Example sentences of "changing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was changing the gramophone records . |
| 2 | In an informal planting , willows , ferns and rhododendrons can be combined to give a series of displays , changing the mood through the season . |
| 3 | Train for this with bent-leg sit-ups , changing the angle of the knee from nearly straight to heels tucked in tightly against the buttocks . |
| 4 | Specifically , in Piaget 's theory the infant 's central systems develop by ‘ assimilating ’ perceptual data ( data implying ‘ graspable ’ / ‘ suckable ’ / ‘ trackable ’ /whatever ) to actions whilst ‘ accommodating ’ ( that is changing in a goal-driven way ) the actions taken in terms of the outcome ( changing the grasp , the suck , or the head movement in terms of the size , contour , or the trajectory of the datum ) . |
| 5 | Router movement can be solved by changing the holding bolts for longer ones with a fine thread and fitting very thick washers , so enabling the nuts to be fully tightened without the router getting in the way of the spanner . |
| 6 | Altering the look of a step can involve changing the time signature or tempo to which it is danced , the direction it takes or a change of épaulement , its quality and expressiveness , to name but a few . |
| 7 | Now that the teaching of pirouettes has become more scientific , dancers can attempt turning with the working leg held at many different angles , even changing the pose as they spin . |
| 8 | Changing the 100mm discs using the spanners provided |
| 9 | Changing the DC level by 5V produced a change in filter characteristic of less than 0.1dB . |
| 10 | Changing the ground rules has angered investors on both sides of the Atlantic , and Mr Skinner 's mandate for this is being widely questioned - particularly as foreign carriers are already represented on US airline boards . |
| 11 | Like everyone else in late 1980s Whitehall , the words ‘ changing the culture ’ are constantly on Sir Angus ' lips . |
| 12 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 13 | Radio waves are useful as we can make them carry information by modulating them — for example , changing the amplitude of the fluctuations so that the change represents information . |
| 14 | The most heated discussion revolved around the question of changing the party 's name . |
| 15 | Jim Lents , executive officer of the Air Managment District , and one of the main architects of the Plan , responded : ‘ The plan does involve an element of changing the life-style of southern California . |
| 16 | Labour was determined that no judge would be able to circumvent protections provided by Parliament by ‘ inventing new torts or arbitrarily changing the definition of a trade dispute ’ . |
| 17 | THE LABOUR conference voted by a 3-1 majority yesterday to reject moves to commit the party to changing the voting system at parliamentary elections . |
| 18 | The new team is also changing the year end from March to December . |
| 19 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 20 | Working-class ministerial colleagues see socialism as ‘ people like them getting to the top , not actually changing the top , just getting there ’ . |
| 21 | Thatcherites , and the Prime Minister herself , believe in a meritocracy of talent — and that talent is changing the face of the Conservative Party . |
| 22 | Arts Council officers are understood to be considering changing the practice of handing out separate information about the arts to the different political party conferences . |
| 23 | Poverty Research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies ( IFS ) published last week showed the Department of Social Security has removed more than one million people from the poorest category of the population — having an income less than half the average wage , by changing the way figures are calculated . |
| 24 | The Government has long been accused by politicians and academics of repeatedly changing the way the unemployment figures are counted to reduce the total . |
| 25 | Changing the captain must be a strong possibility , not least because Carrick himself looked a little weary of wearing the crown of thorns . |
| 26 | Speakers in the health debate overwhelmingly supported the Government 's blueprint for changing the NHS . |
| 27 | As recently as two weeks ago sources close to Mr Parkinson ruled out changing the route at this late stage , saying it would revive uncertainty , antagonise people who had escaped the BR route , and cause an unacceptable delay to legislation . |
| 28 | He is shifting the defensive line without changing the central objective . ’ |
| 29 | If by ‘ priorities ’ is meant ambitions for changing the pattern and content of the service , I should be very reluctant to form any priorities . |
| 30 | Then a decision can be taken about changing the artist 's material , producer or musical style . |