Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This argument neglects the symbolic function of the labels applied by the law and by courts to criminal conduct . |
| 2 | A static model , such as that of Homans in sociology , emphasizing structural maintenance through a form of ‘ social approval ’ , neglects the inherent dynamism of reproductive strategies that necessitate risk in competition and possibly conflict for their fulfilment . |
| 3 | Integration is viewed in physical terms ; policy increasingly concentrates on people but neglects the true characteristics of people in favour of resources-led practice . |
| 4 | But our first experiment found that he neglects the left side of perceptual figures at a subsequent stage of attending to them . |
| 5 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 6 | Neither Melchett nor Porritt fits the usual patterns of lordship , but their presence is reassuring to members who like to see guarantees of moderation and respectability flown at the masthead . |
| 7 | Neither Maxwell nor Murdoch , so prominent in the last twenty years of the period , fits the simple pattern of a non-media organization moving in or a media one moving out . |
| 8 | The Nobel prize for religion ( God forbid it should ever be invented ) will not go to a theologian , or like the peace prize be passed round to whoever fits the political needs of the moment ( with all due respect to Bishop Tutu and not much to Mr Begin ) . |
| 9 | In The Future of an Illusion , the use of the term ‘ religion ’ is one which fits the Jewish-Islamic-Christian complex of religions , which are built upon the notion of a Creator God . |
| 10 | ‘ Salutary neglect ’ is a description that fits the colonial policy of the British government in the first half of the eighteenth century , particularly when it is compared with the fairly active government of the late seventeenth century . |
| 11 | The programmer writes programs to unleash the powers of the machine ; the designer writes an interface for the program that fits the personal needs of tailor , musician , secretary or — dare we hope — journalist . |
| 12 | And fits the mounting spirit like myself ; |
| 13 | And sometimes this fits the ethnographic facts in a quite straight-forward way . |
| 14 | The rule of reason depends decidedly on the capacity of the sane to persuade others to practise some degree of self restraint and to maintain the legal order that best fits the ethical structure of the polity . |
| 15 | At this point we must remind ourselves that Shklar includes as part of this ancient conception the idea of ‘ middle-class moderates ’ within the structure of politics who are able to persuade others to practise self-restraint and maintain a legal order that best fits the ethical structure of the polity . |
| 16 | Figure 1 b shows the rotation rate residuals after allowing for the increased value of slowdown rate which fits the later part of Fig. 1 a . |
| 17 | Section 3(1) of the 1974 Act prohibits the unlicensed disposal of controlled waste . |
| 18 | Ministers insisted that both projects should be financed by the private sector and the Channel Tunnel Act specifically prohibits the British Government from subsidising either the tunnel or transport infrastructure linked to it . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the British Medical Association had said that doctors were bound by the law , which prohibits the deliberate taking of human life . |
| 20 | The 1977 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military Use of Environmental Modification Techniques prohibits the deliberate manipulation of natural processes as weapons . |
| 21 | IN PERFECT WEATHER , BILL O'CONNOR TACKLES THE GRAND TRAVERSE OF THE DRUS — ITS KEY A SUCCESSFUL ASCENT OF THE INFAMOUS ‘ Z PITCH ’ |
| 22 | And on MONDAY he tackles the 23-mile stretch to Lytchett Minster , with Bournemouth beckoning . |
| 23 | The government tackles the free-rider problem with respect to the financing of BBC services by legal means . |
| 24 | At the end , you get to be inside Richie 's head as he righteously kicks the poor woman to death after she 's come for him with a hatchet in each hand . |
| 25 | Charlie rejoins the shouted conversation in pidgin French and Lingala . |
| 26 | The ordinary English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life . |
| 27 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 28 | That justification is , as we have seen , that the competitive market disciplines the economic power of the company . |
| 29 | My diary records the frequent wish for ‘ interesting people and interesting places ’ . |
| 30 | Nicholas Antram has undertaken the revision and records the ongoing demolition of churches , the ‘ insidious suburbanisation ’ particularly noticeable around commuter towns such as Grantham , and the changes in the landscape due to modern farming methods . |