Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 2 | Figure 1 b shows the rotation rate residuals after allowing for the increased value of slowdown rate which fits the later part of Fig. 1 a . |
| 3 | Competition among the owners of a particular resource may tend to force its price downwards ; those owners for whom its sale involves the greater sacrifices will tend to drop out of the race as the falling price makes it worthwhile for them to sell only fewer and fewer units of the resource . |
| 4 | The important question is whether it fulfils the longer term expectations which the Spanish authorities have invested in it . |
| 5 | In this chapter , when examining the benefits and disadvantages of labour-only sub-contracting to both the builder and subcontractor , it will be apparent that the builder probably receives the greater benefit . |
| 6 | Britain constitutes the greater part of the British Isles , a geographical term for the group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe . |
| 7 | Of course , this merely begs the further question : of what is ‘ dignity ’ comprised ? |
| 8 | Around the stair tower , a curved , fin-like aluminium wall screens the lower conference room and the boardroom terrace above , and adds a further textural element to the low-key material themes of timber and brick . |
| 9 | ‘ Money does n't make you happy , ’ insists the elder brother . |
| 10 | The army insists the smaller bands ‘ are not musically viable ’ . |
| 11 | Roger Smith , a research chemist , made an evaluation of the literature guides in chemistry , and this probably represents the wider attitude of academic staff : |
| 12 | This group , which does not ally itself with either American intervention or with Marxists , represents the greater part of the church in Central America . |
| 13 | Using four different methods , this chapter has demonstrated that the ‘ hidden ’ sector represents the greater part of Wirral 's heroin-using population , some two-thirds of the total . |
| 14 | Since the latter represents the greater sacrifice it is therefore the relevant cost if the original project is undertaken . |
| 15 | The upperline represents the upper chain , the underline represents the lower chain . |
| 16 | The West Pier , built in 1863–6 and lengthened in 1893 , represents the later Brighton as the famous Pavilion does its beginning . |
| 17 | The former idea represents the older model , the latter the newly emerging picture . |
| 18 | Yet despite the ( partly chemically induced ) euphoria of pop music in the summer of 1967 — as the youth utopia seemed to be within grasp — that year also represents the highwater mark of the Teen age , of the love affair between the dominant culture and youth . |
| 19 | Of the two , the tapas bar offers the greater choice to the weight- and health-conscious ; dishes usually include low-calorie grilled or marinated shrimp , mushrooms , squid , sardine bites , chicken wings , and tomato toasts . |
| 20 | The difficulty is that in the absence of an explicit theory of sociolinguistic structure which attempts to account for these relationships , there is no principled way of deciding which variable offers the greater insight into patterns of variation . |
| 21 | ‘ On balance , it has been concluded that , of the two projects , Fams offers the better prospect of providing an affordable and capable system within the timescale . ’ |
| 22 | It must be totally condemned , because anything less encourages the further rise of fascism . |
| 23 | Yeah I think on the North Sea , it obviously would have erm an effect on parts of our business , some parts more than others erm it 's very early to say exactly what , what effect it obviously in fact to the extent that it encourages the further development of existing fields that clearly benefits parts , parts of our business that are to do with completion equipment and development equipment . |
| 24 | A hundred miles beyond Bahriyah lies the further oasis of Farafra , to which few people ventured . |
| 25 | Behind this debate lies the deeper issue of the relationship between geographical change and national manufacturing change . |
| 26 | To its south lies the smaller Hatfield Moor , still quite large enough to get lost in . |
| 27 | A café curtain is an ideal way of giving privacy if you are overlooked , or for blocking out an unwanted view , as this type of curtain covers the lower half of the window permanently , leaving the top half uncovered . |
| 28 | This technique is not as useful as the torsional pendulum but covers the higher frequency range 10 to 103 Hz . |
| 29 | John Young is always especially smart and handsome when he visits the lower deck for his strolls , morning and evening , with ivory-topped cane , with burnished black shoes , with plausible perfecto . |
| 30 | A fine nerve fibre accompanies the larger veins of many insects ( Fudalewicz-Niemczyk , 1963 ) and a degenerate trachea known as " Semper 's rib " is present in Lepidoptera alongside the ordinary trachea within the vein cavity ( Fig. 29 ) . |