Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] age " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the hero of The Prelude is taken from the ‘ educational processes ’ of the Lake District , Cambridge and so on , which take up the first half of the poem , and engages with society and history in the conflicts of the French Revolution ; the Revolution is not to be taken as a purely fortuitous occurrence , but the main event of the time , that which separates off the Modern Age from all that had gone before . |
| 2 | The widest difference occurs in the 45–59 age group , where 24 per cent of women are carers compared with only 16 per cent of men ( Green , 1988 , p. 8 ) . |
| 3 | The Assistance Publique originates from the middle ages and was , until around 1960 , essentially an organisation to provide health and social care of all kinds for the poor of Paris — including , for example , provision for abandoned children and material assistance to those in need . |
| 4 | Packer and Pusey suspect that the likelihood of finding non-relatives in a coalition probably varies with the average age of its members , because young related males may die and be replaced by singleton males from other prides . |
| 5 | Harper , who set world indoor bests in the 55–59 age group for 30 miles , 50 kilometres , 40 miles and 50 miles at Birmingham this month , will seek treatment for his sciatica . |
| 6 | The decline in the number of farm workers partly accounts for the peculiar age structure of the industry . |
| 7 | If , then , all the evangelists agree that Jesus is the unique bearer of the Spirit , in whose power he ushers in the Messianic Age , they are no less agreed on a second vital point . |
| 8 | It relies on the physical age rather than the mental age . ’ |
| 9 | Now he 's become sixty five so as you remember he qualifies for the larger age allowances , he qualifies for the larger married couples allowance , so his total allowances are of course considerably increased by the fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 10 | Whatever the case , non-insulin dependent diabetes in Europeans tends to occur in middle or older age , after completion of the reproductive phase in women , and contrasts with the early age of onset and severity of the disease observed in populations such as Nauruans . |
| 11 | One can only lament the fact that as Russian recording quality emerges from the Dark Ages so their orchestras are struggling to maintain standards in the face of diminishing resources and emigration of their best players . |
| 12 | The study focuses on the 11-14 age group and the methods employed to investigate the processes of occupational choice include questionnaires to children and parents , and interviews with children . |
| 13 | Tuttle stopped short of saying that the Laetoli footprints were Homo — fossil remains of the same age were needed at Laetoli , he said . |
| 14 | Inishowen in Co Donegal is among nearly 20 clubs sending swimmers to Lisburn , where the action begins with the youngest age group ( 10 's and under ) at 9–30am . |
| 15 | The exhibition begins in the Dark Ages with early king-making ceremonies and symbols of sovereign power . |