Example sentences of "[noun sg] reflects the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decrease reflects the lower numbers of people in the population aged 80+ . |
| 2 | The survival of many stone walls and buildings , and especially churches , from the centuries of this book , testifies that even before the mid twelfth century their wealth and pride and religious sentiment were sufficient to beautify them in lasting materials — and often , and especially with the smaller ones , their condition reflects the declining prosperity of later centuries which saved their older buildings from being replaced . |
| 3 | The ratings agency says the action reflects the improving trend in MCI 's earnings and cash flow , which resulted from the company 's market share growth . |
| 4 | Last year 's Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup side reflects the new , youthful image . |
| 5 | The analysis in each source study reflects the then current state of knowledge about costs and benefits . |
| 6 | The first subject key reflects the curricular context e.g. physics or geography and the second subject key is more general . |
| 7 | This change in price mix reflects the increasing importance of products introduced to offset the anticipated reduction in basic thermal sales due to warmer winters . |
| 8 | His honour reflects the Prime Minister 's interest in cricket and is seen by Downing Street as ‘ righting a long-standing injustice . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The elderly parent reflects the very fear which the midlife person feels . |
| 10 | Philosophy reflects the fundamental division of the world according to gender and a fear and devaluation of women characteristic of patriarchal attitudes . |
| 11 | Its interlacing plot reflects the medieval stories its author loved ; its style , bold and unsubtle , rails against the age of dictators and the sour technocrats who governed Britain after the fall of Hitler . |
| 12 | The worth of the person offended affects the gravity of the offence to a greater extent than in penal systems ; and the amount of compensation reflects the social distance between the parties . |
| 13 | Although this disparity reflects the real world of budget limits , it could scupper the care programmes that the psychiatry department is meant to set up for seriously mentally ill patients and make planning for discharge more difficult . |
| 14 | May it not be that the outcome reflects the real motive — the wish to procure an external realization of a regressive , inner phantasy , that of the supreme parent of earliest childhood ? |
| 15 | The move reflects the changing face of genetic engineering as it moves from the university lab to the factory floor . |
| 16 | The continued , indeed increasing , level of corporate interest in owning newspapers and TV channels characteristic of the entire post-war period reflects the continuing ‘ clout ’ which media outlets have in determining the selection of politicians and the issues which form the fabric of electoral debate . |
| 17 | This article reflects the ongoing , personal classroom-based research of teachers involved in the projects . |
| 18 | The finest work of the Victorian architect C. E. Buckeridge , the church 's picturesque medieval appearance reflects the earlier church it replaced in 1868 . |
| 19 | A mass of white gauze and crisp linen reflects the bright clear light of summer |
| 20 | The feminine French-style drawing room reflects the good taste of Mrs Maxwell . |
| 21 | Such a debate over localization reflects the conflicting evidence from human data but now translated into a cellular language . |
| 22 | This recent police video reflects the increasing number of opportunistic thefts from drivers in heavy urban traffic . |
| 23 | Our present findings are consistent with the generally accepted view that peak acid output reflects the parietal cell mass and is not altered by eradication of H pylori . |
| 24 | Much of the history of early Roman art reflects the tortured relationship of the ( ideally ) austere conquering power to its ( supposedly ) decadent but culturally superior vanquished subjects . |
| 25 | The form and organisation of health services in a particular country partly reflects that struggle , hence " socialised medicine " as in the British health service reflects the organised strength of the working class and their struggle for better health care . |
| 26 | This Development reflects the usual D.P. Patton Homes quality , both in external appearance and internal finish . |
| 27 | The salon Nautique continues to increase in importance as a major international exhibition ; its steady development reflects the growing importance of yachting as the basis for a major European industry . |
| 28 | This is in contrast to the situation in capitalist countries where education reflects the authoritarian and exploitative values of the factory system with the result that it helps to reproduce the capitalist system of production which is inherently inefficient . |
| 29 | Rates are altered so that the new price reflects the desired new rate of interest . |
| 30 | In Ben Jonson 's famous comedy Bartholomew Fair , Trash the gingerbread seller plies her trade loudly and her name reflects the widespread adulteration of food . |