Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Feminist methods frequently situate themselves socially and historically in ways which distinguish the concept of the subject they work with from the one which underpins qualitative psychological methods , and which give these methods a different significance .
2 These differences distinguish the mouse from the human TEF-1 sequence .
3 Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 .
4 Hastings claimed all the Lions points with six penalties , equalling the record for a Lion set by Tony Ward in South Africa in 1980 .
5 Disadvantages include handwriting as an obstruction to understanding , the element of personal ‘ ownership ’ which discourages the release of the book to some central point at the time of completion and so the sharing of data therein ; the primitive linking of support data ( anything from staples to sticky tape ) with the accompanying disincentive to completeness and tendency to data loss ( e.g. through sticky tape perishing ) ; some support data presented even more of a problem , such as photographs and outsize computer print out which led to separate support folders to the actual laboratory notebook .
6 Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions .
7 There is , however , an alternative approach based on the development of a new understanding of law , which no longer assumes that the legal system is uniform but realises that law is linked into complex processes of communication between and within different sub-systems of society , which in turn form and influence the substance of a particular segment of law .
8 Discuss the important standards which influence the rest of the computer industry .
9 Factors which influence the stability of the combination include the softness of the car and the trailer 's suspension , plus the balance of the trailer .
10 Furthermore , amongst those who influence the development of the law , it is still far from accepted that the overriding objective of the law of rape and allied offences should be the protection of sexual choice , that is to say , the protection of a woman 's right to choose , whether , when and with whom to have sexual intercourse .
11 If a manager joins a sales team from another department where he or she enjoyed a good reputation , this v–ill go before them and influence the attitude of the team .
12 We shall be particularly interested in discussing how a recipient might come to comprehend the producer 's intended message on a particular occasion , and how the requirements of the particular recipient(s) , in definable circumstances , influence the organisation of the producer 's discourse .
13 These conformations influence the position of the phosphate group with respect to the grooves of the double helix .
14 They need to gain access to and influence the work of the whole institution .
15 Lawson ( 1981 ) identifies several factors which influence the selection of a conference venue :
16 In the latter case , the physical object is passed on ; in the former , all that is passed on are genes that influence the shape of the nose as it develops .
17 Many factors influence the dominance of an individual — its size , strength , sex , health ( in mice , at least ) , age ( in primates , but not in hens ) .
18 One can not simply look at the kinds of problems thrown up by particular social structures and economic situations and analyse policies as responses to those problems , since policies themselves influence the character of the societies in which they are adopted .
19 In this pavement — as in others of a comparable design — the squares have assumed an overall structural importance and greatly influence the character of the work .
20 What factors influence the size of the transactions demand ?
21 The factors that influence the size of the proliferative compartment are less clear , though in rats there are genetic differences .
22 By careful management of the issue and purchase/rediscounting of government bonds and Treasury bills , the Bank of England can manipulate interest rates and influence the size of the money supply .
23 What are the factors which influence the choice of a particular agency ?
24 These various factors which influence the value of an option may be summed up in the following functional statement : .
25 This will , in turn , influence the value to the customer and the price he will be willing to pay .
26 This will , in turn , influence the value to the customer and the price he will be willing to pay .
27 His Observations on the Circumstances which Influence the Condition of the Labouring Classes ( 1817 ) questioned the linkage by Thomas Malthus [ q.v. ] of population growth to increasing wage rates , arguing that the likely age of first marriage and thus birth rates were influenced , not by wage rates or poor-relief practices , but by perceived employment prospects which , paradoxically , were best when wages were low .
28 [ J. Barton , Observations on the Circumstances which Influence the Condition of the Labouring Classes ( ed. and intro .
29 ‘ I am hopeful of a good time but there are a lot of factors which influence the outcome of a marathon including the weather and , most importantly , how a runner feels on the day .
30 These are : that Braverman ignores worker resistance ; that management may be ignorant of the most effective ways of meeting worker recalcitrance ; that there are more ways of killing a cat than skinning it ( in other words , that there are mechanisms other than fragmentation and de-skilling which management can use to control recalcitrant labour ) ; that technological and market opportunities vary across firms and that these influence the outcome of the struggle between capital and labour over the form of work organisation which is adopted ; and that the tight control of labour and the need to maximise output from individual workers may not be management 's most dominant concern in every case .
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