Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] nature " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research hypothesis is that each of these aspects exerts influence upon and is in turn influenced by the other two , and the project is designed to establish the precise nature of the inter-relationship . |
| 2 | The following regional data excludes the Highlands and Islands figures because the 1990/91 survey for this region was undertaken using a different methodology which was designed to reflect the unique nature of the area 's economy . |
| 3 | It 's a very cosy set-up , as you admitted last night , but I do n't suppose she knows what it 's leading up to , if Jones has conveniently forgotten to mention the exact nature of your past relationship . ’ |
| 4 | Equally it is to be welcomed that two major attempts have been made to address the general nature of Conservative ideology . |
| 5 | In the former case help is needed to acknowledge the changing nature of society , and in the latter to become bi-lingual , as it were , in a deeper way . |
| 6 | Many historians have tended to stress the instrumental nature of sexual relationships and the conflicts inherent in working-class patterns of life , and no doubt much of this was often true ; but because we can not now identify with the exact meanings given to activities , this does not mean that strong feelings of warmth and mutual support did not exist . |
| 7 | The terms near and far are used to emphasize the direction-independent nature of the Rule . |
| 8 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
| 9 | The dashpot is used to denote the retarded nature of the response of a material to any applied stress . |
| 10 | At first the operations were dropping bomb loads on known terrorist targets but as the communist bandits employed more elusive tactics the air operations had to be restructured to accommodate the changing nature of the communist operations . |
| 11 | Janet Willcock accused the RUC of ‘ trying to make a sectarian event out of an occasion which was intended to symbolise the non-sectarian nature of the ideals of Connolly ’ . |
| 12 | Castalia , the Italian company responsible for the waste in question , has refused to publicise the exact nature of the toxic chemicals involved , but it does deny that any of the waste is radioactive . |
| 13 | In the main , they are instilled with the pragmatic games of pursuit they play with the local petty thief ; and if asked to consider the wider nature of their role , they tend to fall back on protestations of political neutrality . |
| 14 | There the prisoners are encouraged to confront the true nature of their crimes and themselves . |
| 15 | These examples must be multicultural , if they are intended to show the universal nature of mathematics , and should also demonstrate how we move from reality to abstraction and back again . |
| 16 | Simultaneous pH measurements or monitoring of lower oesophageal sphincter pressure may then be required to identify the true nature of the phenomenon . |
| 17 | Observers have simply failed to remark the scientific nature of much of the thinking of so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples and have perhaps overstated the ‘ scientific ’ nature of thinking in their own societies . |
| 18 | Before looking at how , albeit unwittingly , orthodox Christianity has too often failed to appreciate the dramatic nature of the Great Battle , I want to add a footnote on myth , the gospel , and modern scholarship . |
| 19 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |