Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because crossing with the blending of parental characters keeps the species constant as long as the conditions are constant overall , only changing temporarily and locally . |
| 2 | The study of petrographic fabrics forms the basis for later analytical research , both chemically and isotopically . |
| 3 | According to the underplating model the addition of volcanic rock thickens the crust and the resulting isostatic adjustment leads to the formation of a broad hot-spot swell up to 2000km across and an increase in surface elevation of up to 2000 m . |
| 4 | Multiparameter flow cytometric analysis of labelled nuclei allows the S phase duration ( Ts ) of mucosal cells to be estimated . |
| 5 | A strong sense of regional identity characterises the Boards and has undoubtedly assisted in breaking down the traditional divisions between capital and labour . |
| 6 | 167 ) says that the Corinthians despised craftsmen less than did other Greeks ( note the negative formulation ) and a recent survey of Corinthian territory confirms the exceptional variety of goods manufactured there . |
| 7 | However , it is questionable whether this recantation at the level of economic theory provides the clue as to the practical reasons why the road to the high inflation of the 1970s was littered with the wrecks of attempts at incomes policies . |
| 8 | Some critics also argue that any qualification of economic determinism threatens the distinctiveness of Marxism . |
| 9 | For younger women , smoking and the use of oral contraceptives increases the risk of a heart attack , stroke or other cardiovascular disease by tenfold . |
| 10 | Smoking combined with the use of oral contraceptives increases the risk of a heart attack , stroke or other cardiovascular disease by tenfold . |
| 11 | Above all , this kind of political romanticism fosters the view that future arrangements can be attained when conflict and dispute will no longer take place , having been replaced by eternal harmony . |
| 12 | My account of political integrity takes the personification much more seriously , as if a political community really were some special kind of entity distinct from the actual people who are its citizens . |
| 13 | The idea of political integrity personifies the community in the second way , as a working personification , because it assumes that the community can adopt and express and be faithful or unfaithful to principles of its own , distinct from those of any of its officials or citizens as individuals . |
| 14 | Few rural areas are beyond the ambit of a town or city and much of the increase of population in many parts of rural Britain reflects the underbounding of urban administrations . |
| 15 | The Council for the Protection of Rural Wales views the serious implications of the Meadow House Caravan Park application with alarm . |
| 16 | These grow actively from spring onward despite the persistent sea ice above ; though little light penetrates the snow covered ice , lack of wind-induced turbulence keeps the water clear . |
| 17 | To speak of private testability runs the risk of being misunderstood , of seeming to claim that there are truths — the most important truths — which are accessible only to an infallible private intuition . |
| 18 | The competence of normal readers includes the ability to read aloud . |
| 19 | In our model of duodenal adaptive cytoprotection , a normal mucosal capacity to synthesise prostaglandins seems to be a necessary requirement , since pretreatment with indomethacin abolishes the protective response and , conversely , administration of exogenous prostaglandins restores the protection . |
| 20 | Despite reports of ‘ fabulous ’ wages earned by manual workers the receipt of low pay remains the fate of many workers in Western industrial economies . |
| 21 | The development of carcinoma of the colon is dependent on both genetic and environmental factors and its is generally accepted that the development of colonic carcinoma follows the adenoma-carcinoma sequence . |
| 22 | The development of liquid acrylics expands the possibilities further . |
| 23 | OVERLEAF : The Dalek city as seen by the film camera ; a wreath of dry ice enshrouds the model . |
| 24 | If one then thinks of cross-tabulations of the users by sex , age , marital status , social class and so on , the proliferation of possible data makes the mind boggle . |
| 25 | For example , the defences were firmly dated to the reign of Hadrian , although Antonine pottery was found in the rampart , but dismissed with the remarkable statement ‘ the overwhelming pre-Antonine character of the mass of associated pottery suggests the earlier , rather than the later of Dr Oswald 's limiting date for the exceptional sherd ’ , i.e. AD 130 — 50 . |
| 26 | Staverman and co-workers ( 1956 ) paid particular attention to approximations to the solution of the integral equations used in the exact theory , since , experimentally , observations can only be made over limited periods of time ( in creep for example ) or limited frequency ranges ( in dynamic methods ) whereas the exact theory of linear viscoelasticity requires the use of infinite integrals . |
| 27 | A parallel procedure applied to the conservation of linear momentum yields the three equations . |
| 28 | First , no other type of historical evidence offers the historian such depths of insight into human conduct . |
| 29 | The communication of the results of historical enquiry requires the effective use of basic skills of graphicacy , literacy and numeracy . |
| 30 | Through his use of the concept of ‘ spontaneous order ’ Hayek avoids an extreme atomistic individualism , often associated with classical liberalism , since the concept of spontaneous order recognizes the existence of an order in society which is formed by the social matrix . |