Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who find it hard to work with or explain coherently to others a set of numbers which have been raised to a power or logged , Mosteller and Tukey ( 1977 : 194 ) suggest a technique which they call ‘ matched re-expression ’ to rescale the transformed values to fall within the main range of the original number scale . |
| 2 | Skill descriptions are generalisable in that human operators have characteristic abilities and limitations and therefore have tendencies to perform in the same way . |
| 3 | The US decision was the decisive factor in persuading the military-backed interim government and local business groups to agree on the same day to renewed negotiations with the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . |
| 4 | They have various strategies to cope with the showy behaviour of boys , such as giving more attention , allotting instant verbal or physical punishment , aligning the curriculum to interest them ; the normal deviant girl does not anyway present too many control problems . |
| 5 | The Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus [ see p. 39155 ] on Nov. 11 ordered partial mobilization in all of its republics , instructing commanders to go to the Chechen capital , Grozny . |
| 6 | ‘ Climatic geomorphology attempts to cope with the excessive complexity of natural parameters by holding variables such as structure , lithology and man constant . |
| 7 | And the involuntary malice within the desperate attempts to remain on the safe side of the frontier of madness . |
| 8 | He 's gone all over the eastern Mediterranean , and now has plans to go to the western end , to Spain , which was a thriving colony of the Roman empire with a lively intellectual life which had n't been touched by the Christian faith . |
| 9 | In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue . |
| 10 | Gould found that he could put those skills to work via the Labour Party — ‘ If the metal shop at school was hell on earth , distributing leaflets and canvassing was heaven , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Frenzied attempts to work off the festive flab can lead to muscle and tendon injuries as people try to do too much too quickly . |
| 12 | Utilities were among the more buoyant sectors , helped by the search by pensions funds for higher-income investments to compensate for the five-point drop in their investment returns as a result of the Budget changes . |
| 13 | Fine fibred polypropylene fleece used as a ‘ Floating Cloche ’ is one of the most useful new products to come onto the horticultural scene in years . |
| 14 | I 've got two essays to write in the next fortnight . |
| 15 | Over the past two decades , the Commission and Court have been asked by aggrieved individuals to rule upon matters such as the rights of prisoners to communicate with the outside world and police interrogation methods . |
| 16 | William Symons must have been a wild one for in July of the same year he and Elizabeth Cole also of Halling , were both bound over for twenty shillings to appear at the next gaol delivery . |
| 17 | The explanation might be that a probable leak at the tight junction is relative , allowing only small molecules to pass into the intercellular space . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going to Alès to work in the municipal library , ’ she replied . |
| 19 | It would seem that the direction in which it will be refined is to move towards a system more or less completely based on unit costs , or common funding , and that the element of further funding has been included as a temporary measure to allow high cost institutions to adjust to the new system . |
| 20 | This fibre , or roughage , helps food and waste products to pass through the digestive system . |
| 21 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 22 | The tendency is , then , for professional/client relationships to continue in the existing mode — even , as suggested earlier , pushing their interpretation of normalisation principles into line with their established practice in order to reduce the dissonance they might otherwise experience . |
| 23 | The first missionaries to preach in the Muslim north of Nigeria were greeted by a handful of people who were already believers in Jesus and claimed to follow him . |
| 24 | Skye has no other scenic attractions to compare with the Black Cuillin but deserving of special mention is the capital , Portree , a bonny little town , and further north along the coast the Storr and its Old Man , conspicuous on the skyline . |
| 25 | He knew all about gossip and calumny , having tried for months to cope with the shifty Hoornik family . |
| 26 | In a similar fashion it was becoming common for quite trivial legal disputes to go to the papal Curia on appeal : this was to transform the very nature of papal jurisdiction and authority , and is a striking example of the cosmopolitan links and assumptions of twelfth-century culture . |
| 27 | IF ONLY one side had a clear lead , what parties there would be : parties to welcome home John Major , parties to see off the blasted yoke of Tory rule , parties for the sake of parties . |
| 28 | But they are being forced to do it by fragrant Virginia , who 's actually trying to reduce the ability of dentists to perform in the National Health Service as they want to do , and as they always have done . |
| 29 | It is this bracing action which allows the legs to work during the forward swing . |
| 30 | In a show of confidence , the government allowed independent candidates to stand against the ruling Baath party . |