Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper . |
| 2 | Taylor will then need convincing shows in the USA before the FA would give him another four years , equalling the eight-year reign of Bobby Robson . |
| 3 | In the previous chapter we identified the major variables which influence the current account of the balance of payments and examined how automatic and discretionary adjustments operate to rectify payments imbalances . |
| 4 | The doctor 's expectations as to how the elderly patient should behave influence the actual behaviour of the elderly patient by non-verbal communication . ’ |
| 5 | This data enables us to draw clear conclusions concerning the presence of B II conformations within the dodecamer under study and also points to more general rules which influence the probable appearance of such conformations within other sequences . |
| 6 | Less obvious , but equally important factors concern the economic and market distortions which influence the comparative disadvantage of many areas . |
| 7 | It is by following up such topics that this subject can truly come alive for the reader — banking and finance ( domestic or international ) influence the everyday life of most people . |
| 8 | On this account , several types of information influence the on-line interpretation of anaphors , though for any particular kind of anaphor one type of information predominates in determining considered judgements . |
| 9 | POU domain genes encode a family of highly conserved transacting factors that influence the transcriptional activity of several cell type-specific and ubiquitous genes . |
| 10 | Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later . |
| 11 | On Aug. 7 Greguric met the Prime Minister of the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) , Milan Panic , in Budapest , with the mediation of Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall . |
| 12 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 13 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 14 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 15 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 16 | Then she disappeared , until Jane opened the airing cupboard and met the unblinking gaze of Fluff and Titch side by side on the blankets . |
| 17 | Held to coincide with May Day ( celebrated elsewhere in the capital by some 5,000 people ) , the 2,000-strong congress met the violent opposition of left-wingers who protested at the various anti-Semitic , nationalist , conservative Catholic , and free-market views of the participants . |
| 18 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 19 | I met the middle-aged son-in-law of the man who , a generation ago , had carved the block . |
| 20 | Later the same day he met the Turkish Commander of Ground Forces , Gen. Muhittin Fisunoglu , in Islamabad . |
| 21 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 22 | Whenever we cycled to work , or indeed from work , we met the full force of that malevolent wind . |
| 23 | The measure met the qualified support of Labour in Parliament who argued , as always and reasonably enough , that the scheme gave too little . |
| 24 | that some of the material on the computerised systems in question met the statutory definition of records and thus could not be destroyed without the approval of the Archivist . |
| 25 | He met the local Voice of the Innocent group , which represents relatives of the seven men . |
| 26 | This argument neglects the symbolic function of the labels applied by the law and by courts to criminal conduct . |
| 27 | A static model , such as that of Homans in sociology , emphasizing structural maintenance through a form of ‘ social approval ’ , neglects the inherent dynamism of reproductive strategies that necessitate risk in competition and possibly conflict for their fulfilment . |
| 28 | But our first experiment found that he neglects the left side of perceptual figures at a subsequent stage of attending to them . |
| 29 | Once you 've pondered the crucial question of which is the bigger — Mount Everest or Blessed 's supremely affable ego , then the best course of action is simply to let the saltily ribald tidal wave of his enthusiasm for the Big Hill and its history wash over you . |
| 30 | Ivy draped the whole frontage of the building and mingled with the moss of the large dilapidated lawn . |