Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is my contention that entrenchment and cynicism both reflect and serve to heighten an atmosphere of demoralization ; that they arise as a result of a semi-conscious decision by teachers about how to cope with doubts and demands ; that while this stance often seems the only possible option it is a mistake to adopt it ; and that through insight into the dynamics of the decision-making process , a better stance can be found , even in very trying circumstances , that offers a greater opportunity for personal satisfaction and institutional success . |
| 2 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 3 | Reforms , like those carried out by the Younger Pitt , were impressive in their own terms but could do little to diminish the greater role of the Excise . |
| 4 | No one ( thank God ! ) says sex must stop and comparatively few favour the wilder flights of permissive fantasy . |
| 5 | She was told that there was slippage of some support among backbenchers ; that the 1922 Executive was divided , with some preferring a wider choice in the second round ; and that there was some disquiet in the Cabinet . |
| 6 | This process enabled some to see a simpler method ( e.g. pupil 1 ) . |
| 7 | Indeed , as experimental psychology of animals evolves from simple behaviourism — the simple response experiments of Skinner — to the more complex information-theory of positive science , it becomes ever clearer that the minds of animals — and I use the word advisedly , meaning their capacity to reason from stored information — are extremely complex , and this imposes a greater responsibility on us . |
| 8 | This revealed a higher number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service for people in Newham than in Ipswich ( understandable in view of the fact that Newham has a larger elderly population : approximately 28,500 people over 65 compared with 18,800 in Ipswich ) . |
| 9 | This produced a faster stellar wind which compressed the gas . |
| 10 | Complementary evidence that this represents a wider shift in management practice , not confined to one country , company or sector , is drawn from published accounts of similar developments elsewhere . |
| 11 | Although this represents a greater increase ( £7 ) than in the other categories , it seems only fair that two single adults should not have to pay more than a family . |
| 12 | ‘ This offers a greater physical challenge and it makes the kite more visibly spectacular , ’ he added . |
| 13 | It is also worth noting that as rates rise in the money markets equities by comparison may be seen in a less favourable light , and if this produces a greater level of uncertainty about prices , options combined with the money markets may constitute a refuge for those investors wishing to avoid such doubts . |
| 14 | This has the further benefit of helping to sustain or extend current routines through various kinds of provision . |
| 15 | As we see , from the following quote , this has the further effect of humiliating the teacher and leading to his loss of dignity : |
| 16 | This has the further consequence that a woman 's life is largely confined to private spaces — the home — while men dominate the public spaces outside the home . |
| 17 | This provided a richer and more varied diet and a grander life style for those in the middle and upper ranks of society than would have been possible if they had been dependent only on the products of a self-contained peasant economy . |
| 18 | So that , is the basic drive behind this to provide a greater incentive for the , the majority of peasants to support , actively support the Party ? |
| 19 | This adds a further regulator to receptor-matrix interaction and implies that specific receptor expression may be influenced by nuclear events or in response to a change in matrix . |
| 20 | In practice there is a limit to how far we can elongate a fat particle ; this places a lower limit ( c. 25% ) on the fat content of a cream which can be whipped . |
| 21 | This places a greater burden on local fraud squads attached to individual police forces . |
| 22 | This contradicted an earlier statement by former United States President Jimmy Carter , who headed a team of international observers monitoring the election process , that the emergency would be lifted on Sept. 30 . |
| 23 | This emphasises a further point to which domestic competition authorities need to apply their minds . |
| 24 | This allows a wider range of options to be offered as well as a better use of available resources . |
| 25 | The defender takes up a left fighting stance ( all combinations are best practised from the fighting stance , as this allows a greater amount of protection and freedom of movement ) and faces the attacker , who executes a front kick to the defender 's mid-section . |
| 26 | This uses a softer aggregate , calcite ( chalk ) , with a high proportion of detergent , either an anionic blend or an amphoteric , to produce a creamy liquid consistency . |
| 27 | Lempel Ziv Welch algorithm ( LZW ) : this uses a larger coding space than necessary for the symbols to be transmitted , and allocates the extra codes to sequences of symbols which occur in the message . |
| 28 | This raises a further problem , whether or not there was , as some Tudor writers believed , Yorkist influence behind the rising . |
| 29 | A comparatively cool Cytherean interior could account for the difference , though this raises the further question of how the Cytherean interior could be so much cooler than that of the Earth : has the tidal heating of the Earth 's interior by the Moon been important ( section 2.1.16 ) , or is the Cytherean interior depleted in the isotopes which can supply copious amounts of radioactive heat , namely , uranium , thorium and potassium ? |
| 30 | This confirmed an earlier decision : as a general principle , we would not try to collect only those trees that seemed at first sight to be superior . |