Example sentences of "[prep] a person 's [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio of a person 's net income when in work compared to their income on benefit is measured by what is called the ‘ replacement ratio ’ . |
| 2 | For the Commission did not accept ( nor , it must be said , did it appear directly to address ) the proposition that tax diversion is a necessary manifestation of a person 's political beliefs , as opposed to a practice that is merely consistent with , and motivated by such a belief . |
| 3 | IN this chapter we are concerned with a group of torts the function of which is to protect some of a person 's intangible interests — those which may loosely be called his business interests — from unlawful interference . |
| 4 | In a non-monetary economy , wealth is measured in terms of a person 's tangible possessions — cattle , camels , grain , jewellery , etc . |
| 5 | Crucial as this aspect is , it is but one side of a person 's moral history . |
| 6 | These messages , it is widely believed , can give information about the future , the remote past or things taking place in distant parts of the world ; at a more down-to-earth level , psychologists and especially psychoanalysts think that analysis of dreams can reveal details of a person 's mental state , and have concocted numerous systems relating objects or events seen in dreams to aspects of the human psyche . |
| 7 | Effective RE must therefore be concerned with the building-up of concepts which are worthy of a person 's total development , emotional , experiential and intellectual , and which fairly represent what is at the heart of all great religious traditions . |
| 8 | The measure of a person 's total control over his native language . |
| 9 | The strength and nature of a person 's religious beliefs are often made clear by a will . |
| 10 | First , the fundamental idea which enjoys universal validity is that morality is the free expression of a person 's rational nature . |
| 11 | Mr Jackson believes such readings give a complete picture of a person 's physical constitution . |
| 12 | It is also unwise to overlook all else because of a person 's Christian commitment . |
| 13 | Carry out those activities involved when conducting the comprehensive assessment of a person 's nursing requirements . |
| 14 | The objective is to transform instincts and desires in such a way that they can be fitted to the overall goals of a person 's deliberative life . |
| 15 | Every decision is made of a person 's free will , and is voluntary , unless it is effected by compulsion . |
| 16 | The appreciation of learning : including its life-long nature striving for a person 's full potential , self-discipline , independent thinking and aesthetic sensitivity , as well as respect for other cultures and freedom of expression . |
| 17 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 18 | This is because the connection between a person 's everyday experience and his conceptual background is usually a good deal more tenuous than that between , say , his everyday experience of the weather and his belief that August is a wetter month than July . |
| 19 | Similarly a private meeting with a person 's current boss can produce startling revelations ! |
| 20 | Weber , on the other hand , while agreeing that class had much to do with a person 's economic position within a social organisation of capital and labour , departed from this dualistic conception . |
| 21 | Coetzee understands both related forms : ‘ You get into a person 's private life , inside his inside . |
| 22 | They give rise to behavioural responses to external stimuli that are enduring and consistent within a person 's psychological constitution . |
| 23 | By fundamental barriers we mean those difficulties , which usually arise from a person 's personal circumstances such as lack of money or having to look after dependants . |
| 24 | Some healers ( especially acupuncturists ) are even able to smell the aura — and this is quite apart from a person 's usual body odour . |
| 25 | Many degree courses , on the other hand , clearly belong to the specific stage in a person 's educational development , after which his or her interests and horizon may narrow further , in specialized research or employment , or broaden out again . |
| 26 | However , it is not the description of disability that matters , but rather its effect upon a person 's major life activities . |
| 27 | In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime . |
| 28 | Compared with these major risk factors , the contribution of life stress and the much-ridiculed ‘ coronary-prone ’ or Type A personality ( aggressive , ambitious , restless and excessively concerned with time and deadlines ) to a person 's coronary risk profile is small . |
| 29 | An indirect reference : It is unkind to make allusions to a person 's physical defects . |
| 30 | ‘ Nothing in section 4 ( 1 ) above shall affect the determination of any issue , or prevent the admission or requirement of any evidence , relating to a person 's previous convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto — |