Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here the route climbs steeply to the summit of Craiggowrie at 2,240ft and follows the undulating ridge south east to Creagan Gorm at 2,403ft . |
| 2 | On average , a 10% increase in the unemployment benefits in the first three months increases reservation wages by 2.3% , reduces the conditional probability of leaving unemployment by about 12% and increases the expected duration of the spell by about 1.2% . |
| 3 | Fighting will probably break out and so the fish that becomes the sub-dominant one should be removed , not the dominant fish . |
| 4 | Many believe that minority group members have better insight , more commitment and greater rapport with similarly affected people than does the general population ( Shearer , 1981 ) and that people with extensive professional training do not necessarily help those who are disabled ( McKnight , 1981 ) . |
| 5 | He argues for the coordination of agencies involved in supporting young people and considers the major issues these agencies need to address . |
| 6 | The headteacher has a major role to play in encouraging governors to adopt a response to the staffing responsibilities of LMS which values people and ensures the successful development of the school . |
| 7 | They need to be assured that the options for flood relief have been fully explored and that this is the most effective means and produces the minimum amount of damage to the environment . |
| 8 | Integration is viewed in physical terms ; policy increasingly concentrates on people but neglects the true characteristics of people in favour of resources-led practice . |
| 9 | The UK Library Association Code of professional conduct ( 1983 ) does not make separate mention of young people but provides the important principle that ‘ Members ’ primary duty when acting in the capacity of librarian is to their clients ' ( para.2d ) . |
| 10 | Metaphysics , he writes , ‘ transcendence , the welcoming of the other by the same , of the Other by me , is concretely produced as the calling into question of the same by the other , that is , as the ethics that accomplishes the critical essence of knowledge ’ ( 43 ) . |
| 11 | Modulation sets up a structural series that echoes the mutative processes of nature . |
| 12 | An entry-level configuration for the model 660 costs $70,000 and includes the 62.5-MHz CPU , 64Mb memory , SCSI controller , two 1Gb disk drives , a 525Mb tape drive and the BOS/X operating system . |