Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the national income accounts measure the value of goods and services produced in the economy ( gross domestic product ) by both an income and an expenditure method . |
| 2 | The field notes describe the encounter thus : |
| 3 | The distinctions between the two cases are not convincing and the apparent conflict and the difficulties posed by causation in the medical negligence cases show the drawbacks of using the tort system as a method of compensating for personal injuries . |
| 4 | Blocked storm drains flood the streets . |
| 5 | The national curriculum proposals form the first part of the Education Reform Bill , which also contains proposals in relation to open enrolments , financial delegation to schools , the establishment of grant maintained schools and various proposals for higher education . |
| 6 | For example , index arbitrage will create a substantial increase in uninformed share trading , the holders of shares ( for instance , market makers ) can hedge some of the risk via index futures , and index futures permit the revelation of bad news ( of a general nature ) by adopting a short position . |
| 7 | Defence experts say the services in their perennial pursuit of hi-tech gadgetry have once again dug a hole for themselves . |
| 8 | Defence experts say the £50 million plane is a damaging loss to the Americans . |
| 9 | Not all life sentence prisoners follow the same ‘ career path ’ through prison but most spend three to four years in two initial centres , then progress to training prisons and — possibly — open prisons before a final release date is in sight . |
| 10 | Multiples and variety chains have the following advantages and disadvantages : |
| 11 | So it 's no longer a matter of course that Victim Support groups get the details they need . |
| 12 | Although economic imperatives remain dominant in these schemas , all modern functionalist accounts acknowledge the existence of separate political — ideological structures or cultural processes with their own distinctive logic of development . |
| 13 | All other module version deletion protection rules remain the same . |
| 14 | The mechanism whereby cholesteryl esters decrease the stability of pancreatic lysosomes is not known . |
| 15 | Cable patterns draw the work in , do not attempt to introduce them into a pattern without working a tension sample first . |
| 16 | ‘ Truck drivers have the reputation of being big , bald , aggressive , vulgar men — but I find them quite harmless , ’ she says of her work . |
| 17 | NEW APPROACH TO WORK EXPERIENCE The Institute 's new work experience guidelines reconcile the irreconcilable and add more flexibility to its training arrangements |
| 18 | Many shirt manufacturers leave the wings too short and cut the collars too low and without a loop at the back to hold the tie from rising to the top ( or , poor sod , over the top ) of the collar . |
| 19 | Resorts : star spotters head for Aspen , Colorado , which has all grades of skiing — at a price ; Vail is smart too ; neighbouring Copper Mountain and Breckenridge are less awesomely large and more youth oriented ; experts on and off the piste love Jackson Hole , Wyoming ; Utah 's powder paradises are Park City , Snowbird and Alta , with Robert Redford 's Sundance as a family alternative ; mogul maniacs bash the hell out of their knees in Taos , New Mexico and the old silver mining town of Telluride . |
| 20 | Radar images measure the roughness ( rather than the colour or the temperature ) of the target surface . |
| 21 | Different rail shapes release the water that is flowing under the board in different ways . |
| 22 | If safety standards are threatened by the alleged or actual act of victimisation , offshore safety division inspectors have the powers , under the Health and Safety at Work etc . |
| 23 | Little wonder , then , that guitar shops take the attitude so many complain about . |
| 24 | Only three of the muster books provide the information necessary to relate assessed wealth to status and occupational groups . |
| 25 | Many Wedding present fans have the arrogance to believe they are somehow different from fans of other groups . |
| 26 | It is clear that computer designers need the chemists ' understanding of the physical and chemical properties of silicon and the III-Vs and the rules under which they seem to operate at the atomic and molecular levels . |
| 27 | Yet both Labour MPs and Euro-MPs in the Tories ' Christian Democrat sister parties believe the provision has been over-hyped . |
| 28 | These files , its library , the expertise of its staff , and its access to special computer databases constitute the Department 's unique resources . |
| 29 | In vitro , high extracellular calcium concentrations inhibit the proliferation of human colonic epithelial cells and several colonic cancer cell lines . |
| 30 | Cable tidies reduce the need for countless trailing wires and plugs . |