Example sentences of "[noun] of [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you have got the tactics of finding the right stream , getting the right cover from the wind . |
| 2 | In conducting this review the University has taken into account the feasibility of raising the necessary funding from outside sources . |
| 3 | In Climate and Life he recalls the work of his collaborator O.A. Drozdov on ‘ Changing the Climate in Connection with the Plan for Transforming Nature in the Drought Regions of the USSR ’ ; and studies by others on the feasibility of melting the polar ice with nuclear energy and by damming the Behring Straits and pumping water from the Behring Sea into the Arctic . |
| 4 | And in thinking of replacing the reverend with a ‘ thrusting businessman ’ , which Waddington believe ‘ is more than suitable for the 1990s ’ , they have shown themselves to be even more out of tune with modern times . |
| 5 | Four common methods of generating the open-loop velocity profile are examined in this Section . |
| 6 | An engineer may be well versed in the technique of value engineering ; it includes methods of generating the creative discontinuity . |
| 7 | Alternative methods of achieving the same objective should be sought and the problem should not be allowed to rest until a satisfactory solution is found . |
| 8 | As well as kinder practices at parish level there was a more marked emphasis by reformers on finding alternative methods of helping the poor , for example in facilitating the setting up of friendly societies , the most popular vehicle for self-help . |
| 9 | We saw that when the genes of a parasite work together with each other , but in opposition to the genes of the host ( which all work together with each other ) , it is because the two sets of genes have different methods of leaving the shared vehicle , the host 's body . |
| 10 | First of all , there have been important advances in experimental methods : single cell recordings with exquisitely fine electrodes ; novel methods of imaging the internal structure of neurons and the connections between them ; cell culture techniques permitting the growth and development of nervous systems to be studied in great detail ; and sophisticated computational and statistical analysis of data permitting better mathematical modelling of large and small scale events in the nervous system and its functional connections . |
| 11 | to suggest methods of meeting the identified needs . |
| 12 | Both are more refreshing than a toner — and more effective methods of removing the last traces of make-up and oil . |
| 13 | On a large contract one of the most cost effective methods of calculating the total cost of disruption is to use a computer . |
| 14 | Since users ' ability to appropriate most of the benefits of innovations is likely to be particularly evident in industries where spillovers or positive pecuniary externalities inhibit independent R&D by suppliers , it follows that co-operative R&D ventures amongst suppliers and user-led innovation programmes may be alternative methods of reaching the same goal . |
| 15 | Alternative methods of protecting the original tenant include : ( 1 ) limiting his contractual liability to the period of his tenure as tenant ; ( 2 ) stipulating for a tenant 's break clause at regular intervals throughout the term ; ( 3 ) limiting the landlord 's right to impose retrospective liability on the original tenant without warning ; ( 4 ) requiring the landlord to exhaust other remedies first ; ( 5 ) reserving a right of re-entry on any assignment ( Shiloh Spinners v Harding [ 1973 ] AC 691 ) . |
| 16 | It therefore bypasses one of the main methods of testing the rational expectations hypothesis which we explained in chapter 3 , namely testing the restrictions it imposes . |
| 17 | Two methods of resolving the first problem are : |
| 18 | It all developed from techniques — routine methods of doing the basic fundamentals so that they became automatic . |
| 19 | In the following years , however , Haines turned his attention to workhouses as a panacea for national ills , after a visit to Holland , where he admired Dutch methods of employing the poor . |
| 20 | Hailey 's reservations about Indirect Rule were based purely upon the practical consideration that in its dogmatic insistence on working only through the authentic traditional leadership it excluded other , possibly more effective , methods of securing the essential ‘ degree of acquiescence ’ in British rule . |
| 21 | Scientists like Dr John Ballantyre , Assistant Physician to the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital , together with progressive local medical officers like Newman and Newsholme , insisted that recent research into pregnancy and embryonic pathology pointed to new methods of tackling the high infant death-rate . |
| 22 | However , the search for methods of countering the national economic and military ‘ deterioration ’ after the Boer War was dominated by discussion of methods of improving the numbers and environment of the masses rather than of weeding out the unfit . |
| 23 | By further concentration , and by various methods of isolating the cooled , concentrated cell sap from contact with nucleators , some plants can withstand supercooling in at least some of their tissues to temperatures as low as -55°C . |
| 24 | If there is a likelihood of reinfection , use of the fungicidal cream as a lubricant during intercourse or intercourse after insertion of a fungicidal pessary are relatively painless methods of treating the male sexual partner . |
| 25 | Suggested methods of preserving the red squirrel include the replacement of trees with large nuts such as oak , beech and sweet chestnut with smaller seed species such as birch , rowan , willow , aspen and seed producing conifers such as larch and Scots pine . |
| 26 | However , the art of sensitivity analysis is in finding methods of obtaining the optimal solution with less effort , in general , using the optimal tableau of the original problem as starting point . |
| 27 | In 1939 he joined the Admiralty as an electrical engineer and went to HMS Vernon , the Navy 's torpedo and mining school at Portsmouth , where he worked on methods of defeating the German magnetic mine . |
| 28 | Even systems sharing the same theoretical background tend to use different methods of representing the lexical information and ruleset . |
| 29 | A full discussion of the methods of distributing the general grant is beyond the scope of this book . |
| 30 | The methods of distributing the general grant have varied over time . |