Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus ( i ) neither may precede the other , or ( ii ) they are not such that one necessitates the other while the other merely dependently necessitates it , or ( iii ) they may lack both features . |
| 2 | In the visual arts even less seems to be understood about the viewer-in-the-picture , especially about the nature of the ‘ illuminating experience ’ ( Taylor , 1986 , p. 160 ) , that may accompany the aesthetic response . |
| 3 | The subjective threat perceived in rejection by a spouse or lawyer is given cultural expression and concrete content in the concept of sasoo , which refers to a malevolent mara ’ called a ‘ sasoo woman ’ or ‘ sasoo man ’ , that may attack the rejected party . |
| 4 | That may become the central issue of democratic socialist politics , not only in Britain , but elsewhere in Europe , in the nineties . |
| 5 | Each must inform the other and the LEA if someone is to be suspended . |
| 6 | Each must recognize the invaluable importance of belonging to the Anglo-Irish " Family " . |
| 7 | For financial years ending on or after 30 September 1992 , companies that are not small or medium-sized must disclose the aggregate remuneration ( including expenses and benefits-in-kind ) in respect of work carried out by their auditors and their associates for non-audit services supplied to the company and to an associated undertaking ( ie a UK subsidiary ) of the company where the auditors ( or their associates ) are auditors of that undertaking ( SI 1991/2128 ) . |
| 8 | That should remain the primary focus , but as has been indicated there are other roles , connected with social service agency responsibility for standards in local authority , voluntary and private homes . |
| 9 | That should keep the two of them in reasonable comfort for a while — at least until Una has her baby . ’ |
| 10 | In 1377 the tax had been levied at 4d. a head , in 1379 it had been graduated and in December 1380 Parliament granted a further tax at 1s. a head , and although suggestions were made that the rich should help the poor to meet this heavy burden , one suspects that these were largely unheeded . |
| 11 | Some may find the external colours of the dome surprising , but apparently these reds , blues and creams are faithful to the colours that were there at the end of the 17C . |
| 12 | While some may see the whole area of aesthetic response as one limited by hedonism or elitism , or may wish to view it as a superficial frill of little relevance to the real world of materialistic values , others are able to propose valid reasons why investigation into the nature of aesthetic experience should be pursued . |
| 13 | Some may require the full power of a normal form , while some can be derived directly . |
| 14 | Cereals ( sophisticated grasses ) , fruits , vegetables , seeds and nuts are essential constituents of human diet — some may say the only suitable ones — and even the meat we eat comes from animals which themselves feed on vegetation in the shape of grasses and herbaceous plants . |
| 15 | A few may flourish the 14 pages of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act , 1970 ; seven inches of section 2 specifies a local authority 's obligation to lay on just about everything short of a course in elephant skinning : meals , education , holidays , telephones , and recreation are all there in paragraphs ( a ) to ( h ) . |
| 16 | This may lead the recovering person to remember the mood-altering effect of the addictive substance or behaviour but selectively forget the negative consequences . |
| 17 | This may explain the low number of emergency operations and death in the epinephrine group . |
| 18 | This may explain the electromechanical disassociation found by Snape et al as the cause of reduced gastrocholonic reflex in patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 19 | Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses . |
| 20 | This may explain the reduced frequency of transformation . |
| 21 | Ca 2+ levels were found to be elevated in synaptosomes prepared from potentiated dentate gyrus 45min after the induction of LTP , and this may explain the enhanced ability of potentiated synaptosomes to release preloaded transmitter . |
| 22 | This may explain the evident uniformity of Silurian facies and Silurian faunas . |
| 23 | In actual practice , one or more of the items are often missing and this may explain the high failure rate of new ventures . |
| 24 | This may explain the biphasic external anal sphincter pressure response when some normal subjects strain ‘ as if to defecate ’ . |
| 25 | This may explain the interesting siting of some churches close to or inside prehistoric monuments . |
| 26 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 27 | This may involve the following behavioural changes : * the wife may return to full-time work to increase the family 's total income ; * expenditure on other items , such as cars or holidays , may for the time be reduced ; the couple may place an increased value on the enhanced personal prestige attached to the ownership of the larger property , and will be prepared to accept the financial consequences of enjoying this enhanced prestige . |
| 28 | Even Ian Paisley 's free presbyterians , who have communities in County Cavan and Dublin , are centrally organized , though this may reflect the practical situation in Ireland and the role of the ‘ big man ’ himself within the church he founded . |
| 29 | Now this may reflect the 1950's , it may reflect er traditional manufacturing practices in ah probably in the U K. Erm , if you look at managers , manager are at a y'know , most managers are mid-point in communication hierarchies . |
| 30 | To some extent this may reflect the shorter growing season for grasslands in the Cantal LFA ( longer , colder , winters ) though no estimate of this effect is available . |