Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [adj] nature " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that he understands more clearly than before the minimum nature of our deterrent — and that we intend to keep it . |
| 2 | Because of the fluctuating nature of the condition strict criteria were required for defining the time when the fluid ceased to persist ; when type B tympanograms changed to type A , C1 , or C2 ; and when an observation was stopped . |
| 3 | And this , for example , I mean , whether we believe this or not , this Freud says , or thinks , explains why Wilson could come to Europe as a saviour , the saviour of mankind , but then failed to deliver the goods , because of the passive nature of his identification , you know , Jesus got crucified . |
| 4 | A ‘ strong ’ letter will also be sent to the WBO asking them to consider a re-match with Jimenez because of the close nature of a verdict in which German judge Norbert Krosch scored the fight even at 115 points each . |
| 5 | I bear in mind also that this is an interim matter and interim orders are not lightly interfered with because of the temporary nature of those orders and because so often the evidence is provisional . |
| 6 | Because of the discontinuous nature of project management there is as yet little standardization of hardware , systems or software . |
| 7 | The Committee 's reason for retaining buggery as a separate offence to deal with non-consensual anal intercourse is once again because of the distinctive nature of the conduct and because it considered that it was ‘ an especially humiliating and distressing experience . ’ |
| 8 | CRP , so called because of the proteinic nature of the C-reactive substance was first discovered when a precipitate was formed where pneumococcal C-polysaccharide was added to the sera of ill patients . |
| 9 | This can be illustrated from a wide variety of cases : the uses of literacy for social control in nineteenth century Canada , for instance , where any ‘ critical ’ element was carefully excluded ( Graff , 1979 ) ; the restriction of the content of written forms to religious tracts by the Methodist missionaries who introduced literacy to Fiji in the nineteenth century ( Clammer , 1976 ) ; the examples from British literacy campaigns that show how illiteracy developed in schools because of the class-based nature of schooling ( Mace , 1979 ) ; the uses of literacy for religious and symbolic purposes in Ghana ( Goody , 1968 ) ; the greater trust placed by thirteenth century knights in England on seals and symbols as means of legitimating charters and rights to land and their suspicion of the written document as more likely to be forged and inaccurate ( Clanchy , 1979 ) ; the development in Iranian villages of forms of literacy taught in Koranic schools into forms of literacy appropriate for commercial trading in a rapidly modernising and urbanising economy ( Section 2 ) . |
| 10 | This was mainly because of the multi-functional nature of a College , which , in addition to the many activities associated directly with course provision and support , also provides a full range of student services . |
| 11 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 12 | But there were serious objections to using the videotaped interview as a complete substitute for the child 's evidence in chief at the trial , because of the unsatisfactory nature of the questioning and because it would cause difficulties for the prosecution . |
| 13 | In a report to the committee , technical services director Stewart Henderson said that , because of the unsatisfactory nature of work carried out on public buildings , other contractors had to be called in . |
| 14 | Partly because of the volume of this response and partly because of the radical nature of some of these proposals , going well beyond those envisaged in Partnership in Validation , the CNAA has allowed a few of the suggested procedures to be tried out on an experimental basis and while this is happening has virtually declared a moratorium on other ‘ special arrangement ’ proposals . |
| 15 | Sometimes enzymes used for degradation of a target contaminant are not induced by the presence of the pollutant , either because the concentration is too low or because of the xenobiotic nature of the compound . |
| 16 | This issue is important because of the complex nature of such frauds , meaning that proof of actual knowledge is hard to acquire . |
| 17 | There are few controlled studies of treatment and because of the complex nature of the disorder such studies are difficult to undertake . |
| 18 | It 's been brought to my attention on a number of occasions by reputable bodies such as the stock exchange , that because of the multiplicity of regulations , er because of the complex nature of the legislation concerned and the er er the the comparatively large number of regulatory or supervisory bodies er that there is no er an and because of the fact that there are so many differences and standards and so on , that there is a need for a central enforcement body to bring together whatever evidence is available er so that these matters can be prosecuted , if I use that that general term . |
| 19 | This was due to poor buildings , old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity . |
| 20 | Because of the in-house nature of separatism , we saw the conferences as opportunities to disseminate our beliefs to huge numbers of women . |
| 21 | This information is all the more important because of the official nature of coins , which thereby gives them an advantage over other more private inscriptions . |
| 22 | The hearings system is claimed to have turned thousands of youngsters away from a life of crime over the last 20 years , but because of the confidential nature of the work done by reporters and panel members , much of the evidence is anecdotal . |
| 23 | There is little detailed work on homelessness in rural areas , largely because of the diffuse nature of the problem . |
| 24 | Firstly , we only know of the existence of these structures because of the waterlogged nature of the peat in which they are found , since without such conditions they would have rotted away and disappeared . |
| 25 | Because of the multifarious nature of the sector our survey is necessarily selective ; and the case of government service is dealt with later in the context of policy formation ( Chapter 7 ) . |
| 26 | Because of the chronic nature of peptic ulcer diseases , it is likely that a person on medical treatment around 1979 and again around 1989 has used ulcer drugs for a large part of the intermediate period . |
| 27 | Because of the idealized nature of the numerical experiments the longitudinal orientation in these maps is arbitrary and is merely determined by the specified phases of the planetary waves prescribed at the model lower boundary ( similarly for Fig. 2 ) . |
| 28 | The producer may have to insist that Production Company A is more suitable to make the film than Production Company B. Perhaps because of the show-business nature of producing for TV , creative teams can want to take charge which can prove a disaster . |
| 29 | Because of the corrosive nature of some machine washing agents some care should be exercised on items selected for this form of disinfection . |
| 30 | It should not however be supposed that because of the equitable nature of these rights a bona fide purchaser for value will be protected . |