Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 It is thus quite difficult to ; distinguish the various princes of the family of Augustus .
2 He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper .
3 If uniforms distinguish the different grades of nursing and domestic staff , then this is useful information for the nurse to communicate to the patient .
4 To counter both the unfavourable home environment , and the difficulty poorer parents have in equalling the sharp elbows of the middle classes , who are well accustomed to taking themselves to the front of the queue , the school starting age for nursery education should be reduced to three .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The nature of the economic system and the conflicts within it influence the changing rules of the game .
8 The doctor 's expectations as to how the elderly patient should behave influence the actual behaviour of the elderly patient by non-verbal communication . ’
9 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 .
10 Less obvious , but equally important factors concern the economic and market distortions which influence the comparative disadvantage of many areas .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 POU domain genes encode a family of highly conserved transacting factors that influence the transcriptional activity of several cell type-specific and ubiquitous genes .
14 Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later .
15 The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’
16 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 .
17 The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures .
18 I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about .
19 She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased .
20 President Blaise Compaore met the general secretaries of 42 political groupings on Jan. 7 for discussions preliminary to convening of a National Reconciliation Forum .
21 And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus .
22 Then she disappeared , until Jane opened the airing cupboard and met the unblinking gaze of Fluff and Titch side by side on the blankets .
23 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 .
24 Rising from his kneeling position , Chuck met the anxious eyes of the others grouped around him .
25 Mixed development met the sociological dictates of urbanity and community ; it met the planning critics of inter-war sprawl ; and it met architectural requirements of variety in materials ( concrete , brick , wood , pebbles and strong colours ) .
26 They both looked round , and met the startled eyes of Mrs Pigdon , the landlady .
27 Of the half million tests carried out for regulatory purposes in the year up to June 30 , 1989 , we are pleased to report that 998 out of 1,000 met the strict specifications of the European Community Directive .
28 Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law .
29 There were n't any wolf-whistles but the sudden silence that greeted her appearance in the archway brought a rueful tilt to her lips as she gently raised her eyebrows until her eyes met the disconcerted ones of the team manager .
30 I met the middle-aged son-in-law of the man who , a generation ago , had carved the block .
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