Example sentences of "nature [conj] [noun] of the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ no steps were taken [ by the clerk ] to ensure that either of the defendants was aware of the nature or effect of the documents they were signing , and no suggestion was made to them that independent legal advice ought to be sought . |
| 2 | Therefore complex data derived methods which obscure rather than highlight the provisional nature or sensitivity of the models should not be developed . |
| 3 | The P-postlabelling assay suffers from the drawback that the nature and origins of the adducts detected is unknown . |
| 4 | Faith as I see it — by a Layman ’ ; and although there was first a certain amount of debate about what the nature and title of the broadcasts should be , Lewis began to do this in the late summer of 1941 , taking the train from Oxford to London every Wednesday evening , and broadcasting from 7.45 to 8.00 p.m . |
| 5 | Victorian scholars were divided in their views of the precise nature and order of the stages of man 's evolutionary progress . |
| 6 | Experiments will be carried out on the nature and development of the strategies that reasoners learn to construct , and on the sources of difficulty in making meta-deductions . |
| 7 | An applicant in another state may be unaware of the nature and significance of the divisions within the country of destination , so it is expressly provided that he always has the right to address a request directly to the Central Authority itself . |
| 8 | We can get a somewhat clearer idea of how enzymes work if we distinguish between two kinds of chemical bond , which differ in the nature and magnitude of the forces holding the atoms together . |
| 9 | He had to think like this because of the nature of his employment , whereby he was often required to make inflated claims for the nature and properties of the products which his clients wished to bring to the daily notice of the populace . |
| 10 | To complement these curricular changes the nature and timing of the examinations have been changed . |
| 11 | The difference between them is to do with the starting point which they adopt and the nature and scope of the changes that are envisaged . |
| 12 | Elvis is all things to his audience throughout his career , but the nature of the audience changes , and with it the nature and range of the articulations of the musical materials . |
| 13 | In the present context , the importance of the Mareva injunction lies in the associated order that there be disclosure of the nature and location of the assets covered by the injunction ( and possibly of other assets , though the courts do not seem to have gone this far ) and of documents relating to those assets . |
| 14 | Each begins with a consideration of the nature of the area being discussed on the basis that greater understanding of the nature and origin of the problems of old age , dispelling some of the myths surrounding them , can help the counsellor in his task , and help the counsellee to prevent some of the more avoidable pitfalls of ageing . |
| 15 | The rulebook and the Special Report spell out the nature and function of the sections . |
| 16 | He typically determines the nature and level of the demands to be made of a polluter . |
| 17 | Valuable though such concessions were felt to be in the short term , we concluded it was wrong to encourage prospecting in sensitive waters without an adequate understanding of the nature and level of the risks involved . |
| 18 | This may only reflect the nature and purpose of the law-codes , but it may also point to the undeveloped nature of institutionalised commerce or the manner in which such exchange was connected only with those who issued and administered the law . |
| 19 | In general our direct evaluation of the sample of courses referred to here showed that a course 's effectiveness is closely bound up with the nature and substance of the messages being conveyed . |
| 20 | In 1853 On the Nature and Treatment of the Deformities of the Human Frame appeared , and in 1868 Spinal Weakness and Spinal Curvature . |
| 21 | 2.3 As the nature and number of the learners have changed and partly as a consequence of that change ) , so has the nature of the teaching . |
| 22 | Teaching needs to be discussed in a much more rounded and comprehensive way , with far less emphasis on surface aspects like display and resources ; far more emphasis should be placed on the character of the minute-to-minute encounters which children have with teachers and each other , on the precise nature and purposes of the tasks they are given and The activities they undertake , and on the relationship of these and other aspects of the practice of teaching to learning . |
| 23 | This suggests that economic and political factors are vital in shaping the nature and extent of the effects of changes within these institutions , an argument that will be examined more closely in later chapters . |
| 24 | Whatever the nature and extent of the restrictions , however , they are based upon a common belief in limited government and in the use of a Constitution to impose these limitations . |
| 25 | Adequate indemnity insurance should be effected in the interests of the clients having regard to the nature and extent of the risks which lawyers incur in practice . |
| 26 | On the one hand there were the beliefs in the nature and extent of the clergy 's political religious power and how that power was to be exercised in the state . |
| 27 | However , it is important for the designer to be aware of the nature and extent of the possibilities that are in principle available so that he may be able to exploit some of them when it seems appropriate . |
| 28 | This simulation procedure is totally independent of the error models used and the nature and sequence of the GIS operations employed . |
| 29 | The training which is offered by PGCE courses ( whether at polytechnic or university ) should be devoted to giving graduates some understanding of the nature and needs of the children with whom they are to work . |
| 30 | The tenant , however , will wish to make certain that the landlord 's consent for an application for planning permission can not be unreasonably withheld at least for certain specified matters , having regard to the nature and situation of the premises . |