Example sentences of "the [n mass] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the first problem facing any study of land use is the paucity of good and compatible data , for as the upper section of Table 8.2 shows , there can be considerable variations between different estimates , although the data do provide broad answers to the main points of interest defined by Peters ( 1970 ) namely : How much land is there ? how is it distributed between the major land uses ? and how have the allocations changed over time ( and space ) ? |
| 2 | Inasmuch as the media does reproduce such accounts it sustains the status quo , since ‘ the problem ’ is said to lie within the individual and not wider social processes , implying that a solution comes through changes in the individual rather than in society . |
| 3 | I 'm not saying it 's all false , but the media does highlight certain erm public aspects of people . |
| 4 | The essence , or form , of a species accounts for the properties of that species , and a definition of it provides the means of demonstrating that the species does have those properties , and why it has them . |
| 5 | I do this , and reel my other rod in so that if the carp does give one another chance there will be no other line to get in the way of my landing it . |