Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [adv] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of neutrons explains why the atomic weights of elements do not correspond with their atomic numbers . |
| 2 | ( That is assuming that the United Nations sorts out the regulatory problems . ) |
| 3 | For all countries the ten-year difference in the two sets of pyramids demonstrates how the excess births of one generation moves through the population , creating a successive need for new schools , jobs , houses and , ultimately , pensions . |
| 4 | Such cropmarks occur because soil moisture deficiency in gravel subsoils shows up the earlier features . |
| 5 | Perhaps simple ‘ familiarity ’ of the rules and persons involved might be better in defining the inside , i.e. just feeling ‘ at home ’ with things indicates where the internal boundaries lie . |
| 6 | I caught myself shouting at people or giving them lectures about elementary things like the importance of oiling their bikes ( I later discovered that oiling bikes in dusty regions wears out the moving parts rather than preserving them ) . |
| 7 | For Sahlins demonstrates how the obscure histories of remote islanders take a place alongside our self-contemplations of a European past — a supposed history of civilisation — for their own contributions to a historical understanding . |