Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Massive prison population expansion in recent years is by no means unique to the United States , but it would be difficult to find other examples where during the 1980s the annual rate of growth exceeded 11 per cent . |
| 2 | Where in the 1930s the mother was given solemn warnings as to what would happen if she disobeyed the rules , the mode now is to refer her , with continual reassurances however , to what might possibly result from some mistaken handlings : ‘ Here 's what happens once in a while when the needs of the child are n't recognized ’ ( Spock , 1946 , chapter on ‘ The Two Year Old ’ ) . |
| 3 | During the post-war period they have shown a quite stable distribution although in the 1970s the process of growing concentration in selected retirement areas , noticed in the 1960s , appeared to end . |
| 4 | Within his four branches , Cuvier subdivided using multiple criteria and separating , for example , the marsupials from the other mammals , although from the outside the koala looks a bit like a bear , and the thylacine ( or Tasmanian wolf ) very like a dog or wolf . |
| 5 | This confined the treatment to the well-off and to demographic insignificance until in the 1760s the Sutton family popularized their cheaper method which was closer to the original simple practice and devoid of expensive medical encrustations . |
| 6 | Obtaining by false pretences is ordinarily thought of as different from theft , because in the former the owner in fact consents to part with his ownership ; a bogus beggar is regarded as a rogue but not as a thief , and so are his less petty counterparts . |
| 7 | Two are more difficult , because in the first the jurist uses the substantive legatum , which it is much less easy to take to refer to a trust ; and in the second what is involved is a legacy per praeceptionem . |
| 8 | Not only do the hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords outnumber life peers by over two to one , but the hereditary principle ensures a constant supply of new blood , while during the eighties the Labour benches became thinner and thinner , as their life peers grew older and more infirm . |
| 9 | This was by no means an accident , since throughout the 1970s a powerful body of media , political , and academic opinion had been constructed around the theme of how Britain was drifting into a ‘ violent society ’ , and how the basis of consent was being shifted by the pressures of immigration and the growth of multi-racial inner city areas . |
| 10 | The only difference between ancient Greek tragedy and modern revolutionary tragedy is that in the former the struggle was against a distant , unknowable , divine power , whereas in the latter the struggle is against an all-too-present social order manufacturing poverty , disease , unemployment and war . |
| 11 | In the early 1970s the price of investment goods rose slightly faster than the price of output , whereas in the 1960s the price of output had risen about 1 per cent faster than the price of investment goods . |
| 12 | There are people now who are questioning society , whereas in the 80s the government told us not to and the cinema reflected that . |
| 13 | It also seems to be roughly true that in domestic breeds of sheep the horns are more tightly coiled — they display greater torsion — whereas in the wild the horns of many antelopes are long , straight , extended twists . |
| 14 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 15 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 16 | In one direction the carriage will knit , while in the other the needles will make the tucking movement . |
| 17 | In each case , Tab and Dez remain constant ( though secondary Tabs may change ) and the movement is simple ; but in the one case the movement produces no additional spatial information while in the other the spatial information changes at the end of the sign . |
| 18 | In the former study the transition occurred within a homopolymeric AT sequence , while in the second a GpA junction ( of type XS ) was concerned . |
| 19 | In the first reaction above the neutron carries away 2.45 MeV of energy , while in the second the proton has 3 MeV . |
| 20 | Some , such as France and Germany , have operated policies to encourage the development of their industrial base by positive interventionist programmes , while in the 1980s the UK has adopted a " hands off " approach to industrial policy . |
| 21 | While in the 1930s the CEB men had been leaders in advocating larger-scale power generation , with the undertakings sometimes dragging their feet , by the time of nationalisation they pinned their faith more on the benefits of standardising on 30MW and 60MW sets as a means of both cutting costs and overcoming the capacity shortage ( see pp. 24–5 , above ) . |
| 22 | Thus on the one hand the liberal , free economy strategy is evidenced in the non-censorship of all but the most extreme pornography and the encouragement of commercial values in broadcasting , which is likely to mean decreased control over pornographic images , while on the other the strong state strategy is evidenced by that hard core pornography is not open to direct viewing by the public and by the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the BBC . |
| 23 | While the prospect of reconciliation between the king and the archbishop grew , it did so because on the one hand the papal ruling on royal taxation of the clergy had been relaxed , while on the other the king 's relations with his leading magnates were now rapidly deteriorating as he sought to raise and pay for an expeditionary force to Flanders . |
| 24 | Secondly , the zone of tension between the Soviet Union and the West allowed national liberation movements to play one side off against the other : on the one hand , fear of ‘ communism ’ induced some colonial powers to make political concessions , while on the other the Soviet Union often provided political support , arms and training to these movements . |
| 25 | On the first tier are the figures of Adam and Eve , while on the second a fine relief of Christ 's birth is flanked by figures of the Annunciation , the presentation at the Temple and the Magi . |
| 26 | But the sooty is ‘ blacker ’ above with a white forehead that extends only to the eye , while on the bridled the white forehead extends over and a little way beyond the eye . |
| 27 | While to the latter the former seem to be living either in paradise or cloud-cuckoo-land . |
| 28 | At one extreme the mighty Severn powers its way to the Bristol Channel , while at the other a Yorkshire brook gurgles across moorland . |
| 29 | With the former rental is set up at such a rate that the full cost of the equipment is recovered plus a return , whilst with the latter the contract is shorter and the same equipment may be leased to a number of lessees . |
| 30 | The sexual struggle is of two kinds ; in the one it is between individuals of the same sex , generally the male sex , in order to drive away or kill their rivals , the females remain passive ; whilst in the other the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex , in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex , generally the females , which no longer remain passive , but select more agreeable partners . |