter 12 ) which entitles him in the absence of contrary agreement to retain the goods until payment . |
| 26 | Management of these problems focuses closely on the meal-time interaction . |
| 27 | The existence of the two suites argues strongly against the royal apartment interpretation . |
| 28 | And much the same process of intensification at the edges goes on in The Spanish Gardener ( 1956 ) , where another little boy is prevented by his possessive and emotionally repressed father from developing his relationship with a gardener . |
| 29 | We have not investigated platelet activating factor content , however , in duodenal or jejunal mucosa of Crohn 's disease patients , therefore we have no information whether the increase of platelet activating factor levels occurs all along the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 30 | The value of the rehabilitation centres extends far beyond the actual numbers released . |