Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] survey " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grey Egerton , describing in 1852 a fossil fish which he had lithographed for the Geological Survey , could take a more cheerful view , calling it a ‘ pretty little specimen ’ . |
| 2 | When they did use credit , it tended to be HP ( again borne out by the small number of West Indians interviewed for the main survey ) , and they knew a fair amount about their rights in an HP transaction , though they felt that the language of the agreements should be simpler to understand . |
| 3 | Just the same refuges of the elderly also appear in the Social Survey of Merseyside of 1934 , where they made up a third of the tenants of the largest multiple households . |
| 4 | Improved business optimism , reported in the previous survey , has not been sustained and expectations of rising business volumes were not fulfilled . |
| 5 | Male workplaces are even more segregated ( 81 per cent of the husbands interviewed in the same survey in 1980 had no colleagues of the opposite sex doing the same type of work ) . |
| 6 | The small number of Asians interviewed in the main survey did not stand out as different from the rest of the sample . |
| 7 | The age distribution of known opioid users was similar to that found in the first survey , with 69 per cent being aged between 16 and 24 years ( compared to 75 per cent in 1984–5 ) . |
| 8 | This was the first problem addressed in the following survey , which also asked the following questions : why do companies use headhunters instead of their own in-house recruiting facilities and personnel function ? |
| 9 | Two years ago we reported on the seismic survey work being carried out in the Solent to determine if oil drilling there would be profitable . |
| 10 | Larne-1 , drilled by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland in 1962–63 , reached only to the Sherwood Sandstone at a total depth of 4211 ft ; it found no oil or gas . |
| 11 | ‘ I must not omit to tell you , ’ wrote Gould nonchalantly in a letter to Jardine on 16 January 1837 , ‘ that Mr Darwin 's Collection of Birds ( made during the late survey under Capn FitzRoy ) are exceedingly fine ; they are placed in my hands to describe ; some of the forms are very singular particularly those from the Gallipagos [ sic ] . |
| 12 | He was promoted geologist in 1867 , when the branch was reorganized as the Geological Survey of Scotland with Archibald as its director , and he was promoted district surveyor in 1869 . |
| 13 | The geologists soon joined in , and the Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street in London , connected with the Geological Survey and arranging programmes of lectures , presented that science in a systematic manner too . |
| 14 | ‘ You were connected with the original survey ? ’ |
| 15 | We have made it clear that we are disappointed at the figures revealed in the latest survey by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys of tobacco consumption by young people . |
| 16 | The procedures employed to conduct the second multi-agency enumeration survey were similar to those adopted in the first survey , the main differences being the need to revise the agencies employed to enumerate problem drug users ( see Parker et al . |
| 17 | According to the pre-Budget survey carried out by System 3 for the accountancy firm Ernst & Young , 77 per cent of companies believe they are well placed to lead the country out of recession although most do not feel that the economy has embarked on recovery . |
| 18 | According to the quarterly survey of the Construction Employers ' Federation , there has been a 12pc increase in the number of firms reporting lower tender prices , and that the building sector in Ulster is still struggling to climb out of recession . |
| 19 | Two hot summers in succession have helped Britain 's hare population to increase by 20 per cent during the period 1989-90 , according to the annual survey of the Game Conservancy . |
| 20 | 1992 was a better year for waterway birds in the UK , according to the annual survey by members of the British Trust for Ornithology . |
| 21 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 22 | Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 23 | GOODS stolen from retailers accounted for 1.1 p.c. of turnover last year , down by a quarter compared with 1989 , according to the latest survey by accountants Touche Ross . |
| 24 | YOUNG women like Jo Garcia have had 4.3 loves , according to the latest survey into the nation 's sex lives . |
| 25 | According to the latest survey by the BBC , schools have reported a 30 per cent increase in the numbers of youngsters being permanently excluded from schools across the eastern region . |
| 26 | Scottish firms expect to boost output and create more jobs according to the latest survey from the CBI . |
| 27 | The health of most of Europe 's forests is continuing to decline , according to the latest survey by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UNECE ) and the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 28 | HOUSE prices tumbled again last month , according to the latest survey by Nationwide Building Society published yesterday . |
| 29 | Its economic importance is attested by the provision in the subsidy act for the assessment of income from customary land , conceivably in the light of knowledge gleaned from the preceding survey . |
| 30 | The inaugural exhibition of Maak , its name deriving from the initials of its directors and situated in Blackburn Road , is a group of nine sculptures by Phillip King ( to 5 October ) dating from the early years of his career and previously shown in the recent survey of his art at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park . |