Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [conj] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The story goes that the ends of the bugle strings on the badge are in the form of thistles in remembrance of the regiment 's association with the Highlanders in battle . |
| 2 | In a collection of essays on a National Curriculum in the United States , published in the American journal Salmagundi in 1986 , Robert Scholes insists that the establishment of a canon , a list of great masterpieces , works of genius , removes the chosen texts from history and from human actualities , placing them forever behind a veil of pieties ; it fosters a reverential rather than a critical approach . |
| 3 | Finnis remarks that the relationship between principles and decisions is too complex to be characterized as pure deduction and nothing else . |
| 4 | Chupp adds that the existence of strong neutron fluxes may also require re-evaluation of some previously observed solar events . |
| 5 | My heart lurches when the train from Euston crosses the Clyde . |
| 6 | Mr Organ thinks that the number of sites on the registers is bound to increase . |
| 7 | Woodley concludes that the relationship between age and performance is a complex one which needs further analysis . |
| 8 | Finally , the gap between coverage of the Conservative and Labour Parties widens as the ladder of parliamentary status is ascended , being quite marked at the Prime Minister/Leader of the Opposition level ; Blumler found this a cause for some concern . |
| 9 | Ashby writes that the purpose of the adult compacts is simple . |
| 10 | The Bolivian art historian Teresa Gisbert writes that the Councils of Lima , which were responsible for questions of orthodoxy in the Viceroyalty : ‘ sought to attract Indians to the new faith by the use of images which would be especially appealing to them . ' |
| 11 | Freud holds that the aim of human development is the achievement of these ideals : knowledge ( reason , truth , logos ) , brotherly love , reduction of suffering , independence and responsibility . |
| 12 | The latter study concludes that the cut in the higher British tax rates to 40% will increase hours worked by 8% . |
| 13 | The case study illustrates that the implications of demographic trends can be modified by unforeseen economic events but they can also be successfully addressed by policy planning . |
| 14 | Either this condition holds or the concept of a topic of discourse is unintelligible ; and hence nothing whatever is intelligible . |
| 15 | The service conception establishes that the point of having authorities is that they are better at complying with the dependent reasons . |
| 16 | The Football Supporters Association says that the majority of English fans will travel to Sardinia without tickets and with nowhere to stay . |
| 17 | Mr. Beloff in reply submits that the dichotomy between authorised persons and exempted persons is a major feature of the whole structure of the Act of 1986 . |
| 18 | In Scale 1 chapter nine Hilton says that the fullness of contemplative experience can be given to those in active life , though he adds the rider that they will not be able to make such full use of it as those living more sheltered lives as solitaries or in a contemplative order . |
| 19 | Hilton says that the possibility of reformation thus open to man 's free choice has two aspects : first , reformation in faith which is based on the process of recognition and destruction of the image of sin which has occupied the greater part of Scale 1 ; and second , reformation in feeling which involves a development possible for some who can progress further to an inner freedom and joy which such discipline enables . |
| 20 | Hilton says that the concomitant of this state is to be reformed to the image of Jesus , that is to the wisdom of God , the traditional title of the Son , and such reformation will combine both knowledge and love " cognicioun and affeccioun " ( 8.282b. – 82 ) . |
| 21 | ] Though firms in the real world , like markets involve a subtle mixture of control mechanisms , this chapter assumes that the essence of firm-type organization is the use made of authority to direct and coordinate resources . |
| 22 | Government research says that the presence of dioxins in flue gases from plants such as that at Pontypool ‘ are in the low range of parts per trillion ’ ( one part per trillion is of the order of 30 seconds in a million years , or one ounce in 28 million tons ) , and that all the UK PCB-destroying plants together emit only a ‘ few grammes per year ’ . |
| 23 | The Chronicle says that the agreement with Edmund included the fixing of a tribute and that London bought peace from the enemy too , and we have seen that the later meeting there reaffirmed that a tribute would be paid . |
| 24 | The second argument is put forcefully by Firestone when she argues that the sexual repression Freud describes and the adoption of parent ( especially father ) figures by children which they carry through into later life can only be seen in the social context of oppressive patriarchal relations in the home . |
| 25 | Bede says that the affairs of Northumbria were thrown into confusion by the disaster ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 26 | The new deal says that the number of hours worked , as opposed to those on duty , should be reduced to 60 as soon as practicable . |
| 27 | Word recognition occurs when the activation of a single lexical entry ( i.e. a logogen ) crosses some critical threshold value . |
| 28 | More recently the Manpower Services Commission has strengthened links , as recognition grows that the division between ‘ education ’ and ‘ training ’ makes little sense in terms of meeting the needs of 16 to 19 year olds with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 29 | His reasoning shows that the incommensurability between the two systems extended to such theological issues as the location of heaven and hell . |
| 30 | The figure shows that the rates of caesarean sections , epidural anaesthesia , and forceps and vacuum extractions went down in some maternity units but increased in most of them . |