Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bull , developing parallel Unix boxes with IBM , says it may license technology it developed for the EDS project to big blue . |
| 2 | The Monday is the traditional day for the quoits match between local teams . |
| 3 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 4 | In Britain , for example , there is at the present time a vigorous controversy about the introduction of proportional representation , stoutly resisted by the two main parties , but supported by a growing part of the population who have become increasingly dissatisfied with the existing system , which produces a gross discrepancy between the votes cast for various parties and their representation in parliament , and results in practice in a form of minority government . |
| 5 | Degeneration of Musculature — Degeneration of the flight-muscles occur after sexual maturity in many species , notably among queen ants and termites ( pp. 617 , 1237 ) , where the process promotes reproduction by releasing amino acids that can be used in egg-formation . |
| 6 | This simple game based on the Prisoner 's Dilemma does seem to capture something of the problem of the arms race in real life . |
| 7 | Parts of the schedules differ in various respects from other parts . |
| 8 | Some of the processes lead to progressive dilution , others to physical or biological reconcentration , followed by transfer through various or sometimes interdependent pathways to people ( ICRP-29 , 1979 ) . |
| 9 | This concern has traditionally been associated with both a sensitivity within the organisation towards personnel issues and a responsiveness on the part of the personnel function to new opportunities for developing the service provided to the company . |
| 10 | This inevitably results in the provision of a less than satisfactory service which , of course , confirms the low status and ‘ poor ’ image of the personnel function amongst other departments and divisions . |
| 11 | A number of the letters relate to diplomatic missions between Austrasia and Byzantium , but the collection can not have had a purely political purpose . |
| 12 | The dramatic effectiveness of the timing of the bombs lead to wide suspicion that they had been planted by British agents . |
| 13 | Many of the exercises draw upon channelled tapes and metaphysical workshops ; and several seemed to be ‘ dictated ’ to me from sources beyond my conscious mind ( as were many other sections of the book ) . |
| 14 | Some of the criticisms arise from conflicting opinions as to the basic purpose of a list of subject headings . |
| 15 | People must be made aware that there is a national book sale on at the moment ; that it is the highlight of the bookselling year ; that it is a time when bargains can be had ; and that most of the titles return to full price in February . |
| 16 | In his thriving shop he expected only specialist collectors to be interested but he is surprised and delighted to find that 95% of the customers buy on aesthetic appeal . |
| 17 | Some of the students come for extra help for courses they are studying at the college . |
| 18 | Approximately 70 per cent of the students graduate with upper second class or first class degrees , providing a substantial pool of talent from which graduate students can be recruited . |
| 19 | Not all of the shortcomings stem from inadequate resources , but problems arising from the lack of books and equipment , the poor state of some of the buildings and shortages of staff would be considerably eased if extra resources were made available . |
| 20 | Ramblers and many of the climbers flower on year-old wood : new stems grow out to their full length one year — and in the more vigorous kinds , this may be very long indeed — and then bear bloom the following year . |
| 21 | Together the sum of all genes possessed by the individuals in a population is known as the gene pool , and copies of the genes survive in other bodies to be replicated . |
| 22 | Reflexology is based on the principle that specific areas of the feet correspond to different organs , glands and parts of the body . |
| 23 | As a 19 year old he dropped his pants in an old firm reserve team derby against Celtic and won the affection of the Rangers support with adventurous football and seemingly tireless pursuit of goals . |
| 24 | That 's why a high proportion of the entries come from English clubmen and why many Irish drivers with Metros , 4x4 Ford Cosworths and Mantas have stayed away . |
| 25 | This limitation forces the investor to accept the level of market risk and the only ways in which this can be avoided are to select defensive ( low beta ) securities or to move out of the equities market into alternative investments or to reduce the market influence by combining equities with the risk-free asset . |
| 26 | The energies of the terms depend on inter-electronic interactions . |
| 27 | By around 1700 grave-clothes changed , probably as a result of the influence of the soft-goods trade in ready-made items , and adopted a form which was to last for the next seventy-five years . |
| 28 | At the upper levels , more of the units deal with substantial or informative topics , including subjects as varied as video games , design , Shakespeare , pop music and the British royal family . |
| 29 | As pointed out above , it is known that extensive interconnection is a characteristic of the neocortex : thus the great majority of the input to any cell comes from other parts of the neocortex itself , and similarly most of the outputs go to other parts of the neocortex . |
| 30 | Er that depends entirely on which company you go in because erm er some of the courses start at different er times . |