Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [n mass] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period which commenced in the early thirties was significant in that a new approach to the study of the flora was evident . |
| 2 | He sent Matilda an answering smile that immediately caused Isabel to suspect that the gossip concerning the pair was true . |
| 3 | The latter are increasingly available but specific for each kind of snake , so that immediate and accurate identification of the species is essential . |
| 4 | But his identification of the species is persuasive . |
| 5 | But the lady in the fish was brilliant ! |
| 6 | The distribution of the data was Gaussian for normal and inflamed squamous oesophagitis and therefore analysis of variance was used to calculate the significance of intergroup distribution compared with intragroup variation to 95% confidence intervals . |
| 7 | In this list , the first sound of the pair is unvoiced , the second is voiced . |
| 8 | My knowledge of the fauna is patchy because most of the trapping methods capture only flying insects , and because I have concentrated on groups that I , or someone known to me , can identify . |
| 9 | The overall colour of the fish is purple , with a strong black line running along the middle of the body from head to tail , below this line the belly of the fish is from beige to a light salmon pink . |
| 10 | Please continue to write until all the prisoners of conscience in the series are free , or until there have been satisfactory investigations into those who have ‘ disappeared ’ . |
| 11 | The response from the staff was overwhelming . |
| 12 | The quality of the sperm is important . |
| 13 | Today , however , there is a much greater realisation that the quality of the data is important to their precision and quantification and , in this regard , it is important to be able to assess the validity and the reliability of those data by understanding the nature of the collection instrument itself , the biases that it is heir to , and the kinds of instrumental corruptions that can affect the quality of the material it provides . |
| 14 | The quality of the staff was impressive , and many of them in those days were among the most adventurous of professionals in introducing new teaching methods and new curricula . |
| 15 | The arrangement of the works is chronological , from a late medieval mason 's drawing on parchment from Ulm ( c. 1470 ) to contemporary architect 's designs including Peter Cook 's ‘ Plug in City ’ to Nigel Coates 's 1986 design for the Jasper Conran shop , London . |
| 16 | The final game of the series is due to be played tomorrow in Lahore . |
| 17 | The debate over the role of the media is similar to the master/servant debate over bureaucracy . |
| 18 | An additional pane of glass 9.8 inches square is needed and is placed inside the tank to restrict the movement of the fish is necessary . |
| 19 | For works written at a time when Beethoven was still in his middle period , the lyricism in the works is extraordinary . |
| 20 | The debate over the salmon is likely to prove an even bigger political issue than that of the future of the northern spotted owl ( see ED No. 40 ) because it involves several industries , whereas the owl involved only logging . |
| 21 | It was realized furthermore that grazing by the deer was essential to the survival of the open ‘ lawns ’ in the New Forest , and so the 1851 Act was abandoned . |
| 22 | Ray Gosling : ‘ The response to the series was fantastic . ’ |
| 23 | The interpretation of the data is simple and requires a minimum amount of calculation . |
| 24 | His laboratories were housed in an excellent building , provided by the generosity of Sir William Dunn 's Trustees on the advice of Sir Walter Fletcher ( see Chapter 4 ) , but the morale of the staff was low . |
| 25 | The training of the militia was costly , for men were paid a wage of 8d. a day during training , usually for ten days in the year , and the purchase of equipment and ammunition had to be added to this . |
| 26 | His concern about the organization of the militia was timely , but his intended reliance on the longbow was hardly forward-looking . |
| 27 | This burgeoning set of collectors emerging from a lower class and without the cultural or educational background of the gentry were reluctant to relinquish the familiarity of their own country and language by travelling abroad to purchase foreign art works . |
| 28 | The ideological demand that communists should seek to improve the accommodation of the people was subordinate to the aspiration to house them in such a way as to make it easier to supervise them and mould them as the Party saw fit . |
| 29 | Likewise true status of the aircraft is difficult to tie down and this guide aims really to locate airframes . |
| 30 | The present situation at the works is stable . |