Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances we are interested in how the press reports these crimes and how this has been changing . |
| 2 | It is not an adequate defence of the inductivist position to point out that parents and teachers select a set of red objects when teaching children to understand the concept ‘ red ’ , for we are interested in how the concept first acquired its meaning . |
| 3 | There are very many villages with regular rectilinear plans , and we should perhaps now regard these as planned villages , even if we are ignorant of when the planning took place . |
| 4 | It is a fundamental belief of developmental biologists that the regulatory processes , just discussed , are central to how the pattern is established in normal development , and are not just a bizarre result of experimental interference . |
| 5 | If you 're interested in either the design or purchase of jewellery then a unique opportunity has come to Glasgow this week . |
| 6 | The changes in the village social structure described in this chapter have , of course , varied in their timing and extent from village to village , yet these developments have been widespread across virtually the entire countryside . |
| 7 | On the contrary , they would seem to have been involved in precisely the kind of political and military activity from which Jesus , according to later tradition , is dissociated . |
| 8 | During the practice , Prost had been impressed by both the McLaren and the Williams and his worst fears were confirmed as Senna pulled inexorably away and the multi-coloured Williams of Nigel Mansell began to move about in Prost 's mirrors . |
| 9 | He protested that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had been present at only the start of the debate . |
| 10 | These are responsible for both the ‘ power and status ’ motivation ascribed to Nigerian entrepreneurs , and for the centralizing tendency of governments which until recently have frequently been hostile to the informals . |
| 11 | However , I am concerned about where the money will come from and what the rates of interest will be . |
| 12 | Quiss had been lonely with only the castle 's shy and dwarfish attendants for company , and Ajayi was pleased to find somebody who already knew their way round the cold , forbidding stump of rock , iron , glass , slate and paper which was the castle . |
| 13 | It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself . |
| 14 | It has also been employed , in conjunction with other research techniques such as the follow up interview , in the identification of survey questions which are problematic for either the interviewer or the respondent . |
| 15 | Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye . |
| 16 | The so-called applied sciences , such as engineering , agriculture and medicine , are concerned with much the same objects , but from a different stance : they are largely concerned with ‘ doing ’ , although again this does not necessarily preclude ‘ theorizing ’ or ‘ philosophizing ’ . |
| 17 | In the affective domain , objectives are concerned with how the user feels about using the system and if he/she continues to use this method of information retrieval after training . |
| 18 | Here we are concerned with how the effects of teaching techniques on learner behaviour are monitored and how the techniques are modified accordingly . |
| 19 | Second , we are concerned with how the representatives perceive their role and how they organise themselves to fulfil their tasks . |
| 20 | Long-wave theories are concerned with how the economy fluctuates over long time periods . |
| 21 | Over the previous twenty years we had become preoccupied with structural arguments about regions and areas when we should have been concerned about how the service was run . |
| 22 | The solution may be stable on either the success or the failure surfaces for the same value of the logical rigour factor . |
| 23 | This is not merely a function of the relative strengths of the HSV-1 IE-3 and VZV gene 62 promoters ( 39 ) but could be attributable to either the relative strengths of their activating domains ( unknown at present ) or alternatively multiple 140k interactions with the promoter may have an additive effect , enhancing the efficiency of activation . |
| 24 | Thus the cost of a product could , to an extent , be dependent upon when the product was manufactured . |
| 25 | If there were a check , one need not require it to be an infallible one ; the fact that we might always be wrong about how the original sensation was ( a sort of memory scepticism ) is not a part of the argument at all . |
| 26 | Explain why unc must be less than unity and why the current density must be limited to J. Estimate values for the dimensions h1 , h2 so that each section of the steel core shall be subject to approximately the same maximum flux density . |
| 27 | Xorandor examines the narrative aspect of the novel by exploring the theoretical problems of story-telling from the point of view of children whose minds have been formed by their exposure to computers ; here techniques specific to narrative are shown to be central to even the most logical of sciences . |
| 28 | The charges and exchange rates should be visible from outside the bureau and then detailed in a receipt to be given to the customer after the transaction . |
| 29 | With that Baldwin had to be content until almost the Monday noon . |
| 30 | ‘ Electro-fishing can be dangerous to both the user and the fish if they are not experienced . ’ |