Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later . |
| 2 | Later the same day he met the Turkish Commander of Ground Forces , Gen. Muhittin Fisunoglu , in Islamabad . |
| 3 | Nicolo watched as Caroline spooned the last bit of tiramisu from her dessert plate . |
| 4 | Just lacked the normal sense of urgency … maybe this is a deliberatle ploy by Wilko too ? |
| 5 | As Alan had to enter the site as part of his job , he lacked the necessary degree of voluntariness necessary for the defence . |
| 6 | Maybe , Charles reflected , his son-in-law was the result of some cloning experiment , by which creatures from another planet had created something that looked like a human being , but lacked the essential circuitry of humanity . |
| 7 | His countrymen , who had predominated in the audience , lacked the musical appreciation of German and Italian peoples . |
| 8 | Another speaker at the Congress , the communist deputy V. I. Belov , argued that the Russian Republic was in fact in a position of some disadvantage compared with the other republics , since it alone lacked the full range of party , state and scientific institutions . |
| 9 | Samuel Barber 's Adagio for Strings was well enough played but lacked the last ounce of passion , and suffered badly from the aurally obtrusive air conditioning system , Randall Thompson 's Alleluya showed that the Festival Chorus on this occasion were equally as adept at unaccompanied singing as their counterparts had been last week . |
| 10 | AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare . |
| 11 | Figure 1 b shows the rotation rate residuals after allowing for the increased value of slowdown rate which fits the later part of Fig. 1 a . |
| 12 | All this has no doubt limited the perceived usefulness of union membership to workers . |
| 13 | The general subordination of the British state to the interests of civil society has limited the relative autonomy of state groups , although they have had a certain freedom to ‘ navigate ’ between the competing demands of different groups and classes , for example in the realm of industrial relations ( Edwards 1986 : 168–72 ) . |
| 14 | As a broad generalization , the half-century since the end of the Second World War , has witnessed the gradual retreat of state hierarchical coordination in favour of greater elements of market coordination . |
| 15 | The same trends are observable in both Zambia and in Tanzania where we have witnessed the gradual shift of power and responsibilities from a University organised Institute to a national one and from the Institute into the Ministry itself . |
| 16 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 17 | The first , ‘ Verifiability ’ ( 1945 ) , suggested modifications of the principle of verification to accommodate the essential indeterminacy of symbolism ( ‘ open texture ’ ) . |
| 18 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 19 | However , I shall leave this problem to one side for the moment and concentrate instead on pursuing the general line of reductivist strategy , which remains unaffected by the choice of basic entities . |
| 20 | Given the pressure on sites within the Science Area the University is actively pursuing the possible provision of research facilities on other sites within the City , in addition to seeking to acquire the Radcliffe Infirmary ( see para. 3.2 above ) . |
| 21 | But neither of them is incapable of pursuing the artificial fiction of being himself . |
| 22 | ‘ Tomorrow , ’ she said , ‘ nudging the last float of ice at the penguin 's feet , ‘ tomorrow you 'll feel different — trust me ! ’ |
| 23 | Prior to the Party 's Annual Conference the National Executive once again disbanded the Labour League of Youth , which had given official support to Cripps ' memorandum . |
| 24 | Mrs Mary McDonald , Diocesan President , in her address to the members , reminded us of the aims and objects of the U.C.M. , one of which is to uphold the Sacramental Dignity of Marriage and to maintain Christian values in family life . |
| 25 | The activities outlined above , and the results achieved , strengthened the foundations established in our first year of operation — allowing the continued development of training programmes to realise the full economic potential of the people and businesses of Glasgow . |
| 26 | The new law immediately sparked off a political crisis as hardline Slovak nationalists began demonstrations and a hunger strike in protest against a clause allowing the official use of minority languages in towns or villages where the minority nationality formed at least 20 per cent of the population ( a large ethnic Hungarian minority , concentrated in southern Slovakia , was increasingly the target of nationalist hatred ; there were also Polish , Ukrainian and Gypsy communities ) . |
| 27 | The curtains were partly open , allowing the merest glimmer of moonlight to creep in . |
| 28 | The inhumanity seems to lie in allowing the full weight of responsibility to fall on the child . |
| 29 | She withdrew from the second round , allowing the unopposed election of Galy-Dejean ( the mayor of the 15th arrondissement , of which the ward formed a part ) . |
| 30 | They therefore called on all parties to co-operate in allowing the safe passage of aid [ see p. 39225 for Somalia aid crisis ] . |