Example sentences of "a study of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
| 2 | The composer Satie confessed to his friends that his music was probably inspired by a study of the friezes on ancient Greek vases . |
| 3 | Dr Vijayan , a research scientist with the Bombay Natural History Society , is leading a study of the Siberian crane that began in 1980 . |
| 4 | For example , this month 's issue of Psychology Today contains the result of a study of the pace of life in 36 American cities . |
| 5 | A school prize was offered for a study of the book Belief in God by Bishop Charles Gore . |
| 6 | Not only does the body clock contribute to the changes that are found , but also we can gain clues about the nature of it by a study of the changes . |
| 7 | WDCS co-sponsored a study of the rare Hector 's dolphin off New Zealand . |
| 8 | ARANGE of pressure groups , including Christian Aid , Greenpeace , the Child Poverty Action Group , the Low Pay Unit and Oxfam , are considered ‘ vehicles for subversion ’ by the Economic League , a study of the employment vetting agency discloses today . |
| 9 | Casaubon ridicules the idea that the straightforward collection of factual data about fleas and lice can provide the moral and civilizing education of the sort given by a study of the wise and sensitive works of humane literature . |
| 10 | For example , a study of the debasement trends of sixth-to seventh-century AD European gold coinage provided a basis for dating the Sutton Hoo ship burial . |
| 11 | For example a study of the Buddhist statuettes of Tibet and the Himalayas has identified the blue copper mineral azurite , red lead and cinnabar ( red mercury sulphide ) on the head-dresses . |
| 12 | The patinas on copper alloys were often appreciated in their own right and a study of the patination is central to all authenticity studies . |
| 13 | By performing a study of the dies and establishing a chain or chains or die links , one can arrange a whole coinage into an objective sequence . |
| 14 | When documentary sources exist but are not fully informative , however , we can sometimes supplement them with a study of the coins . |
| 15 | For instance , a study of the dies used for the bronze coinage of Antoninus Pius ( AD 138–61 ) circulating in Britain has suggested that the total stock of bronze coinage in circulation was of the general magnitude of about ten million sestertii ; as the population of the province was about five million at the time , we can conclude from the low figure of two sestertii per capita that most of the population can not have used coinage on anything like the scale required in a fully monetised society ( see also p. 51 ) . |
| 16 | But a study of the Roman coins accumulated over the last century or so in museums has thrown up consistent differences between northern France and Italy , enabling certain conclusions to be drawn about the currencies of those areas . |
| 17 | But a study of the distribution of the hoards deposited in a well-documented period such as the English Civil War has shown that both of these assumptions are incorrect ( fig. 27 ) . |
| 18 | Rachel Storm , author of a study of the New Age movements , adds : ‘ Like many New Age movements , it fails to put newcomers entirely in the picture . ’ |
| 19 | This was BBC2 's Before Babel , a study of the mysteries of human language . |
| 20 | After crossing himself and pushing two nuns into a car , he was about to leave when Lady Antonia 's companion intervened : ‘ Excuse me Father , ’ he said , ‘ this lady is the daughter of the good Lord Longford — you know , Lord Longford — and she is making a study of the wicked usurper , Oliver Cromwell . ’ |
| 21 | Also they refused to make any press statement on the study , and did not print sufficient copies of the report for adequate distribution on the pretext of financial difficulties , yet promptly hired a panel of consultants and academics to conduct a study of the Alliance 's study . |
| 22 | The details of this scheme have been the subject of a paper ( Report on a Study of the Master Farmer System in Lower Saxony , West Germany — October 1983 ) by Ian Dewar , Regional Training Adviser for Scotland . |
| 23 | No visit to Holland would have been complete without a study of the important Dutch bulb industry and soon after his return Miller produced a paper , read at the Royal Society , on the practice of growing them in water . |
| 24 | In 1988 , the DoE published a report The Nitrate Issue : A Study of the Economic and Other Consequences of Various Local Options for Limiting Nitrate Concentration in Drinking Water . |
| 25 | A valuable starting point for a study of the flora of the Outer Hebrides is the paper by Dr. H. R. Fletcher ( 1959 ) entitled ‘ Exploration of the Scottish Flora ’ , in which he discusses plant recording in that group of islands . |
| 26 | A study of the Ecuadorian censuses for 1954 and 1974 estimated that production on the smaller units had grown by an average of 2.7 per cent per year during the period , but on the larger units , growth was at the rate of 1.2 per cent . |
| 27 | The left-hand panel of Fig. 3.10 ( p. 92 ) contains an example of a study of the S1-S2 procedure ( by Honey and Hall 1988 ) in which the stimuli 1120 were distinctive flavours . |
| 28 | However , a study of the DOE by Carlson ( 1974 ) can supply the information we require . |
| 29 | A Study of the Presentation of Historical ‘ Evidence ’ in the Poems of Randolph Henry Ash . |
| 30 | After a study of the extensive panorama , if a return is to be made direct to Ingleton , the route of ascent must be reversed exactly . |