Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 8 — on motivation — we shall examine research on the civil service which draws heavily upon the two-factor analysis developed by Herzberg . |
| 2 | The cat began to stalk her through the blade-broad iris leaves with such solemnity that she laughed and paused even longer , to play with him , and was cheered . |
| 3 | General warnings are usually given , but often as part of the introductory briefing given to holidaymakers on their arrival . |
| 4 | ‘ He does n't have the inside knowledge to deal with questions . ’ |
| 5 | Many women report the total surprise caused by the swiftness of random attack leaves them paralysed and unable to fight back . |
| 6 | We can calculate their relative preference for the Conservatives on the unemployment issue as C/ ( C+L+A ) , that is , as the mark given to the Conservatives expressed as a proportion of the total mark given to all three parties ( or multiplied by 100 to transform it from a proportion into a percentage ) . |
| 7 | And this was just in the excavated part ; by extrapolation , the researchers conclude that the total sett consisted of about 880 metres of tunnels , with 124 open entrances . |
| 8 | Imagine , in some generation in the past , that a species contains N individuals , and hence 2 N copies of some particular gene , say the gene for cytochrome C. Let the total mutation rate per gene be m ( that is , the chance of a mutation of some kind occurring somewhere in the gene in a given sperm or egg ) . |
| 9 | The winter Consolidated Fund Act authorizes the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the total sun required by the winter supplementaries for the current year and for the vote on account for the following year . |
| 10 | In the six months to 31 December , the total return earned on net assets was 16.6 per cent — ahead of both the 14.7 per cent rise in the FT-A All-Share Index and the Kleinwort Benson Topsi 100 , up 12.9 per cent . |
| 11 | As the firm takes on more debt , so the cost of equity ( the total return demanded by investors ) must rise in proportion . |
| 12 | It is perhaps disappointing to note that over a quarter of the total sample fell into this latter category , and it may be emphasized that staff in libraries of all sizes have training needs . |
| 13 | The whole apparatus is part of the inner ear , and the total system works in the same fluid which also surrounds the cochlear ( that is the part of the inner ear with 20,000–25,000 minute hairs which respond to sound waves ) . |
| 14 | A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK . |
| 15 | The secretary-general of Cites , Eugene Lapointe , expects the conference to reach a compromise on the ivory trade , stopping short of the total ban opposed by some African countries . |
| 16 | However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available . |
| 17 | The Park aims to contribute £35,000 to the total budget estimated at £400,000 . |
| 18 | Additional cost headings would , however , need to be included for : Land Legal fees Estate agent 's fees These basic breakdowns of cost do enable the surveyor or management to identify the total cost allocated to certain cost centres each month and with the aid of this basic information it is possible to produce a cost value reconciliation statement ( see Chapter II ) . |
| 19 | The total cost allocated to the various headings under each contract will be entered in a cost ledger as a permanent record each month . |
| 20 | Crime is big business , the total cost runs into millions of pounds every year . |
| 21 | The curve illustrates costs per capita ; as more people live in the locality , there is a reduction in the share that each resident pays of the total cost incurred by providing some service level of the good in question . |
| 22 | The ‘ expense incurred in or in connection with ’ the provision of in-house benefits may be either the marginal cost caused by the provision of the benefit in question or a proportion of the total cost incurred in providing the service both for the public and for the employee ( ‘ the average cost ’ ) . |
| 23 | Between 1960 and 1980 the total acreage devoted to food production in Africa increased from about 70 million hectares to about 100 million , or about 2.5 per cent per year , sufficient to sustain a population increase of about 2.7 per cent . |
| 24 | Most important , however , is the rate support grant , which accounts for around 75 per cent of the total grant paid to local authorities and is paid over to individual authorities as a block sum . |
| 25 | Their position in the whole network of assets will need to be considered and how the total capacity contributes to strategic success . |
| 26 | The solution of Einstein 's equation in this case is the Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation : where M is the total mass given by . |
| 27 | Some arctic species appear to be markedly temperature-sensitive in rate of growth , others less so , though low temperatures generally reduce the total biomass attained by cold-tolerant species in a single season ( Savile , 1972 ) . |
| 28 | MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers . |
| 29 | It is worth noting that all members of the Campaign against Toxic Waste were unpaid volunteers but nevertheless the total expenditure incurred on the successful prosecution of it was in excess of £350,000 . |
| 30 | There were five dams built , none of which had to undergo frequent repairs , and the total expenditure incurred by the project up to the end of 1987 was $1.4 billion , not $14 billion as the article asserts . |