Example sentences of "[adj] nature [prep] [art] [noun pl] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capital costs are high on account of the specialised nature of the machines required for the production line . |
| 2 | The elusive nature of the reactions seen in food intolerance makes it difficult to rule out this diagnosis without very thorough testing , and there seems to have been undue reliance on skin-prick tests in this study , despite the fact that these are unreliable indicators in most cases of food sensitivity . |
| 3 | The different nature of the materials imported to particular parts of England in the sixth and seventh centuries is mirrored by the different patterns of dispersal revealed by plotting fall-off curves ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 4 | The asymmetry arises because of the different nature of the benefits provided and taxes levied . |
| 5 | Competition in the professions was thought not to be in the public interest because of the specialised and personal nature of the services provided , which often affect the health , safety and well-being of the public . |
| 6 | The crucial nature of the questions addressed at this seminar resulted in our receiving the backing of a number of organisations . |
| 7 | Companies chopped and changed their holdings , for reasons that might have little to do with the specific nature of the businesses involved . |
| 8 | Platform games are a popular genre , but the essentially uncomplicated nature of the puzzles included in most tends to shorten their life span . |
| 9 | Like all sciences , feng shui is an expedient of civilization , a technique for reconciling human nature to the limitations imposed on it by settlement . |
| 10 | Further work is needed at the conceptual level in this area to determine the exact nature of the constraints required . |
| 11 | Although it is undoubtedly true that Sartre et alia achieved a moral victory in 1947 by highlighting the purely imaginary and hence illusory nature of the accusations made against Nizan , and although Sartre 's own final fictional account of Nizan , narrated emotionally in " Drole d'amitie " , is a powerful antidote to the negative and hostile account in Aragon 's Les Communistes , nonetheless , from the moment of his death in 1940 until the moment of republication of Aden Arabic " in 1960 , Nizan remained an unwanted communist renegade . |
| 12 | Thus , the very nature of the demands made upon the state by the capitalist system leads to a form of the state that can not necessarily ensure that capitalist interests are furthered . |
| 13 | Given the extreme nature of the problems experienced by this client group and the long history of failure by services to do more than provide custodial care this is no mean achievement . |
| 14 | Control groups are not relevant , and important variables can seldom be specified in advance owing to the complexity and dynamic nature of the processes involved . |
| 15 | Investors are reminded that as a consequence of the general nature of the investments held and of possible exchange and interest rate fluctuations , the value of their shares and the yield from them may go down as well as up and that past performance is no guide to the future . |
| 16 | The starting points for the revision of the existing Conventions of 1905 and 1954 were a dissatisfaction with the indirect consular channel , as being inappropriate in current conditions , and a concern that the non-obligatory nature of the channels provided for in the existing text enabled some countries to make use of the system of notification au parquet to which increasing exception was taken . |
| 17 | Members of staff are aware of the special nature of the skills required for law and make every effort in lectures and tutorials to ensure that the transition from school to university work is a smooth one . |
| 18 | Indeed , if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels , it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires , not too strong , but too weak . |