Example sentences of "[pron] mark the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bird starts by flying persistently in front of its chosen site and repeatedly dabbing the rock with its tongue , laying down a curved line of saliva which marks the lower edge of the nest-to-be . |
| 2 | Dostoevsky set great store by this chapter which marks the acutest phase of his tribulations over The Possessed , because his editor Katkov refused to print it . |
| 3 | The ignimbrites were collected in a strike-slip rift valley ( 100x15km ) related to the Cordillera Blanca fault system , an important crustal structure which marks the western boundary of the batholith ( Fig. 1 ) and is thought to extend at depth to the source region of the complex . |
| 4 | On top of all one sees today the lineaments of the Austrian fortress which marks the final phase of the history of Verona before the Italian Risorgimento in the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Among the most striking works in the exhibition which marks the 25th anniversary of the MacRobert Gallery , is Cadell 's The Orange Blind , lent by Kelvingrove Gallery , Glasgow . |
| 6 | ‘ Meaning ’ , in short , lacks that exciting mixture of generality and precision which marks the explanatory concepts of the ‘ hard ’ sciences like physics . |
| 7 | Until July 3 Light of the North An exhibition which marks the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Margaret |
| 8 | Indeed , the reform bill which marks the full extent of government control has been heralded by the Minister , Kenneth Baker , as a parents charter , maximizing parental choice in education . |
| 9 | As we saw earlier , the period which marks the emergence of Consumers ' Co-operation as virtually the sole objective of the Movement , and its rejection of authentic Producers ' Co-operation , coincides with Hobsbawm 's Age of Capital , that period which marked the phenomenal growth of a global economy of industrial capitalism and so held out the prospect of unlimited and unfailing progress — and nowhere more than in Britain which held a de facto international monopoly in trade in manufactures . |
| 10 | He was present at the surrender of Dunbar in May 1296 , which marked the victorious conclusion of Edward 's first campaign , but his main work continued to be high-level diplomacy . |
| 11 | A growing feeling , encouraged by bodies such as the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children , as to the social obnoxiousness of incest was finally expressed in the Criminal Law in 1908 which marked the tardy acceptance of a recommendation made over three centuries earlier . |
| 12 | The confidence which marked the early years of the reign that major liberal reforms could be introduced without endangering the social and political order was severely shaken . |
| 13 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 14 | The super-lunar region was the remainder of the finite universe , extending from the moon 's orbit to the sphere of the stars , which marked the outer boundary of the universe . |
| 15 | It turned out to be one of the buoys which marked the safe limits of the channel for the ships entering and leaving the cavern . |
| 16 | If we concentrate only on Japan and the East Asian NICs , the choices , although somewhat inchoate between national strategies , do appear to have some common elements oriented towards re-casting the organizational and industrial relations arena in terms consonant with those which marked the 1980s revival of neo-conservative liberal analysis . |
| 17 | A McGill team introduced it to Harvard University in 1874 , which marked the formal birth of ‘ football ’ . |
| 18 | On arrival at the BN beacon , the aircraft was cleared to descend to 2,500ft ( the initial altitude for the published ILS descent procedure ) and was requested to advice passing the MN beacon which marked the northern end of the racetrack holding pattern . |
| 19 | Lastly , animal response to analgesic therapy designed for humans can be an excellent criterion when the animal responds but the failures which mark the intractable pains of man could be more common in animals . |
| 20 | They mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harrison , the first English clockmaker to make an accurate marine chronometer . |
| 21 | There seems little doubt that they mark the tensional effects of the splitting apart of the two Atlantic-facing plates . |
| 22 | Today is particularly important because it marks the three-quarter stage of a very significant goal achievement . |
| 23 | The treaty was denounced by Israel , which claimed that it marked the virtual annexation of Lebanon by Syria . |
| 24 | It marked the western border of the Soviet empire . |
| 25 | It marked the formal ending of Saudi Arabia 's recognition of the regime in Taiwan as the government of China . |
| 26 | Like most such documents it was probably an exaggeration but it marked the approaching end of a peculiarly rich period of vitality in the county . |