Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] of [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rang ‘ Kelly ’ as the show was being transmitted with a wacky tale of how the lights in their house had suddenly began flickering and a music carousel started playing . |
| 2 | Here we have a possible explanation of why the Cro-Magnons might have exterminated the Neanderthals : the Neanderthals were very like them , and therefore constituted a threat . |
| 3 | These indices have been used to produce 113 maps for England and Wales at a scale of 1:63,360 and although the five grades shown on the maps provide a broad pattern of where the best ( grade 1 ) and worst ( grade 5 ) land is , the maps have , however , been roundly criticized . |
| 4 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 5 | This provides a striking example of how the long-run incidence may differ from that in the short-run . |
| 6 | This step consists of formulating a complete picture of how the organization will function during the transitional state . |
| 7 | Likewise , the behaviour of galore should receive a historical explanation of exactly the same sort , being derived from the Gaelic gu leòr , an adverbial phrase that can be translated literally as to sufficiency . |
| 8 | We can gain a further understanding of how the size of the polymer chain affects the magnitude of ΔS M and why it differs from ( equation 8.7 ) , by recasting equation ( 8.22 ) in the following way . |
| 9 | A further example of how the interests of the powerful are enshrined in legislation which has the appearance of opposing them is provided by Carson 's ( 1974,1980 ) analysis of the Factory Regulation Act , 1833 . |
| 10 | European political leaders need to give a clear explanation of where the Community stands — a requirement which the MacSharry proposals simply do not meet . |
| 11 | From the outset , in this model , technological insights interact with perceptions of market needs and cost-benefit analyses to generate and maintain a clear understanding of how the innovation can be profitably introduced . |
| 12 | The main aims will be to : ( a ) identify particular commercial/legal problems of such magnitude as to cause the investor to withdraw or adjust its terms , including the price , either directly or indirectly through indemnities ; ( b ) flush out any unknown or understated liabilities and ensure the vendor will deliver good title ( free from encumbrances ) to the assets ; ( c ) ascertain more precisely the worth of the target business to the buyer and to provide an effective means of valuing the shares or the assets ; and ( d ) provide a clear understanding of how the business functions , including the operation of its financial and management systems . |
| 13 | " This is a clear example of how the strength of the environmental lobby directly threatens the long-term economic viability of our communities . " |
| 14 | History of this sort , which offers to explain the relations between properties of societies , has been enormously successful in the past thirty years or so and provides a clear conception of how the underlying interest of holism can guide social enquiry . |
| 15 | But it is equally important , in the world of the late twentieth century , to form a clear conception of how the processes of political change in any one country or group of countries are located in an international network of political forces . |
| 16 | A survey to gain a clear picture of where the dumping occurs is to be carried out by the North Sea Conference . |
| 17 | The program designer in creating material of a much less familiar kind , needs a clear view of how the teaching unit may be used by a variety of teachers and how he may help them use it effectively . |
| 18 | I was interested to read Hugh O'Neill 's article ( The Price is Right ) in the Turning supplement to the June issue of Woodworker writes Geoffrey Heath , which gave a clear account of how the price of a finished article might be established . |
| 19 | After lunch they were given a detailed demonstration of how the Direct Banking system works and were so impressed that both accepted an invitation to join the service . |
| 20 | The lender will seek a detailed profile of both the borrower and the business proposal with supporting evidence of market research of product , service and competition . |
| 21 | But for one of Britain 's top policemen , it 's a graphic example of how the whole legal system is failing to do it 's job . |
| 22 | It is in this area that the majority of people expect the chief executive to have a personal vision of where the company should be going . |
| 23 | Anderson and Barrios ' ( 1961 ) experiment is a typical example of how the folk wisdom that you should always ‘ put your best foot forward ’ is made amenable to experimental investigation , and then transformed into scientific knowledge . |
| 24 | If we anticipate reversing the fact that much of our population holidays abroad , so that instead we have more people from overseas holidaying with us , a straightforward reversal of where the money is spent would beneficially affect the foreign exchange by £1,600 million . |
| 25 | Here is a straightforward example of how the Maxwell Fyfe directive is ignored . |
| 26 | Until policy analysis in central government improved , with a clearer understanding of how the system worked and a reduction of the ideological content of financial strategy , there would be no improvement in central-local relations , the book states . |
| 27 | The growing volume of eye-witness accounts emerging from the firmly sealed region make it possible to gain a clearer picture of how the protests grew . |
| 28 | The entertainments industry faces a similar peak of approximately the same duration and timing . |
| 29 | One therefore hopes that an understanding of how black holes create particles will lead to a similar understanding of how the big bang created everything in the universe . |
| 30 | He suggests , instead , that local government reorganization took place precisely because local government is not ‘ a simple instrument of either the central state or dominant interests ’ and so has some room for political manoeuvre ( 1979 , p. 221 ) . |