Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the finer " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the general desert surface the wind removes the finer products in suspension and may shift the sand by saltation and surface creep , thus leaving a surface of gravel or bare rock . |
| 2 | It may be unreasonable to expect a civilian to understand the finer points of aerodynamics to degree level , but in the RAF it is something that pilots must learn . |
| 3 | BRITAIN 'S No.2 tennis player of 1992 , Andrew Castle , is making a post-Wimbledon trip to Liverpool to coach the finer points of the game to novices who may never have seen a racket . |
| 4 | Hodge was frequently criticised by contemporaries for his inability to grasp the finer points of the problems confronting him and for reacting in too blunt a manner . |
| 5 | She 'd fled , but not before he 'd accused her with brutish , angry words of a number of character and personality deficiencies , the greatest of which appeared to be her total inability to appreciate the finer qualities of Marcus Pritchard . |
| 6 | Sometimes they were right , news crews rarely had the time or the inclination to pursue the finer points . |
| 7 | Now it was the women 's turn again ; while the men debated the finer points of why the device had failed , we fetched buckets of water and old blankets and quickly put out the fire . |
| 8 | Her family were farmers , but she had been sent by her employer to learn the finer points of cuisine and household management from the master chef and the housekeeper at the Savoy . |
| 9 | Captain Watkins discusses the finer points of farming with a local |
| 10 | Captain Watkins discusses the finer points of farming with a local |
| 11 | Scattered around in 10 cities , including Stockholm , the medical specialists will spend four hours discussing the finer points of herpes , acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) , hepatitis , meningitis , candida vaginitis and Reye 's syndrome . |
| 12 | It is of no assistance , however , to your Lordships in the present appeal to debate the finer points of Reg. v. Lawrence with a view to deciding whether the decision in this House ( although not that of the Court of Appeal ) can be justified on the special facts . |
| 13 | On quieter days the clinical teacher will have time to discuss the finer details of care and relate them to the needs of the patient . |
| 14 | Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ . |