Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus quite difficult to ; distinguish the various princes of the family of Augustus . |
| 2 | If uniforms distinguish the different grades of nursing and domestic staff , then this is useful information for the nurse to communicate to the patient . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The nature of the economic system and the conflicts within it influence the changing rules of the game . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | President Blaise Compaore met the general secretaries of 42 political groupings on Jan. 7 for discussions preliminary to convening of a National Reconciliation Forum . |
| 8 | Rising from his kneeling position , Chuck met the anxious eyes of the others grouped around him . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | They both looked round , and met the startled eyes of Mrs Pigdon , the landlady . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Integration is viewed in physical terms ; policy increasingly concentrates on people but neglects the true characteristics of people in favour of resources-led practice . |
| 14 | Their conservative streak by-passed the crumbling pillars of the establishment . |
| 15 | Frequently , too , such people have been blessed with the ‘ sixth sense ’ , their quiet mind automatically transmitting the hungry intentions of a hidden tiger for example , for all creatures are linked at the level of the mind , as well as soul . |
| 16 | First , there is the problem of transmitting the huge volumes of data and managing it on its way through a network to users . |
| 17 | For the past two years , although he lacked the metropolitan powers of an archbishop , he had been fully responsible for maintaining the possessions and privileges of Christ Church , Canterbury . |
| 18 | In some areas — notably labour relations policy — Citrine was able successfully to keep the mandarins and ministers at bay , but he lacked the independent powers of the old CEB to say a straight ‘ no ’ in the last resort on a point on which the Minister had strong feelings . |
| 19 | Either therefore I am being non-cooperative or I intend to convey something rather different : ( 34 ) Queen Victoria was made of iron The straightforward interpretation is that since Queen Victoria in fact lacked the definitional properties of iron , she merely had some of the incidental properties like hardness , resilience , non-flexibility or durability . |
| 20 | It is therefore not surprising that he should here stress the psychological aspects of pain and its control rather than the nuts and bolts of nociceptors , unmyelinated afferents , spinothalamic tracts and those splendid phrases designed to send medical students back to sleep in the belief that they now understand pain mechanisms . |
| 21 | The outlook for Japan 's computer firms is made brighter by several major changes in the way the machines are sold which favour the existing strengths of its computer industry . |
| 22 | Neither Melchett nor Porritt fits the usual patterns of lordship , but their presence is reassuring to members who like to see guarantees of moderation and respectability flown at the masthead . |
| 23 | The Nobel prize for religion ( God forbid it should ever be invented ) will not go to a theologian , or like the peace prize be passed round to whoever fits the political needs of the moment ( with all due respect to Bishop Tutu and not much to Mr Begin ) . |
| 24 | The programmer writes programs to unleash the powers of the machine ; the designer writes an interface for the program that fits the personal needs of tailor , musician , secretary or — dare we hope — journalist . |
| 25 | Hence , it has been pointed out that there was no net increase in total real wealth between 1913 and 1951 , and in this context the world wars are cast as the harpies which devoured the accumulated efforts of previous generations . |
| 26 | He suddenly felt some sympathy for her : her intentions had been evil but Jane could hardly have foreseen the appalling results of her maliciousness — if indeed Jim Lancaster had stormed off and murdered his wife . |
| 27 | When considering whether the Revolution should be seen as a victory for Whig principles or not , historians have tended to take a constitutional frame of reference — the more a particular historian believes the Revolution settlement limited the constitutional powers of the Crown , then the more Whiggish the Revolution is said to be . |
| 28 | The World Cup limited the domestic appearances of the leading players so that an unusually high number of 103 turned out for the six first-class teams . |
| 29 | Leapor would have witnessed the early stages of this reorganization in agriculture . |
| 30 | A dread of torture and physical mutilation haunts the countryside — not least because so many people have witnessed the mutilated bodies of victims dumped in the street by the security forces . |