Example sentences of "[noun sg] the sort " in BNC.

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1 case the sort of top leftish menu highlighted .
2 There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home .
3 And in 1942 the first major bombings of German cities were carried out by allied air flotillas , and as the Luftwaffe lost control of the skies many Germans began to experience with dread the sort of terror-bombing which their own airforce had inflicted on numerous European cities since 1939 and which the allies were now returning with immeasurably greater force and concentration .
4 Well I have to say straight away that I 've erm worked on a Council with the Labour Party in opposition with us , and now with the Labour Party in Government with us with us a very small group , and I have to say it 's much preferable to have the Labour Party in power than to have the Conservative Party in power as far as we 're concerned , because at local level the sort of things that we want to do — providing better services , caring of people , all those sort of things — we do n't disagree .
5 Well I I do think that varies and I think there is some excellent practice in many schools with teachers who are both very good at doing this sort of thing and put great value by it erm perhaps in their individual style , rather than as part of the curriculum erm but certainly there does seem to be a lack of awareness , and certainly where it comes to providing the funding for that , to bring into the school curriculum the sort of understanding about human development and erm aspects of emotional life which affect all of us throughout our life experience and affect our ability to perhaps erm enter into erm adult life with the sort of confidence and erm capacity for developing our potential that we would like all of our coming generation to be able to have .
6 They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend .
7 Is your kitchen the sort of place where family and friends congregate for chats as a matter of course .
8 Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards .
9 We have tried to avoid in this chapter the sort of generalised waffle about God in which many theologians indulge .
10 When Lord Bridge referred to the rendering of a service he no doubt had in mind the sort of service rendered by the salvage done in Commissioner of Inland Revenue v. Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co .
11 If we are talking about a rail infrastructure that is suitable for the next century , we must have in mind the sort of measure that is the subject of the debate .
12 How would you answer the allegation that that is unduly restrictive , bearing in mind the sort of factors which Professor Lock referred to like us all needing and liking more space ?
13 So if you 're writing something which is in the form of a newsy form of activity , bear in mind the sort of ever-increasing circles .
14 Now write as much as you can about Auntie the sort of person she was , what members of her family thought of her , what her niece realises about her at the end .
15 What we can do is think about the meaning of play and fantasy , and the repercussions of denying a child the sort of toys and television-watching that is allowed to almost every other child .
16 It was a magnificent piece of destructive batting the sort of innings that lightens the heart . ’
17 He now launches a parallel attack on the idea that individuals are by nature the sort of creatures who can come to know things through their experience of the external world .
18 By his day the sort of German pressure on Denmark experienced by Harald Bluetooth was a thing of the past , for Henry was fully occupied with campaigns in Italy and Lotharingia , and especially against Cnut 's uncle Boleslav of Poland , and may have troubled little about Swegen and Cnut , who were presumably happy to leave the Germans largely to their own devices while they were subjugating England .
19 Such an official would be able to bring before a court the sort of evidence which the proposal for inquisitorial procedure is designed to elicit .
20 If nostalgia for another age is high on the list then there are hotels of special quality and character which still offer the sort of service and ambience which were the hallmark of the grand days of travel .
21 The long , silvery , all-metal kitchen was already occupied by two figures dressed in white trousers and jackets topped by high white paper hats : the diminutive lady chef from Montreal and a tall willowy young man who introduced himself as Angus , the special chef employed by the outside firm of top-class caterers who were providing for this journey the sort of food not usually served on trains .
22 Cos this is the album of music the sort of music I would wan na listen to and I like s performing .
23 We know that there is a limit to what Britain can achieve alone and we are committed to building in the wider world the sort of society we strive for at home , founded on mutual cooperation , political liberty and shared prosperity .
24 Well , they 'd a sale on in those Italian shoes , you know Thingwiricci the sort you normally pay an arm and a leg for , well — they 're nice are n't they , as the saleslady said herself they are a lovely wee wearing shoe , and very reasonable .
25 No doubt the sort of collaboration recorded in this example could be found in any classroom , whether the teacher intended it or not .
26 In such circumstances , it is clearly easier to establish more or less uniform procedures on a more or less informal basis , and to disseminate to the general public the sort of information which will generate trust .
27 Can you can you give me some idea the sort of flavour of erm how your meetings how they g g go now ?
28 It is interesting that although idioms consist of more than one word , they display to some extent the sort of internal cohesion that we expect of single words .
29 He brought to the London office the sort of uncompromising determination that has been Korn/Ferry 's trademark everywhere else .
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