Example sentences of "[prep] reality [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They affect the picture of reality we hold in our minds , and if they are sharply or poorly focussed , reality will be correspondingly clear , blurred or distorted . |
| 2 | So if we adopt presuppositions which are too small to handle the range of reality we are facing , their rationality and coherence will be severely limited and any conceptions they give rise to may be equally confined and distorted . |
| 3 | The unique insights of each are not lost , for in order to have a less inadequate appreciation of what is at the heart of reality we need to affirm all insights . |
| 4 | But because both systems deify one aspect of reality they produce problems which are insoluble within their own terms of reference . |
| 5 | You know very often a parent , if a parent senses a child it 's partly in the interests of reality you know , like I say to my younger son you know , look if I buy you a third Big Mac , let's face it , you wo n't be able to eat it . |
| 6 | When we arrived at King 's Cross I was told for the sake of reality I must find my own way to the Savoy Hotel , although the film crew would be close by in case of emergency . |
| 7 | Now that the little spot of reality I 'd made in this mean city has been so lightly abandoned by those I 'd thought it would be safe with — but you wo n't catch me compromising with the lackeys . |
| 8 | In reality they should have been dumbfounded and embarrassed , wishing the floor would open up and swallow them . |
| 9 | In reality they are mercilessly small when you realize for how long they have to be eked out ! |
| 10 | 252 — 5 ) to which of course the prostitute can indeed testify that it these things appear incompatible — is n't misogyny a kind of hatred , and licentiousness a kind of love , albeit a debased one ? — in reality they go hand in hand . |
| 11 | Rank 's Simon and Laura ( 1955 ) pursued a different tack , mocking TV for the phoniness of its images of life through the story of a married couple in a TV soap , who are represented as cooing doves on the screen when in reality they always bicker and squabble . |
| 12 | In reality they are too powerful to be challenged head on , although the thrift horrors did at least prompt the first congressional hearing into their finances for more than 30 years . |
| 13 | Cossacks , the self-appointed protectors of Russian society , are publicly hostile critics of western consumer brands but ‘ in reality they enjoy the status derived from them . ’ |
| 14 | It is wholly inappropriate to begin to teach adults to learn how to read by using children 's story books when in reality they will be able to relate more to being able to read those by-laws of the state which prevent them from voting . |
| 15 | The idea that the superpowers are vital to the success of the peace process is based upon the influence they exert on the regional contestants , but in reality they have helped to perpetuate regional conflict and global competition in the area , with the encouragement of local clients . |
| 16 | Competitions for practical designs usually imply that prizewinning entries will find their way into the market , but in reality they often fail to find a manufacturer . |
| 17 | The issue of non-accidental injury , although mentioned under psychological factors , obviously also has physical , sociocultural , environmental and politicoeconomic aspects and is another reminder that although in this textbook , the five factors are dealt with separately for the purposes of discussion , in reality they are closely related . |
| 18 | In reality they will do everything in their power to avoid this , because the primary function of their venom is to incapacitate their prey and they can not afford to waste it unless they are driven to extremes . |
| 19 | They may appear to be fainting , collapsing and suffering from shock , but in reality they can be none of these things . |
| 20 | These ‘ happy homes ’ are meant to give old people a sense of dignity and worth , but in reality they live in a privatised world cut off from both family and the wider community . |
| 21 | However the author got through 3182 lines without mentioning Christ , or salvation , and yet without saying specifically that his heroes , including the kind and honest figure of Beowulf himself , were damned — though he must have known that historically and in reality they were all pagans , ignorant even of the name of Christ . |
| 22 | In reality they were confronting those mixed audiences that frequented these theatres . |
| 23 | While they can have their uses in the very short term or as a stop-gap measure , in reality they would be needed in very large numbers in any tank containing large cichlids . |
| 24 | In reality they are difficult to cut and are very sophisticated , inspired by Balenciaga , Norell , Mainbocher and early Givenchy . |
| 25 | Although the skirt panels look perfectly flat when seen on air , in reality they follow varying angles to the original base vertical planes , bending ever so slightly as they rise up from the fender section to join up at the midriff . |
| 26 | However , most new shareholders have only a small stake in the companies in which they have invested , and in reality they may have little influence upon the way that the companies are run ( see , for example , the claims of John Scott pp. 57–62 ) . |
| 27 | Although magistrates are officially supposed to be broadly repre-sentative of the community that they serve , in reality they conform much more closely to Lord Devlin 's cliché about the composition of the jury in pre-reform days . |
| 28 | The Commission argued that , even if the requirements in question formally applied in the same way to nationals of the host state , in reality they were discriminatory in terms of both their purpose and their effects , since the overwhelming majority of British nationals involved in the fishing industry were likely to fulfil the residence requirement . |
| 29 | Although the issues of capacity and genuine consent or rejection are separate , in reality they may well overlap , so that a patient in a weakened condition may be unduly influenced in circumstances in which if he had been fit , he would have resisted the influence sought to be exercised over him . |
| 30 | So in reality they need never have been all at exactly the same place , only very close together . |