Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 2 | With the inability of stable monetary and/or fiscal policy to alter the real course of the economy , it is the determinants of the ‘ natural rates ’ that are the source of concern , and this is where the supply-siders would say they come in : by highlighting the way existing government policy provisions affect utility-maximizing choices , they concern themselves with the location of the various functions involved . |
| 3 | A ‘ Brownie ’ or friendly spirit haunts the island , and his consent to land is normally sought . |
| 4 | The Safrane , which replaces the Renault 25 , is a sleek five-door hatchback powered by two-litre or three-litre engine driving the front wheels . |
| 5 | ‘ Where a defendant in a civil action relies on the doctrine against self-incrimination and insists on remaining silent and on concealing documents and other evidence relevant to the action , he is relying on his own wrongdoing or on his own apparent or possible wrongdoing to hamper the plaintiff in proof of his just claims in the suit . |
| 6 | Home Office guidelines suggested that refugees from religious , racial or political persecution had the strongest case for a C registration . |
| 7 | Many can not conceive of a dinner devoid of animal flesh , and steak , turkey , goose , or roast beef remains the orthodox stuff of celebration . |
| 8 | Either the list can be presented in random order to each respondent or each interviewer has the list in a different order . |
| 9 | ( i ) Full modernity or complete modernism presupposes the absolute autonomy of fields . |
| 10 | The other common instruction format is the two-address format , where each instruction holds the addresses of two operands , and one of these addresses is further used to hold the result . |
| 11 | Hence Carolingian diplomacy was not like modern international relations , where each state recognises the others ' rights to permanent existence and a defined territory . |
| 12 | Giraffes feeding on acacia , startled by my presence , ran off leaving puffs of dust where each foot struck the ground . |
| 13 | The centre uses a participatory methodology , where each organisation chooses the appropriate training based on its particular needs . |
| 14 | Fast components are a plus , but the most advanced servers feature an optimized hard disk sub-system , where each component complements the others . |
| 15 | This was probably what caused most ill-feeling , and the end of August and beginning of September saw a number of well-attended and noisy meetings where each side accused the other of a multitude of sins . |
| 16 | The amount paid would be determined according to a centrally agreed formula , and the budget would be controlled by a manager who would purchase services from whichever public or private agency gave the best value for money . |
| 17 | Requests for help tend to centre upon children within the family but when financial or emotional disaster strikes the advice sought centres upon much more fundamental questions than progress in literacy or computation . |
| 18 | MRS THATCHER will fly to Strasbourg for the two-day European summit tonight with no intention of making a conciliatory gesture over the Social Charter or economic integration to lessen the likelihood of Britain being isolated from the development of the rest of the community . |
| 19 | Composers have sometimes used a recurring motif or melodic phrase to establish the atmosphere of a piece . |
| 20 | The main way to compete with IBM was to adopt IBM technical standards and also to a greater or lesser extent to copy the relevant IBM machine , thus ensuring that most old software could be used and that the bulk of new software was also compatible . |
| 21 | Under the law , there is no truancy if a child has the school 's permission to be absent or if his/her absence from school is occasioned by : sickness of the child ( not of his/her parent ) ; or unavoidable cause affecting the child and generally involving an emergency ; or a day of religious observance ; or ‘ the school … is not within walking distance … and no suitable arrangements have been made by the LEA for ( the child 's ) transport … or for boarding accommodation ’ . |
| 22 | Suppose coal were run down on short-term profit calculations , how did any private or public organisation running the railways cope with the consequences to freight ? |
| 23 | ‘ Were short-term considerations such as timetabling or published pass rates the only factors that influenced you ? ’ ; |
| 24 | It is relatively easy nowadays with a minimum of statistical or computational knowledge to use the facilities of a statistical package for computer analysis ( such as the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences or Minitab ) to carry out a wide range of tests . |
| 25 | If it is necessary to appoint Loss Adjusters or another Branch to investigate the claim . |
| 26 | Power tools coming from the hip , gunslinger style , or British Gas portraying the contented family enjoying the warm glow of its new central heating . |
| 27 | Similarly there is no contemporary or British source to confirm the claim that a massacre took place at Bleiburg . |
| 28 | More commonly , the parties ( or the court ) may consider that the matrimonial home should stand in the sole name of the wife but that the husband should be compensated by the payment of cash , or ( if cash is not available ) that the husband should have a charge on the property for a fixed amount ( as opposed to an interest in the equityas to which see Chapter 6 ) , the calling in of the charge being deferred until a specific time or happening of a specified event ( eg death of wife , remarriage of wife or youngest child attaining the age of eighteen years ) . |
| 29 | I would also like to erm ask that erm that we do have everything we can to ensure that where this council has the possibility as erm landowner or property owner or whatever that we prevent or certainly discourage the use of such property for car boot sales and I had in mind sales that are taking place based on erm education property and in the case of Hatfield we were able to persuade the relevant authorities to er cause the car boot sale to cease but that particular car boot sale was causing great damage to the legitimate traders in both the Hatfield market and the Hatfield town centre . |
| 30 | In some cases , no doubt , personal or sexual inadequacy leads the paedophiliac along paths where he or she must be the more adequate partner , or at least may feel so . |