Example sentences of "[vb base] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To judge from Egypt , the traditional bell-wether of the Arab flock , they are failing to do so . |
| 2 | They are the spearhead of the Imperial army , capable of shattering almost any enemy line under the right circumstances . |
| 3 | Muslim nationalists were encouraged to see themselves as the spearhead of the anti-colonial movement , and Lenin himself addressed their congress ( in November 1919 ) . |
| 4 | Bryan Robson , who steered England 's soccer team to the World Cup Finals , receives the OBE , Linford Christie , the Olympic silver medal winner and spearhead of the British team which won the European Cup and placed third in the World Cup , is awarded the MBE , as does Ellery Hanley , leader of the Great Britain rugby league side . |
| 5 | Professor Roger Scruton made himself the spearhead of the academic attack , especially in his Peace Studies : A Critical Survey ( with Baroness Cox , 1984 ) , and Education and Indoctrination ( with Angela Ellis-Jones and Dennis O'Keefe , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | If the events in each of his series did happen or could have happened , they come to us with the optimistic tone , the promise of a happy ending , which we expect of the classic adventure story . |
| 7 | The problem can be overcome in the case of any straight step function by evaluating the Fourier transform of the corresponding exponentially decaying step function and then finding its limit as the rate of decay goes to zero . |
| 8 | To illustrate the partial fraction method , suppose that the inverse Laplace transform of the simple function is needed . |
| 9 | The closure problem has come through in the appearance of another function F in the equation for E ; F is related to the Fourier transform of the triple correlation . |
| 10 | An important equation in the theory of homogeneous isotropic turbulence is obtained by considering the Fourier transform of the double velocity correlation . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought a quick gallop , a guzzle of the local tincture and a few snaps to record the event for posterity . ’ |
| 12 | In truth , the camera is a ruthless editor of visual information ; this can be made plain by looking at a picture , say of the eighteenth century , and comparing it with a contemporary print , perhaps an aquatint , and a modern photograph . |
| 13 | They assemble initially in their own chamber from where they are eventually summoned by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to attend at the Bar of the House of Lords where a Commission for the Opening of Parliament is read , usually by the Lord Chancellor , on behalf of the monarch . |
| 14 | The ideological terms in which the affected groups perceive of the environmental crisis are not politically sophisticated — in fact they have very little political content at all . |
| 15 | Researches into Border ballads were to lead to the composition of Scott 's immensely popular Lay of the Last Minstrel . |
| 16 | Re-reading them today one is reminded of what nonsense these individuals make of the bitter squabbles between Snow and F. R. Leavis nearly a century later . |
| 17 | How the House is televised is important ; far more important is how the House is broadcast — the use the broadcasters make of the clean feed they are given . |
| 18 | At Pipewell in Northamptonshire , earthworks remain of the pre-existing hamlet , mixed up with earthworks of the Cistercian abbey buildings . |
| 19 | It is also basilican and parts remain of the earlier work . |
| 20 | Nowadays , though , only bassist Simmons and guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley remain of the original be-costumed quartet , originals Paul ‘ Ace ’ Frehley and drummer Peter Criss having ‘ retired ’ with alledged drink and drug-related problems . |
| 21 | Only a few capitals and a little of the marble panelling and mosaic remain of the original decoration . |
| 22 | ( c ) The ruined huts are all that remain of the old crofting settlement of Borreraig , an extreme example of the eviction of crofting communities in the 19th century . |
| 23 | If it is not permissible to take into account what was said by the Financial Secretary , I remain of the same view . |
| 24 | Membership of an economic community requires the acceptance of a financial obligation to fund the objectives of the organisation whether they consist of the limited objectives of a regional trading group , or the more extensive objectives of an economic union . |
| 25 | The children of the start state consist of the above assertions and one additional one , such as |
| 26 | Vols. 1 & 2 consist of the two Janźček Cypresses ( ) and the two Smetana Quartets with some Dvořák miniatures ) . |
| 27 | These consist of the two Archbishops ( of York and Canterbury ) , the three senior bishops ( of London , Durham and Winchester ) plus 21 others . |
| 28 | A retailer 's overheads consist of the following : |
| 29 | In physics this is a simple matter because when the efficiency of a system is measured , both input and output consist of the same quantity : energy . |
| 30 | Thirdly , material similarity , a relation referring to the degree to which two strings consist of the same characters . |