Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The appearance of a weaning-trauma in early agricultural cultures explains the paradox of why it is that a loss of the ideal mother — that is , a frustration — leads to an over-involvement with her .
2 Addition of successively higher odd harmonics steepens the wings and reduces the amplitude of the fluctuations in between .
3 Each division controls the operations of a fairly self-contained part of the organization 's activities ( for example , a particular product line , or a geographical area ) .
4 The dry part contains the salt and various trace elements , plus a dechlorinator .
5 The implication of the second sub-paragraph of Article 130R(5) therefore appears to be that although that provision gives the Community competence to negotiate international agreements relating to the protection of the environment , if the Community has not in fact exercised its powers internally , then Member States may continue to enter into international arrangements in their own right .
6 The parsing algorithm specifies the manner in which lexical information is to be retrieved , which grammar rules are to be applied to the input and how the information obtained is to be stored .
7 Communication in science can take place at different levels of complexity or integration of informational elements ; data transfer is the most basic level , comprising the exchange of information on fundamental parameters , such as numerical or analytical data ; the descriptive level involves the transfer of data in a descriptive context ; and at the idea transfer level , deductions , interpretations and predictions are made from data and descriptions earlier acquired , and from background knowledge and experience .
8 Fast components are a plus , but the most advanced servers feature an optimized hard disk sub-system , where each component complements the others .
9 I prefer the flexibility and independence of backpacking with a tent , but with that freedom comes the penalty of carrying the extra weight .
10 This classic watch radiates the power of gold in its purest form : .999 fine .
11 We ‘ pull well together ’ ; and the whole secret of the enterprise is its variety , and that each part complements the other .
12 Paul Gascoigne , The Inside Story charts the life of the world 's most talked about footballer .
13 For me it is still a long haul towards fluency ( and the closer you get , the more tempting just to stop with what you have ) but that sense of a door opening when you reach the conversational level makes the effort of getting another language worthwhile .
14 The revocation of that permission deprives the owner of a value which has been specifically given to him ; hence compensation is payable .
15 Neat : the rich West gets the power ; the poor East gets the power stations .
16 Bear in mind the way each technique sets the body up in a different way .
17 Taken from the letters of Maryse Holder , posthumously published as Give Sorrow Words , the film graphically and with total honesty describes the writer 's descent into a hell of her own making on a ‘ Mexican vacation from feminism ’ in search of happiness .
18 The European variety has the advantage of a simpler and better understood theory of pricing , but it is a less flexible instrument .
19 Thus each level insulates the individual from the event .
20 The step can be set at three different levels and each level increases the intensity of the work-out by per cent .
21 The pungent smell gives the impression of a powerful cleaning agent .
22 Teamwork This has clearly improved as each function understands the problems faced by the others and they all work to break them down together .
23 The technical crux follows the scrambling : an absorbing pitch working intricately rightwards until thin moves give access to good holds in a short overhanging corner , which ends at the base of a long steepening ramp .
24 One of them is that expertise conveys the ability to help with public decision making .
25 In neither case does the category of goods seem likely to affect the reasonableness of any exclusions of liability to be agreed as between the two parties to the relevant contract .
26 Such practices need to be established so that change becomes the norm , is expected , and is viewed positively .
27 But American research suggests a low level clears the way for other health horrors .
28 As the scattering intensity is a function of λ -4 , use of a lower wavelength enhances the scattering , but the choice is left to the operator .
29 Spatial chaos characterizes the region .
30 Multiparameter flow cytometric analysis of labelled nuclei allows the S phase duration ( Ts ) of mucosal cells to be estimated .
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