Example sentences of "develop a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bretton concludes that in Africa generally , ‘ the public service , in particular the middle and upper level officials , are turned into a privileged social class that soon develops a vested interest in construction of strong defences against rival claimants from less favoured segments of the population ’ ( Bretton 1973 , p. 222 ) . |
| 2 | Therefore , if someone develops a new form of layout for the components in a computer or a new configuration for printed circuit boards , these are unlikely to be granted patents . |
| 3 | A school that develops a warm sense of well being with its pupils , even in the toughest neighbourhoods , suffers far less from casual , endless vandalism . |
| 4 | Christine Edzard 's remarkable adaptation of LITTLE DORRIT examined the destructive power of material greed through the higher and lower echelons of an entire society ; her new film develops a similar theme in a similar setting : the London of 1857 , where an obscure clerk ( Derek Jacobi ) moves freely between the world of the poor and that of wealth and privilege , presenting a different face to each . |
| 5 | Year I develops a thorough understanding of programming principles , and provides a sound basis on which to build further programming experience . |
| 6 | A psychologist , Janis , has recognised that a group develops a strong feeling of ‘ we-ness ’ and it becomes vulnerable to a pattern of behaviour known as ‘ group think ’ . |
| 7 | The third section identifies a number of situations where such equivalences can arise , and develops a normal form for finite programs . |
| 8 | This is most likely to occur if the patient develops a supportive relationship with a partner , close friend , or voluntary worker . |
| 9 | This is why timber develops a good fraction of its theoretical modulus in actual practice . |
| 10 | A head develops a particular structure in the light of the decisions which have to be made and the people he/she believes should be involved in making them . |
| 11 | As it develops a dense mat of roots , the depth of the mixture should be at least four inches . |
| 12 | Speechreading develops a sensitive awareness of the speaker , not merely of the words he utters . |
| 13 | A hardy herbaceous perennial , it develops a bold clump of erect leafy stems as much as 6ft tall , crowned in autumn with loose sprays of green-eyed , white rayed daisies 2in across . |
| 14 | The prime advantages are that a group develops a high level of cohesiveness and a high regard for its task functions . |
| 15 | In Fig. 3.3 , for example , the characteristic is approximated by a straight line with slope T' , so the motor torque is : A motor with a high stiffness develops a large torque for a small displacement from equilibrium . |
| 16 | This technique develops a conceptual model of a process , subjects it to a number of experiments and studies the results with the aim of eventually predicting how the model will behave under certain conditions . |
| 17 | There are no easy answers to African development , and an appropriate degree of humility on the part of donors is a necessary condition for developing a serious dialogue with recipient governments . |
| 18 | Arbortech did so by developing a stamped disc with a tooth shape that differs from the chainsaw , to make sweeping cuts possible . |
| 19 | See , for example , B. Friedman 's report to the Canadian Law Reform Commission which surveys the writing on the subject , and endorses an analysis of consent as a knowing action for the purpose of developing a legal doctrine concerning the assumption of risk . |
| 20 | Apart from developing a wide range of trading opportunities , the newly-United Kingdom was acquiring a position of great strength at sea and some military importance on land . |
| 21 | The RMCs were seen as perhaps the major vehicle for such provision and it is encouraging that they are beginning to make a substantial contribution by developing a wide range of in-service short courses and workshops , which in some areas are showing signs of laying the foundation for longer qualification-based programmes . |
| 22 | There was further evidence at Roker Park that Blissett is developing a potent partnership with record-buy Joe Allon . |
| 23 | He also resorted , on occasion , to resignation threats and to attempts to play one ally off against another ( for example by developing a close relationship with the Soviet government ) . |
| 24 | The object of this research is to further consider material , collected in 1980/81 from residents and staff in a representative sample of local authority homes throughout England with a view to developing a multivariate model of the factors which impinge upon the daily lives of those who live and work in old people 's homes . |
| 25 | One article , carried on the front page of the official party paper Renmin Ribao on Feb. 24 , gave the first ever positive appraisal of capitalism and called for developing a capitalist economy within China as a " useful supplement " to the socialist economy . |
| 26 | Thus , rather than developing a broad perspective on women 's experiences of poverty , the chapter reviews what recent studies reveal ( and obscure ) about the impact of low household income on Black and white mothers caring for children . |
| 27 | There is no evidence from any of the screening programmes to suggest that a transient elevation of creatine kinase activity in a neonate may lead to developing a muscular dystrophy in later life . |
| 28 | The task of developing a radical critique of the moralistic excesses practised in the name of ‘ antiracism ’ is an urgent task today . |
| 29 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 30 | Both of these railways have been most co-operative and we are developing a good relationship with them to mutual advantage . |