Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these can not yet be attributed to the activities of an individual mosaicist — although they might well indicate the predilictions of an influential client or close- knit group of clients — and are still most significant when viewed over considerable periods of time . |
| 2 | Excessive attention , so the criticism ran , had been paid to the activities of an amorphous , disorganised working-class movement , with the result that the revolutionary potential of the working class embodied in party or trade union organisations had been misrepresented . |
| 3 | There is no over-riding regulation of the activities of an international organisation . |
| 4 | It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government . |
| 5 | For some time the activities of an ocean-going tug named Sea Rover , registered under the Panamanian flag and run by a Dutch captain , had been attracting the attention of British , Dutch and French customs authorities , and their movements had been monitored whenever possible at each sighting . |
| 6 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 7 | Tillett 's Tea Operatives had only been spurred into action by the activities of an outspoken gas stoker named Will Thorne who had succeeded in organizing the men at the great Beckton gasworks in East Ham into forming a Gas Workers ' Union in May 1889 . |
| 8 | In view of the distributed nature of a transmission line , to determine its behaviour it will generally be necessary to consider the response of an infinitesimal element of it . |
| 9 | For example , its Radar charts are suitable for displaying measurements involving angles — such as the response of an aerial — and it includes a wider range of fit types for plotting points or fitting trend lines than most spreadsheets and has options such as moving averages . |
| 10 | Upon the use of ‘ Esq ’ or ‘ Mr ’ in addressing communications — a choice which Mr McBain is content to leave to instinct — perhaps one might direct his attention to the response of an old Ayrshire lady who received the suggestion that she should address a local worthy as ‘ Esq ’ with some bewilderment . |
| 11 | Aid agencies pointed to Uganda and Rwanda as two more countries in serious difficulties , while the UN Disaster Relief Organization claimed that the response to an international appeal for aid for civil war-torn Liberia had been practically non-existent . |
| 12 | However , with this alternative strategy , the investor can enjoy the income from an extra 3,928.55 , which , if invested in ABC Ltd , will generate additional earnings of 628.57 . |
| 13 | Trade unions became an important part of the Keynesian neo-capitalist revolution which prompted government intervention in the economy to overcome the inability of an unregulated free market economy to grow adequately or to distribute income fairly . |
| 14 | The potential for improving the Park as an educational resource for Edinburgh schools and colleges was explored , as were opportunities for better interpretation of the diverse interests in the Park for all visitors . |
| 15 | In fact all ordinary telescopes would do so but for the addition of an extra lens-system to turn the image the right way up again . |
| 16 | A modification in a theory , such as the addition of an extra postulate or a change in some existing postulate , that has no testable consequences that were not already testable consequences of the unmodified theory will be called ad hoc modifications . |
| 17 | Sharing accommodation with relatives on a permanent basis is not regarded as a desirable option in contemporary British culture , where the image of the normal household is based firmly upon the nuclear family : typically a married couple and their immature children , with possibly the addition of an elderly parent . |
| 18 | It was clear that the Government now saw itself as taking a greater part in determining TBC policies , and this was confirmed by the addition of an External Service to the TBC 's responsibilities . |
| 19 | The company 's Asynchronous Transfer Mode strategy kicked off last month with the addition of an external Asynchronous Transfer Mode interface to its DXE product system using a cellifier from Digital Link , the DL3200/A . |
| 20 | The Blues Scale is another popular scale , almost identical to the minor pentatonic scale but with the addition of an augmented fourth . |
| 21 | Reactions were terminated by the addition of an equal volume of loading dye ( 8 M urea , 10% sucrose , 40 mM EDTA , 0.1% bromophenol blue , 0.1% xylene cyanol ) . |
| 22 | Now a third will be provided with this facility by the addition of an electrical control panel . |
| 23 | The addition of an associative procedure to this modeller was thus seen to provide the Possibility of a truly automated kinematic assembly process . |
| 24 | The basis of dendrochronology lies in the fact that , in temperature climates where there is a contrast between the seasons , trees grow by the addition of an annual ring . |
| 25 | It is difficult to assess the significance of ‘ spontaneous ’ platelet aggregation , that is platelet aggregation induced by stirring alone without the addition of an aggregatory agent . |
| 26 | the addition of an optional lace carriage provides further scope with a choice of plain and fashion lace , woven lace , tuck and lace and Brother 's exclusive fine lace . |
| 27 | In some churches the importance of the Laudian altar was further emphasized by the addition of an elaborate new reredos . |
| 28 | Why was it never developed afterwards , except for the addition of an elaborate west tower ? |
| 29 | Thus it may well be that French Canadian is derived historically by the addition of an adjectival sufffix to the geographical term French Canada , but it is clear that in the mind of most users the adjective is used to take a subset out of the larger class of things or people Canadian , as shown , for instance , by the general refusal in Canada to use the historically natural opposite term English Canadian otherwise than for those descended from inhabitants of Great Britain and in particular England ( see Orkin , 1971 ) . |
| 30 | The volatility of the fuel is crucial , and the addition of an alcohol-blending component would interfere with this . |