Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [subord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fractional-order beam intensities can be written , by analogy with holography , as It can be shown that the first and second terms are actually the squares of amplitudes of scattered waves , and their major components have lower frequencies than do the third and the last terms , and can therefore be suppressed ( refs 8 , 14 ; P.H. and D.A.K. , unpublished results ) . |
| 2 | Using this method the idling current can be limited to very low values whilst maintaining the large voltage and current swings required to drive a loudspeaker . |
| 3 | In the circumstances , I find it difficult to understand why the same principle should not , in similar circumstances , apply to other public authorities when exercising the function of law enforcer in the public interest . |
| 4 | But there 's no bigger drain on public funds than financing the dole . |
| 5 | Therefore , we seek a system which will share out the burden of set-aside between the major producers in particular and will not exclude some countries while laying the burden on others . |
| 6 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 7 | Belgium and Luxembourg on March 2 , 1990 , abolished the dual exchange rate used within their monetary union which pegged the Luxembourg-Belgian franc for current commercial transactions while allowing the rate for financial transactions to float freely . |
| 8 | The timing of the proposals is seen by some observers as reflecting the growing strength of the French Green Party in the run-up to regional elections in March . |
| 9 | It is seen by social workers as confirming the decisions of the courts and children 's panel that inter-sibling abuse took place . |
| 10 | Like Leavis , Pinto sees the pre-war pattern of English studies as blocking the development of a new conception of English as the centre of humanistic studies in a modern university . |
| 11 | A few years after Lanfranc 's arrival , Eadmer described the English monks as living the lives of earls rather than monks , ‘ in all worldly glory , with gold and silver , with changes of fine clothes and delicate food , not to speak of the various kinds of musical instruments in which they delighted , and the horses , dogs and hawks with which they sometimes took exercise ’ . |
| 12 | The contrasted physical appearance of the different " races " of man ( stature , body shape , skin colour , hair-form etc. ) originated as adaptations to life under varying climatic and dietary conditions as did the fact that resistance to particular diseases varies markedly in different populations . |
| 13 | In some ways as regards the , the layout and the appearance of the thing I tend to prefer this version because on this one erm if we have a look at that there 's just like l oh my God loads of numbers oh no |
| 14 | It identified women , the supposedly better-off Southerners , and AB social groupings as becoming the most enthusiastic practitioners , and that regionally the keenest DIYers come from the South-west and the least keen from Lancashire . |
| 15 | She ‘ would prefer to think of different languages as having the potential to exploit differing degrees of subjectivity ’ but she does not think there is ‘ any neutral ontology or world view which is objective and can serve as a universal yardstick . |
| 16 | Often this seems to be taken to unnecessary lengths , since there are relatively few instances where seeing the book helps a selection decision , and even fewer where it is significant . |
| 17 | We will back the regulators of the financial services industry in their efforts to achieve high standards while keeping the rule books down to manageable size . |
| 18 | Erm so that 's a few options as regards the coding . |
| 19 | For , to express warmth , to be constantly person-oriented and conciliatory , it is clearly ‘ necessary ’ that the housewife-wife-mother not be occupied with such highly instrumental tasks as cleaning the house , budgeting the housekeeping money , laundering the clothes , and throwing out the rubbish . |
| 20 | During autumn and winter months they produce increased amounts of more fertile semen , the malodorous scent glands behind the horn-bearing areas increase in activity and libido and such charming habits as spraying the backs of their front legs with urine increase . |
| 21 | Genette distinguishes parody from other forms of ‘ hypertextuality ’ as that ludic mode which effects punctual and systematic transformations of specific texts while retaining the noble style of the original ( 1982:33–5 ) . |
| 22 | This required taking such steps as arranging the candidate 's schedule so as to ensure that he arrived at campaign stops in time for coverage on the nightly news . |
| 23 | Six months after capture the elephants will be working in the forests for their new owners , easily moving logs of several tons . |
| 24 | The exclusion on the grounds of race of a people who laid as much emphasis on their own ethnic origins as did the Japanese , and who implicitly believed in their own superiority , appeared an unpardonable insult . |
| 25 | Here , experience of a particular sector is less important as a previous record of achievement in searching for such individuals than having the necessary weight and calibre to be able to attract those people . |
| 26 | The way they are cut also disguises her smallish breasts and widish hips while making the most of her height : thus are ideology and vanity equally satisfied . |
| 27 | There are similar problems when using the forms to assess children in short-term or respite care . |
| 28 | The buyer 's greatest exposure will come not so much from the fact that he has accepted the seller 's standard conditions as governing the contract between them , but from situations where there is a mismatch between the obligations undertaken by the seller in favour of the buyer under the subcontract , and the obligations undertaken by the buyer to his customer under the prime contract . |
| 29 | The Eliasian approach , as adapted by Cas Wouters , places even less emphasis on changing religious influences on contemporary moral codes than does the Marxist . |
| 30 | Sessions begin with the children taking the initiative and deciding what toys or activity they want and parents are invited to join in such things as organising the dolls ' house , making sand pies , playing with trains , building houses , mixing paints and cutting up paper . |