Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This classic dispute does not exhaust the level-of-analysis problem , which recurs as one about whether the foreign policy behaviour of states has international or domestic determinants . |
| 2 | In any case , his chain of reasons remains unsupported unless he can answer one more question : |
| 3 | Stavrogin s prodigal scattering of reasons does more than leave the question open . |
| 4 | Every year the technology of photography becomes more and more complicated . |
| 5 | The analysis of function requires concise and unambiguous definition of the functions performed by the part investigated . |
| 6 | The analysis of function requires concise and unambiguous definition of the functions performed by the part investigated . |
| 7 | No reference document of function exists other than that contained in the original design specification . |
| 8 | Also , the more tranquillizers are used , the older and less effective the plunger becomes , therefore , gradually , the same dose of tablets becomes less and less effective . |
| 9 | It may be due to the change of temperature and humidity , or because our sense of smell becomes sharpened as fading light reduces vision , but we certainly become much more aware of scent at night . |
| 10 | Lecercle of course means death-knell but English has spoken through him , creating a new meaning for the noun that works very well as a metonymy : the bell 's tolling becomes the bell ( it has " sounded " ) much as the water boiling in the kettle has become the kettle as in the expression , " The kettle 's boiling " . |
| 11 | The spirit of resistance remains strong and community activists , nongovernmental organisations and health unions are fighting to defend Nicaragua 's achievements in health . |
| 12 | He described it as " very backward " and claimed it had " not matured and through cowardice or through lack of experience keeps quiet when there is , for example , a violation of democracy " . |
| 13 | Elsewhere in the town the number of burglaries remains high but there have also been a large number of arrests made in the last seven days . |
| 14 | Paragraph 6.15 of the Policy Issues Paper indicates that this principle requires minerals planning to ensure that ‘ the net quality of environments affected by the extraction of aggregates remains constant or improves over time ’ . |
| 15 | Paragraph 6.15 of the Policy Issues Paper indicates that this principle requires minerals planning to ensure that ‘ the net quality of environments affected by the extraction of aggregates remains constant or improves over time ’ . |
| 16 | However , for highly anisotropic materials the non-uniformity of stress near the points of attachment of loads becomes important as in the end effect for tensile tests . |
| 17 | It is not so in the same way in which the Bill of Rights is a part of the law of the United States of America — no Act of Parliament becomes void because it transgresses the provisions of the European Convention ; no United Kingdom court will or even can issue an injunction to re ; train a government official from acting in contravention of its terms . |
| 18 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 19 | But proving the necessity of crime requires more than showing that some things that were formerly criminal are now important parts of healthy social life ( even if we were to accept that we can objectively determine what constitutes healthy social life ) . |
| 20 | The research aims to identify the principal ways in which the onset of hungness changes political and management processes within such authorities . |
| 21 | In any event , however , the number of branches says less and less about capacity in banking . |
| 22 | The challenge of AIDS involves more than individual sexual behaviour : it represents an opportunity to work through our commonest societal fears–and taboos , to reach new understanding and evolve compassionate action . |
| 23 | The breaking of twigs becomes louder and comes nearer and nearer . |
| 24 | The difference between these two uses of syndromes becomes clear if one considers the following situation : suppose , after years of finding that , every time a patient exhibits symptom x , symptoms y and z are also exhibited , a patient comes along who has symptom x but not symptom y . |
| 25 | As Freud has been so greatly misunderstood , especially in his more speculative sociological work , this type of exposition seems necessary if his theory is to be given the serious consideration it deserves , and which sociology needs . |
| 26 | As is commonly found in small-scale societies , the definition of humanity excludes all but the we-group . |
| 27 | These cursory snippets frown past , for that alas is all there is space for here , at least show how the contemporary anthropological understanding of witchcraft throws new and ( at least in some quarters ) welcome light on what were until recently unusually dark and baffling corners of our history . |
| 28 | THE Bank of England remains concerned that underlying inflation is still running at least 2 to 3 per cent higher than it should at this stage of the economic cycle , and repeats its belief that there is no real room for further cuts in interest rates while the pound remains so sensitive , writes Clifford German . |
| 29 | In the south of England , Dorset , Hampshire and Surrey were affected to some extent — again much more in some parts than others — but the south-eastern corner of England owes little or nothing to the enclosure commissioners . |
| 30 | It seems to me that unless you can convince yourself that a grouping of companies adds more than the sum of its parts , there is no raison d'etre for the company at all . |