Example sentences of "size [conj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Neither the type of activity nor size or location of the unit influences the assessment .
2 Because it is conducted at a particular point in the year , the spring , the LFS can not be used to investigate seasonal variations in the size or structure of the temporary workforce .
3 The exact size or direction of the effect does not matter ; what does is that there is a possibility of some effect .
4 If there is any difference in the size or quality of the rooms , please give the best ones to those named at the top of the list .
5 It was a very ordinary , rather pleasant , Highland country house ; originally a shooting-lodge and of no great size or importance for the day when it was built .
6 However , at the root of the conflicts lay the size or intractability of the problems concerned .
7 References to arbitration are on the following numbered Terms unless otherwise directed : ( 1 ) The arbitrator shall appoint a date for the preliminary consideration of the dispute , unless the size or nature of the claim or other circumstances make such a course undesirable or unneccessary .
8 That is measured by the size and capacity of the halls in each territory .
9 Three lakes within the study area fluctuated in size and depth during the late Quaternary .
10 On top of this , the extra size and cost of the diesel engine hitherto put the driver into a higher personal tax class .
11 The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair .
12 Meanwhile , however , it had become clear that there had to be a replacement DMU which was placed midway in size and cost between the railbuses and the 210 units .
13 Over the years , the expansion in the size and competence of the Party 's control apparatus has more than kept pace with the growth of the General Staff , and the proliferation of in-house staff supporting Politburo and Secretariat members has been a noteworthy aspect of the process .
14 These photographs — ‘ my life 's blood ’ — are pinned to his bench enabling him to check the size and configuration of the newly-carved elements .
15 The two-year cycle was believed to reflect the quasi-biennial oscillation ( QBO ) , a 26-month cycle in which the winds in the lower stratosphere of the tropics alternate between easterlies and westerlies , affecting the size and stability of the polar vortex around Antarctica .
16 Given the size and athleticism of the players here , the fanatical will to re-emerge as a world power and the fact that countries are queuing up to give the ‘ Boks experience , then the message is clear .
17 Mr Wallis said the town should be thinking in terms of an attraction of equal size and prestige as the Beamish Museum .
18 And Mr Wallis believes the town should be thinking in terms of an attraction of equal size and prestige as the Beamish Museum .
19 In addition , the size and frequency of the ‘ errors ’ could be varied .
20 20 ) were seen , above , to be comparable at an integral level of stylistic affinity ; but the size and shaping of the tesserae in mosaic 7 , its large areas of background filling in buff-brown tesserae , and the absence of the most significant border decorations visible in mosaics B and C , suggest that it was the work of an essentially different group of craftsmen .
21 Data which were derived from this analysis included : ( a ) the size and location of the proliferative zone ; ( b ) the cell position of the peak labelling index ( peak LI ) , and the upper and lower limits of proliferation , the 95%ile and 05%ile ; ( c ) the mean , median , and peak labelling indices ; ( d ) the crypt growth fraction ; ( e ) the cell cycle time ; ( f ) the crypt turnover time .
22 Economic conditions , nationally and locally , the size and location of the firm , and the availability of finance will all have a part to play in the final decision .
23 They are fixed for five years at open market value , based on a detailed profit and loss account taking into account the outgoings , turnover , style , size and location of the pub .
24 Detailed geochemical studies of this and other ash horizons have provided evidence of a number of tephra deposits that can be used to provide chronostatigraphic information and new data on the size and activity of the Icelandic volcanic province .
25 The great expansion of diplomatic contact between Russia and the rest of Europe brought about by Peter I inevitably led to an increase in the size and activity of the Posolskii Prikaz .
26 Thus , as in the case of the USA , the size and complexity of the programmes , mixed successes , and the possibility that programmes have significantly reduced soil losses , or even the rate of decline rather than improved yields , point to the need for a longer and more sophisticated assessment than is given here .
27 In spite of the size and complexity of the companies examined , which ranged up to 10 divisions and 40 businesses , but in one case had 27 divisions and 150 businesses , all the planning departments considered scanning for environmental information about every business unit to be important .
28 Put very simply , available prey diversity depends on the size and complexity of the habitat in the predator 's territory , but of itself territory size is of limited significance .
29 The size and complexity of the task coupled with the overall time-scale will to a large extent dictate frequency of formal reviews .
30 The increasing size and complexity of the aircraft maintenance workload coupled with limited availability of resources to meet this commitment provide the catalyst to seek improved efficiency from aircraft maintenance organisations .
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