Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal Democrats believe that expanding and utilising to the full scientific and technological talents offers the only chance of improving our performance and reversing the long tale of our relative economic decline . |
| 2 | The remaining yeast in the casks turns the residual sugars into alcohol while the natural gas produced escapes through a soft porous wooden peg knocked into the shive hole on top of the cask . |
| 3 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
| 4 | Written in a terse , academic style that at times obstructs the true horror of her depictions of bloodshed and rebellion , Pearce offers an invaluable source of information , full of clearly laid out sections and chronological charts . |
| 5 | FRS 1 states that the ‘ net cash from operating activities represents the net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents resulting from operations shown in the p&l account in arriving at operating profit ’ ( para 15 ) . |
| 6 | The precise disposition , organisation and arrangement of these two discourses constitutes the basic fabric of Nizan 's fictional technique . |
| 7 | Steel can be extracted magnetically from waste , but only one in 10 local authorities has the necessary equipment . |
| 8 | The different purposes of payments to influence the outcome of court decisions in Kandyan and British times illustrates the divergent approaches to these tribunals . |
| 9 | However , restoration of priceless cultural objects needs the continued input of advanced technology . |
| 10 | By contrast , the Federici range of dried pasta from Princes Catering Products emphasises the special water — from the famous Sangemini Springs — used in its manufacture . |
| 11 | The emergence of such policies illustrates the dramatic shift that has occurred within a relatively short space of time in the social interpretation of sexual differences and inequalities . |
| 12 | This family of intracellular calcium channels displays the regenerative process of calcium-induced calcium release responsible for the complex spatiotemporal patterns of calcium waves and oscillations . |
| 13 | In effect , this group of ears represents the natural history of the untreated condition . |
| 14 | The Faculty of Arts offers the following degrees : MA(General) and MA ( General Honours ) , in both of which a student takes a spread of subjects with some studied to an advanced level ; and the MA(Honours) , in which a student concentrates on one or two subjects in depth for most of the period of study . |
| 15 | The Faculty of Arts offers the following postgraduate degrees : Ph.D. , M.Litt. , M.Sc. |
| 16 | It is recognized within the UGIX design that to some high-level users skilled in the manipulation of spatial data a command line interface to a GIS offers the maximum flexibility and power available . |
| 17 | For many pupils , schools offers the only opportunity to discuss health issues openly with knowledgeable professionals . |
| 18 | Landing on various board squares has the following consequences : |
| 19 | Behind the fairground attractions stands the customary tent , capable of holding 3,500 people , served by waitresses capable of holding ten litre-sized steins of Erdinger Weissbräu 's Festbier . |
| 20 | About a mile away , at Sheridan Circle , our director , the former Chilean foreign minister Orlando Leteleir and Ronni Moffitt , an institute worker , were killed in October 1976 by a car bomb planted by right-wing Cubans in the pay of the Pinochet secret police : only in the past few months has the Chilean government paid compensation to their families . |
| 21 | Their long history as tourist attractions reveals the sad decline in standards of graffiti . |
| 22 | The fragility of those relationships underlines the essential work done by the charity . |
| 23 | The multi-million pound trail of destruction over the past 12 months includes the following outrages : |
| 24 | Another cluster of recurring considerations concerns the intrinsic desirability of people conducting their own life by their own lights . |
| 25 | This was not a dreary exercise : rabbinical students feel that chanting the sacred words reveals the inner music to the soul and learning something ‘ by heart ’ — a revealing phrase — helps one to interiorise it and make it one 's own . |
| 26 | Start with Words and Pictures takes the unique approach of explaining a word by contrasting it with other words . |
| 27 | In addition , the basic design of all prayer rugs reproduces the physical area of the mosque . |
| 28 | If you do it through A B S A , the government will give another ten thousand pounds so of course for the orchestra or the institution whether it 's opera , ballet , concert or whatever is , but it must be arts gets the extra money so of course that in a sense is very enabling . |
| 29 | The first pictures encountered by the youngest readers ( and the youngest readers will be very young : ‘ Ideally , a small pile of good books awaits the new baby 's arrival ’ according to Dorothy Butler , 1980 , p.27 ) will be simple , clear pictures of objects to be seen in the reader 's immediate world , objects that are becoming familiar in real life . |
| 30 | The fact that the materials which emerged , for all their faults , were usable in schools reflects the hard work and experience of the writers , but as many of the participants themselves readily admitted the original ‘ Entebbe ’ books needed considerable modification — and the further down the primary age range one travelled the more they needed it . |