Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , the level of bargaining influences the distribution of internal union power . |
| 2 | The answer to that may be that lowering cholesterol influences the level of serotonin , a neurotransmitter which affects mood . |
| 3 | I have already argued in this chapter ( p. 79 ) that the rat 's level of arousal can help determine the vigour of the OR ; and , theoretically more important , in this and in previous chapters I have argued that the decline of this investigatory response represents the operation of a process of habituation . |
| 4 | A pointer is touched against each point of intersection on the grid and the digitizer records the position in the computer . |
| 5 | As it is , a different worry confronts the West : how best to get the Bosnian Serbs to change their minds . |
| 6 | You 've got some mate , do n't worry Mm , lovely bread mm , mm , mm Mum thinks the decoration it 's lovely , she said tell him you 've done a really good job , shush |
| 7 | There is no sense that the audience at either play represents the cutting edge of unorthodoxy , buzzing with the enjoyment of dissent . |
| 8 | At the moment the computer receives the pulse from the Light Rifle it compares the value of its scan registers with the screen position of the target and , if a match is found , the player has hit it . |
| 9 | This kind of decision fits the model of a ‘ weighing ’ of considerations ; we may think of the man as piling items pro and con on opposite sides of a balance and making his judgement after one side goes down . |
| 10 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 11 | At the bottom level sits the SQL Server engine itself . |
| 12 | At the bottom level sits the SQL Server engine itself . |
| 13 | Such provision represents the Group 's share of the estimated liability for costs which may be incurred in removing production platforms and facilities at the end of the producing life of each field . |
| 14 | We only have the year 's agreement on our place — will the laird turn us out if Kenneth signs the paper ? ’ a nervous yellow-haired woman was asking him . |
| 15 | One Sunday morning after he had gone to his chapel and I to my church , he came back excitedly waving a newspaper and said ‘ Listen to this , ’ and he read the Dylan Thomas poem ‘ The force that through the green fuse drives the flower ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ The force that through the green fuse drives the flower . ’ |
| 17 | Even the vegetarian has to cut the force , that through the green fuse drives the lettuce , in order to be able to live and say that meat is murder . |
| 18 | This change erodes the distinction between university and what were previously known as ‘ public sector ’ institutions , and may blur what Burgess ( 1977 , pp. 2332 ) has argued is a contrast between the ‘ autonomous ’ ( university ) and ‘ service ’ ( polytechnic/ college ) traditions . |
| 19 | The technique involves the partitioning of words in the text into classes based on certain similarities , and then further partitioning based on small word contexts . |
| 20 | The technique involves the use of a ‘ lipid bilayer ’ , a component of a cell membrane , to absorb an ‘ odorous ’ substance , then weighing the combination with a delicate balance . |
| 21 | This technique involves the use of a sensor which is attached to the oil pipes . |
| 22 | The technique involves the woman masturbating her partner to the point where he can not control his ejaculation , whereupon she squeezes the tip of his penis firmly between her fingers until the urge subsides . |
| 23 | The absence of substantive protection renders the presence of procedural rights even more important , a point made cogently by Lord Wilberforce in Malloch v. Aberdeen Corporation . |
| 24 | However , it seems that although the exemption can only be waived on a building-by-building basis , if the exemption is waived for a building as a whole , but if a lease of part of the building prohibits the addition of VAT , the landlord will have to account to Customs & Excise for VAT out of the net rent . |
| 25 | Communication in science can take place at different levels of complexity or integration of informational elements ; data transfer is the most basic level , comprising the exchange of information on fundamental parameters , such as numerical or analytical data ; the descriptive level involves the transfer of data in a descriptive context ; and at the idea transfer level , deductions , interpretations and predictions are made from data and descriptions earlier acquired , and from background knowledge and experience . |
| 26 | The disorientating effect of the upward-tilted deck encourages the eye to rove over the scene . |
| 27 | Citizens choose between different teams of politicians and whichever one wins enacts the programme on which it campaigned . |
| 28 | Someone at general command had a great idea , a cheap-rate sequel to GI Blues in which a young Scottish footballer plays the part of a handsome conscript . |
| 29 | ‘ The most usual way of buying a new detached house in France , Belgium and Germany involves the house buyer working closely with the builder of his choice on finding a site , raising the finance , developing the design and choosing the materials , ’ she says . |
| 30 | and s t denotes the derivative with respect to t c Where the steady-state path is locally stable , the coefficient of is negative , and k rises ( falls ) if s t is positive ( negative ) — as indicated by Fig. 8–2 . |