Example sentences of "[to-vb] the nature [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a comparison intends to establish whether British companies are generally less effective at marketing than their Japanese and US competitors , and to establish the nature of the differences in strategies , attitudes and organisation , the barriers to more effective marketing and their implications for market performance . |
| 2 | Obviously such choices are political decisions , which will involve social as well as economic considerations , but it is first necessary to establish the nature of the trade-offs between macroeconomic objectives so that the policy-maker is well aware of the sacrifices involved . |
| 3 | … it is a matter of distinguishing between those concepts which define the mode of production and which allow us to establish the nature of the classes and their relationships in the abstract from those concepts which allow a concrete analysis of these classes . |
| 4 | Assessment should be seen as a partnership between teachers , other professionals and parents in a joint endeavour to discover the nature of the difficulties and needs of individual children . |
| 5 | The principal objectives are to identify the nature of the relationships under different conditions ( fixed and floating exchange rates ; periods of rising and falling prices ) and to add to our understanding of particular dramatic episodes in economic history such as the ‘ great depression ’ of 1929-32 . |
| 6 | Of course , each village does contain its own unique qualities , but to dwell on these only serves to obscure the nature of the changes which have overtaken them , since a concern for the minutiae of each individual village leads us to lose sight of the widespread changes that have affected almost all villages in recent years . |
| 7 | Such language seems vacuous to some , but if we are to comprehend the nature of the arts in particular , being is a concept which it seems difficult to do without . |
| 8 | Also shown is a description of the main data flows on the input side to illustrate the nature of the commands passed to the system for action . |
| 9 | Since the aim of the research was to illuminate the industrial relations of state enterprises by examining two corporations in considerable detail , there was a need to collect material rich enough to illustrate the nature of the processes at work . |
| 10 | It is the experience of listening to the responses or readings which have been triggered by them which has led me to question the nature of the arguments usually put forward by antiracists to explain racism . |
| 11 | In order to understand the nature of the changes that are taking place following the Education Reform Act 1988 , and in particular the changing role of the local education authority , it is important to reflect briefly on the nature of relationships which have been established over many years . |
| 12 | Both also need to be helped to understand the nature of the changes occurring in the area in which they live — whether disappearing hedgerows or the closing down of a street market . |
| 13 | When we begin to understand the nature of the workings of our own minds , then we come to understand the manner of the mind 's activity in all other creatures and , indeed , throughout creation , as the primary pattern-maker , the source of all the blueprints , the weaver of the web of energy relationships , the essential formative principle running across the pure face of consciousness . |
| 14 | Some knowledge of this topic is essential in order to understand the nature of the rights conferred on a secured charge holder , the priorities of charges , and the system for the registration of company charges . |
| 15 | Rule 5 — 30(1) provides that a firm must not recommend a transaction to a private customer or act as a discretionary manager unless it has taken reasonable steps to enable the private customer to understand the nature of the risks involved . |
| 16 | In trying to identify future managerial changes and their impact , it is instructive to consider the nature of the changes which accompanied the second or general management wave . |
| 17 | Earlier versions of both Sankoff and Thibault 's study of the French avoir/être variable and Weiner and Labov 's study of the English agentless passive variable are discussed in some detail by Lavandera to demonstrate the nature of the difficulties , which in fact have not yet been satisfactorily resolved . |
| 18 | A marriage contracted by a person so insane at the time as not to appreciate the nature of the obligations of the married state may be set aside at the suit of either party . |
| 19 | She was wanting to describe the nature of the malai government but did n't want to use the first words which came to mind , which were ‘ military dictatorship ’ . |
| 20 | If the effect of use and disuse is to alter the nature of the proteins in the body , and if the replicable information passed on to future generations is carried by DNA , then Weismann has to be right if the central dogma is right . |
| 21 | Heath also used the opportunity of Trend 's retirement to change the nature of the steering-briefs for the Prime Minister — Brook 's innovation , it will be recalled . |
| 22 | By choosing to feel love , you have it in your power to change the nature of the relationships in your life . |
| 23 | Pilot interviews were conducted with participants in the industry from the UK , USA and Japan to ascertain the nature of the limits placed on data-gathering by commercial confidentiality and military secrecy . |
| 24 | Pennycuick J held in Lord Inchrya that one had first to ascertain the nature of the payments according to the law governing the position , ie the law of the District of Columbia . |
| 25 | The objective of the project is to examine the nature of the representations and processes that underline meta- deduction : an important higher-order form of reasoning . |