Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 6(3) ( a ) envisages a school where the number of applicants for admission exceeds the available places . |
| 2 | The system for returns remains the same , with requests to return authorised by the various publishers ' reps . |
| 3 | Or unc In equilibrium , the nominal demand for money equals the nominal money supply so that : unc ( 1 ) Now any increase in the nominal money supply will create an excess supply of money which will lead to an adjustment of portfolios as people attempt to spend their excess money holdings . |
| 4 | Sex for money carries the same risks as any other kind of sex . |
| 5 | Fruit juices are high in fructose , which weight for weight has the same calories as sucrose ( ordinary sugar ) . |
| 6 | Occasionally also gold was moulded and for complex forms the cire-perdue method was used . |
| 7 | During ministerial-level talks the two sides agreed to establish a joint co-operation commission . |
| 8 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 9 | He can imagine a variety of possible discontinuities , as I have done here , and he may use each of these to construct an alternative scenario ; but this by no means exhausts the possible discontinuities , most of which can not even be conceived at the moment . |
| 10 | by no means has the last word been written on the quantum Hall effect . |
| 11 | Constituency work takes some time and leads to a multiplicity of minor preoccupations but it by no means occupies the entire day . |
| 12 | Given this pattern of repeat business , and of agents who have a collection round which week after week includes the same customers , it is typical for customers to start another check when they have paid off the one before . |
| 13 | AGENDA for Peace estimates the current annual cost of UN peace-keeping at nearly $3 billion . |
| 14 | Provided that in the limit the last term tends to zero ( as with and , then the present value of taxes equals the initial bond issue . |
| 15 | While it remains unclear to this reader exactly what moral or spiritual relations are set forth in the three stories which comprise the titular parables , Proofs , the main part of the present volume , concerns itself with how the collapse of communism threatens the whole Western intellectual tradition of idealism and asceticism . |
| 16 | In the British Forces there are more than ninety Royal Marine , Regimental and Royal Air Force bands , and the investment in music by the Ministry of Defence exceeds the public subsidy of the arts generally in Great Britain . |
| 17 | We publish all our own books , and our list of titles reflects the wide range of powerful , amusing and entertaining subjects that interest our Members . |
| 18 | The use of installation denies the individual sculptural attention on which her pieces used to depend . |
| 19 | It is not obvious to the very young child that a set of objects has the same number of units however those units are arranged ( provided , of , that none are removed or added ) . |
| 20 | Sir Patrick declared : ‘ It of course remains the firm position of both the Government and the RUC that any ill-treatment of persons in custody is wholly unacceptable . ’ |
| 21 | In a narrow sense my main interest is the period in which the Kaiser ruled over Germany , which of course includes the First World War . |
| 22 | It will be seen that the top line of activities repeats the first stage of the company strategic plan as it affects R&D . |
| 23 | Honey contains some sucrose as well as glucose and fructose ; 1 teaspoon of honey has the same amount of calories as one teaspoon of sucrose . |
| 24 | Analysis of the maintenance and reproduction of collectivism is divided over whether the tradition of collectivism encourages the voluntary conformity of individuals , or whether the sanctions on non-conformity are so great that individuals have no alternative . |
| 25 | This system of teaching advocates the flexible use , singly or in combination according to the need of the child , of a variety of additional methods of communication like reading , writing , mime , gesture and amplification of sound . |
| 26 | The crisis of visibility concerns the notorious secrecy that surrounds prisons and what goes on inside them . |
| 27 | In insert mode , typing into an existing block of text pushes the old text aside and adds to it . |
| 28 | The other side of Kelling has the same outward-slanting wings , shielding a terrace from which the garden slopes gently away to the wide Norfolk view . |
| 29 | The town of Caerleon-on-Usk overlies the Roman military base of Isca , the fortress of the second Augustan Legion . |
| 30 | Positive feedback enhances the initial release , but this is soon curtailed as the accumulation of calcium activates the negative feedback component . |