Example sentences of "[vb base] the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus quite difficult to ; distinguish the various princes of the family of Augustus . |
| 2 | He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper . |
| 3 | If uniforms distinguish the different grades of nursing and domestic staff , then this is useful information for the nurse to communicate to the patient . |
| 4 | There are also systems ( e.g. in Australian and New Guinea languages ) that distinguish the three dimensions of space , having demonstratives that gloss as " the one above the speaker " , " the one below the speaker " , " the one level with the speaker " as well as distinguishing relative distance from participants ( see e.g. Dixon , 1972 : 262ff re Dyirbal ) . |
| 5 | In the previous chapter we identified the major variables which influence the current account of the balance of payments and examined how automatic and discretionary adjustments operate to rectify payments imbalances . |
| 6 | The nature of the economic system and the conflicts within it influence the changing rules of the game . |
| 7 | The doctor 's expectations as to how the elderly patient should behave influence the actual behaviour of the elderly patient by non-verbal communication . ’ |
| 8 | Advocacy schemes focus on the rights , entitlements and choices of individuals , but they do not generally much influence the wider issues of the way services are planned , shaped and managed . |
| 9 | This data enables us to draw clear conclusions concerning the presence of B II conformations within the dodecamer under study and also points to more general rules which influence the probable appearance of such conformations within other sequences . |
| 10 | Less obvious , but equally important factors concern the economic and market distortions which influence the comparative disadvantage of many areas . |
| 11 | It is by following up such topics that this subject can truly come alive for the reader — banking and finance ( domestic or international ) influence the everyday life of most people . |
| 12 | On this account , several types of information influence the on-line interpretation of anaphors , though for any particular kind of anaphor one type of information predominates in determining considered judgements . |
| 13 | POU domain genes encode a family of highly conserved transacting factors that influence the transcriptional activity of several cell type-specific and ubiquitous genes . |
| 14 | Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later . |
| 15 | His songs today bemoan the rotten state of the world — Aids , police violence , the homeless , his ex-manager — these are now grist to his mill . |
| 16 | AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare . |
| 17 | No one ( thank God ! ) says sex must stop and comparatively few favour the wilder flights of permissive fantasy . |
| 18 | The outlook for Japan 's computer firms is made brighter by several major changes in the way the machines are sold which favour the existing strengths of its computer industry . |
| 19 | There we go ( Note that , in most cases , the three kinds of sentences only favour the three kinds of interpretation . ) |
| 20 | One of the final products of the research should be an identification of factors which assist , and factors which hinder the effective implementation of general management . |
| 21 | The transverse fibres or commissures unite the two ganglia of a pair . |
| 22 | Whether or not there is such an aesthetic , there are certainly concerns and issues that unite the new generation of women artists : a new symbolism of the body is one such issue which comes across in several articles in this issue of Women 's Art Magazine . |
| 23 | Gently curve the lower edge of the strip up to a 4cm point at the opposite end . |
| 24 | It is the solution that offers the best balance between advantages and disadvantages — the animals gain the greatest degree of mutual protection from predators whilst sacrificing the least in terms of their ability to find food in the inhospitable terrain . |
| 25 | It was this that prompted me to scrutinize Greek tragedy and thereby gain the new view of the Hellenic spirit that I have been putting forward . |
| 26 | One further dimension to such a system is the possibility of " networking " a number of micros This involves the interconnecting of micros which retain their full power as independent computers but gain the additional ability of communicating with other computers in the network and having access to common files The result is analogous to a minicomputer with a number of terminals but with the big difference that each of the micros has its own processing power instead of sharing that of the mini . |
| 27 | Once again large firms gain the added flexibility of adjusting actual hours worked to a shorter working week , but where overtime is used their workers gain more as the extra overtime payment is based on a higher basic rate . |
| 28 | Take away or subsidise all nuclear power stations and you lose the commercial logic of the privatisation plans . |
| 29 | If you lose the same amount of money for a second year you 're down to a position where one small slip would take the business into insolvency . |
| 30 | Of course , older individuals lose the original brightness of their colouring with advancing age . |