Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminist methods frequently situate themselves socially and historically in ways which distinguish the concept of the subject they work with from the one which underpins qualitative psychological methods , and which give these methods a different significance . |
| 2 | 14.7.2 Distinguish the tort of negligence |
| 3 | Distinguish the benefits of matching and randomization in designed experiments . |
| 4 | However , it is these measurable indicators which distinguish the service from many other education business strategies . |
| 5 | These differences distinguish the mouse from the human TEF-1 sequence . |
| 6 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 7 | ‘ Stylistics ’ thus becomes an essentially comparative study of the patterns of preference shown by the writer in his selection from the linguistic resources available to him , a question of the relative frequencies of choice which distinguish the language of his text from that of others ; it is an ‘ application rather than an extension of linguistics ’ ( p.217 ) . |
| 8 | This distils the ratios to that sub-set which , when taken together and appropriately weighted , best distinguish the characteristics of the failed and silent sets of firms . |
| 9 | Know and understand some practices and customs that distinguish the lifestyle of two religious/cultural groups and evaluate one of them |
| 10 | The same two terms , ‘ bibliography ’ and ‘ history ’ serve to describe both subjects , and it is only the order in which they are cited and , in natural language , the connecting words that distinguish the statements of the two subjects . |
| 11 | They influence the education of children in enormously important ways , not just in terms of how many exams they pass , what results they get at O level or C S E , but on important issues such as education for democracy , the kind of climate that schools create for young people is very important in the way they see society and they see their role in it . |
| 12 | However , the free flow of funds between national and international money markets ensures that key domestic interest rates influence the cost of funds . |
| 13 | Many factors influence the profitability of different sources of energy . |
| 14 | What factors influence the type of crater and associated features formed by an impact ? |
| 15 | There is , however , an alternative approach based on the development of a new understanding of law , which no longer assumes that the legal system is uniform but realises that law is linked into complex processes of communication between and within different sub-systems of society , which in turn form and influence the substance of a particular segment of law . |
| 16 | Discuss the important standards which influence the rest of the computer industry . |
| 17 | Factors which influence the stability of the combination include the softness of the car and the trailer 's suspension , plus the balance of the trailer . |
| 18 | But on day-to-day issues or on detailed matters where the minister would not be authorized to intervene by the relevant act , however much he might discuss these points on an informal basis and influence the actions of the board , Parliament can do nothing . |
| 19 | We possess no worked example to illustrate how genes control behaviour ; all we can say is that , in abstract terms , proteins influence the development of neurons , and that genes must by this means influence the development of the nervous system . |
| 20 | Furthermore , amongst those who influence the development of the law , it is still far from accepted that the overriding objective of the law of rape and allied offences should be the protection of sexual choice , that is to say , the protection of a woman 's right to choose , whether , when and with whom to have sexual intercourse . |
| 21 | If a manager joins a sales team from another department where he or she enjoyed a good reputation , this v–ill go before them and influence the attitude of the team . |
| 22 | We shall be particularly interested in discussing how a recipient might come to comprehend the producer 's intended message on a particular occasion , and how the requirements of the particular recipient(s) , in definable circumstances , influence the organisation of the producer 's discourse . |
| 23 | But the identity which a region gives — through collective institutions such as its legal , educational and political systems — can not be provided by individuals alone , through the meanings which they attribute to their lifeworlds : ‘ In this respect the regions contain an explicit collective dimension which has relative independence , being continually reproduced by institutionally embedded power relations that influence the socialization of individuals ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 24 | These conformations influence the position of the phosphate group with respect to the grooves of the double helix . |
| 25 | There are in staffrooms ( as there are in every institution ) tacit rules that define what is collectively thought of as normal , acceptable , odd or inept and which therefore influence the kind of reputation and influence an individual has . |
| 26 | Others influence the kind of jobs we can get , how much we 'll be paid , how we behave in public ( and even in private ) and how we spend our time and money . |
| 27 | The project also aims to evaluate the policies which influence the management of nature conservation resources and to identify how policies can be developed to increase the economic role of wildlife without detriment to the wider aims of nature conservation . |
| 28 | An appreciation of why governments follow certain types of economic policies requires an understanding of the theories which influence the decisions of the policy-maker . |
| 29 | This is not to say , however , that various arguments will not be among the important factors that influence the decisions of scientists . |
| 30 | Hormones of the adrenal cortex influence the behaviour of lymphocytes , the white blood cells involved in the development of immunity : the adrenal hormones , and synthetic related substances have been found useful in the control of those leukaemias which are , in effect , tumours of lymphocytes . |