Example sentences of "the [noun] [subord] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they vary considerably in their anatomy and , as is often the case when considering the simpler members of a group , it is sometimes difficult to decide whether a characteristic represents a truly primitive survival or is secondarily reduced to suit a particular way of life . |
| 2 | The main problem of the present-day settlor is so to draft the limitations of the settlement as to attract the least amount of income tax and inheritance tax . |
| 3 | The evidence against Sukarno was flimsy and when he was eventually sentenced to four years ' imprisonment in December 1930 one eminent Dutch professor , J.M.J. Schepper , condemned the verdict as violating the great Dutch legal tradition . |
| 4 | Charles Darwin 's work forced his generation and the generations since to restructure the conventional ways in which they thought about humanity 's role in the world . |
| 5 | FIGURE 5 After the initial laying in of colour I began to introduce more of a feeling of form to the objects while retaining the strong sense of pattern |
| 6 | I can think of nothing more damaging to law and order in the metropolis than having the hon. Gentleman as chairman of such an authority . |
| 7 | This would not necessarily occur for the risk ratings since these may have been initially quite high because of the drivers ’ unfamiliarity with the car when giving the first ratings . |
| 8 | Dad drew him maps to the unconscious ; he suggested routes and speeds , clothing for the journey and how to sit at the wheel when approaching the dangerous interior . |
| 9 | Though the down side of uninsured loss recovery work is undoubtedly the proscribed costs where there is no personal injury element , a commitment to computerisation can mitigate the effects of that on the practice while giving the personal injury department a substantial boost . |
| 10 | The poem is defined , technically , as the ‘ experience of the right kind of reader has when he peruses the verses ’ ( Richards 1926 : 10 ) ) , and the right kind of reader is the one who manages to recreate in himself more or less completely the collection of impulses which the poet expressed in the poem or , more exactly , the ‘ relevant experience of the poet when contemplating the completed composition ’ ( Richards 1967 : 178 ) . |
| 11 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
| 12 | Certain valuable steps could be taken to reform and strengthen the law whilst retaining the present structure of sexual offences : the marital rape exemption could be abolished and liability for rape could be extended to cover defendants whose belief in consent , given their capacities , was wholly unreasonable . |
| 13 | It may well give me a reason to break the law when encountering the secret police , when coming up against censorship , or when confronting other forms of injustice or repression . |
| 14 | Greece was criticized at the conference as having the worst record among participating countries . |
| 15 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 16 | Subjects were asked to look either to the left or to the right while choosing the odd one out from among three Hebrew words . |
| 17 | Left-wing militancy a–d more especially the left-ward lurch of the Socialist Party are thus seen as responses to right-wing intransigence , and the right as bearing the main responsibility for political breakdown , ever-worsening social conflict , and ultimately , civil war . |
| 18 | 2–Epb unit No 5723 halts at the station while working the 17.30 Elmers End to Sanderstead on 15 april 1983 . |
| 19 | However , the DUP still enjoys better relationships with the paramilitaries than does the Official Unionist Party . |
| 20 | He supported the alliance because to take the cooperative movement into the Labour Party wholly would not help the Labour Party : and it was necessary to build up a political consciousness in the movement so that cooperative ideals could be translated by political machinery . |
| 21 | Hunt was again on the mark when scoring the final goal . |
| 22 | Among the countries of South East Asia , a recent World Bank report regards the Philippines as having the highest level of poverty and the lowest calory supply per head . |
| 23 | All these lines of communication cut through the ridge-and-furrow of the open fields of the villages as does the wandering line of the original Oxford Canal to the south-east and west . |
| 24 | The Government as assessed the combined spending needs of the Cherwell District Council and the parishes in it 's area at £91.49 per personal charge payer . |
| 25 | Geomorphology received the clear import of general systems theory when Chorley ( 1962 ) clearly and explicitly reviewed the approach although acknowledging the earlier statements that had been made , particularly by Strahler who had avowed ( Strahler , 1952 , p. 935 ) : |
| 26 | On the other hand , refusal to cooperate would have been perceived by the professionals as reinforcing the latter 's initial perceptions . |
| 27 | ‘ THE art of taxation ’ , wrote Colbert , Louis XIV 's finance minister , ‘ consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing . ’ |
| 28 | Critical path method ( CPM ) is a network planning system developed by Dupont in the 1940s and provides more information on the progress of the project than does the basic Gantt chart . |
| 29 | Critical path method ( CPM ) is a network planning system developed by Dupont in the 1940s and provides more information on the progress of the project than does the basic Gantt chart . |
| 30 | Herbs and vegetables come from the garden as do the pre-prandial hazelnuts . |