Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Integration is viewed in physical terms ; policy increasingly concentrates on people but neglects the true characteristics of people in favour of resources-led practice . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And sometimes this fits the ethnographic facts in a quite straight-forward way . |
| 7 | While Strathclyde records the highest numbers of the most serious offences , the survey highlights that it is not alone in suffering steep rises in violent crime . |
| 8 | The third table records the previous uses of land changing to residential use in each of the English regions . |
| 9 | When he comes to the destruction of Carthage in 146 he records the contrasting opinions of the Greeks about Rome 's conduct ( 36.9 ) . |
| 10 | This technique records the exact points in the sentence which the reader fixates , and the time of each fixation . |
| 11 | It seems not theoretically mistaken , but simply anachronistic , an error of praxis , for Goffredo Fofi to complain about the lack of writing which confronts the terrible realities of Italian public life in the 1970s , ‘ that tells who we are , that is immersed in the lives of everyone ’ ( Fofi 1985 : 13 ) . |
| 12 | The work involves the legal processes of obtaining probate of wills and the winding up of a deceased person 's affairs so that the wishes expressed in those wills may be carried out . |
| 13 | International mail involves the postal services of other countries as well as our own , so we can not give precise service standards . |
| 14 | This involves the two groups plus a host of other musicians pooling their talents and putting out their releases . |
| 15 | The series involves the tangled relationships of two families in the London suburb of Blackheath . |
| 16 | Where the findings are even more startling involves the social attitudes of young people . |
| 17 | Many functionalists see shared values as the key to this explanation : ‘ value consensus ’ integrates the various parts of society . |
| 18 | From Hobbes , whose Leviathan he describes as ‘ the greatest … masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language ’ , he inherits the authoritarian aspects of his theory , the outlines of his distinction between state and society , and the rejection of the view that civil association must derive its authority from the inherent justice of some ‘ higher ’ law or a set of fundamental values . |
| 19 | Currently the UK emits the largest quantities of nitrogen oxides and will still do so by 1998. 2 . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the left hand plays the same rhythms in the opposite order . |
| 21 | The first CD lets you sing along with the Czech Symphony Orchestra and Prague Philharmonic Choir , while the second plays the full arias including vocal part . |
| 22 | Most of these are not of great quality , but they include one master , the Pan Painter , who plays the old conventions against the new spirit with exquisite skill . |
| 23 | Stress deranges the immune systems of human being and monkey alike . |
| 24 | A microscopic speck of dust , trapped in a molecule of water vapour , rides the buffeting winds inside a winter storm cloud . |
| 25 | Though , as we have seen , once there she fulfils the traditional roles of provider of food , nurse and comforter . |
| 26 | If none of the candidates is suitable or fulfils the basic requirements of the job/personnel description think twice before appointing the best of a bad bunch . |
| 27 | This reminded me of our own village , where in the summer holidays the regular players on the bowling-green , mostly older citizens , are teaching the children to play . |
| 28 | No one doubts the toxic properties of lead above such levels , and that is not an issue in this debate . |
| 29 | The Avon also supplies the large quantities of water required for steam raising , a process that powered the mill for over 75 years . |
| 30 | The loss of anyone close and deeply loved rouses the same feelings of anger . |