Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | I would also stress the absolute undesirability of the court making an order which may have the effect of compelling a doctor or health authority to make available scarce resources ( both human and material ) to a particular child , without knowing whether or not there are other patients to whom those resources might more advantageously be devoted . |
2 | In fairness to its selectors one must stress the virtual absence of any important body of writing expressing an alternative Left viewpoint . |
3 | It is therefore not surprising that he should here stress the psychological aspects of pain and its control rather than the nuts and bolts of nociceptors , unmyelinated afferents , spinothalamic tracts and those splendid phrases designed to send medical students back to sleep in the belief that they now understand pain mechanisms . |
4 | Y , you , you h , you want , you 've got to go for neutral colours , that 's going to sort of stress the less number of people have n't you ? |
5 | First , we would stress the immense size of the resource . |
6 | Its concern with adolescent love , and the way in which its idealism and purity can not evade the sullying effects of adult realities , paralleled Minton 's own fear of lost youth , his obsession with adolescence and desire for a love that could only exist in a state untrammelled by adult responsibilities . |
7 | The practice of eating dead enemies probably arose from the idea that you could absorb the better qualities of the person who had died through eating their flesh . |
8 | A self catering holiday , in a typical Italian villa or apartment , is the only way to really absorb the true lifestyle of our country . |
9 | This stance , it was suggested , would enable the government to obtain from the USA US$10,000 million in housing loan guarantees to help absorb the latest wave of immigrants [ see p. 38787 ] . |
10 | He saw , with that sharp acumen that made the Heinz organisation famous , that Portland Place could not absorb the expanding requirements of a British Architectural Library , an architecture centre , and a professional institution . |
11 | At the same time , the Asian participants acknowledged the need to extend and deepen their dialogue with people of different faiths and cultures and to ‘ rediscover the latent power of the media in preaching the Good News of justice , freedom and peace . ’ |
12 | We 'll expose the broken promises of Number Ten |
13 | I will emphasize the graphical nature of the Chart data structure , and the usefulness of such a structure both for representing linguistic data , and for analyzing the results of linguistic processing . |
14 | Despite the complex set of influences , we would emphasize the high rate of accumulation as the most fundamental factor behind the decline in profitability . |
15 | Different approaches to the organization of knowledge may emphasize the relative importance of either the first or second objective , but it is difficult to neglect one without impairing the effectiveness of the other . |
16 | If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos onto one another , the roof would really lift off ! |
17 | Four spare SIMM slots mean you can upgrade the basic 4Mb of RAM to a whopping 32Mb . |
18 | No robots or computers anywhere in the world can imitate the complex functions of your human body . |
19 | It is not , therefore , expected that one should imitate the Japanese mode of dress . |
20 | Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful . |
21 | The chicken can imitate the thermal characteristics of foods kept in refrigerators and detects temperature changes . |
22 | Is the attempt to make such a separation meaningful , and above all can one devise the appropriate form of highly reductionist experiment which will enable a distinction to be made between these processes ? |
23 | It is time to identify and explode the powerful myth of critical doubt and dispel the clouds of defeatism which it lowers on Christian faith . |
24 | Very few games , regardless of quality , can convey the general atmosphere of a film , no matter how hard the programmer has tried . |
25 | Other Nikiyas — Durante or Guillem — may for instance assume a charming Oriental fluidity in their arms , but only Asylnuratova 's urgency and amplitude of gesture can convey the destructive extremes of Nikiya 's nature . |
26 | He argues that the convention partners should affirm the broad principles of the scheme for a devolved Scottish parliament in the UK agreed before the last election and move on to adopt an educational role . |
27 | One may affirm the fundamental principle of non-violence and yet feel morally bound to kill the madman given the circumstances . |
28 | It should give the country the capability to design and build the next generation of Australian communications satellites as well as to win lucrative overseas contracts . |
29 | It said the code represented a ‘ foundation for good practice and ethical conduct … on which we can build the growing reputation of the industry ’ . |
30 | Never under-estimate the power of the mind-body , which can either trap or liberate the spiritual aspect of self . |