Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] of [Wh adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 2 | Thus there are four major areas in which family planning and soil conservation policies are similar — the attempt on the part of the state to change private action where private benefits are not clear ; the deep-seated nature of the key or determining variables in the achievement of the policies ' objectives ; the problems of researching a highly complex field , and the realisation that knowledge of how the key variables operate is not enough , and the fact that these policies are almost universally unpopular with politicians and people in general . |
| 3 | Hans Hartmann , oceanographer with the Aquatic resources Conservation Group in Seattle , however , said that scientific studies had been misdirected insofar as they had concentrated on how much of a commercial species can be taken out of the sea , rather than understanding of how the sea itself works . |
| 4 | Erm the decision to inset the village of Skelton erm has ha h has been taken by the authority , the er the consideration and assessment of where the boundaries of the inset should lie erm is what we 're considering today . |
| 5 | It is certainly true that much of the criticism of Leonard Arthur and doctors who believe as he did , was made ‘ in ignorance and misunderstanding of how the science and art of paediatrics is practised ’ as the defence counsel in the case claimed . |
| 6 | His immediate requirement is for financial stability and control of where the money is going , especially all the small sums spent on things which , on the face of it , all have perfectly laudable reasons . |
| 7 | As a new member of the organization I will have to reconcile the expectations of others , including the systems imposed on me , with my own theories and understanding of how the world works . |
| 8 | I 'm just trying to give you and idea of how the method works . |