Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | One means suggested for transfer of moisture into the interior of Pangaea has been monsoonal circulation created by the Permian continental configuration . |
| 32 | Rory grinned , stirring his finger through a little patch of moisture on the side of his glass . |
| 33 | His hair was untidy , as though it had been blown by the wind , and there were tiny flecks of moisture on the rough Harris tweed material of his jacket . |
| 34 | As he came closer , Dougal saw that there was a drop of moisture on the pink tip of his nose . |
| 35 | On covered surfaces soil and vegetation maintains a continuous presence of moisture on the rock surface while organic decay increases the quantity of organic acids and the abundance of carbon dioxide ; both increase the aggressiveness of the water percolating on to the rock surface . |
| 36 | Since few living rooms have a naturally humid atmosphere , unless you happen to have a humidifier installed for your own comfort , it 's necessary to create localised humidity for those plants that need plenty of moisture in the air . |
| 37 | A rainbow is formed from the interaction of pure white sunlight with molecules of moisture in the atmosphere acting as prisms that break up the light into the respective colours perceived through our senses . |
| 38 | HUNDREDS of animals were treated by St Tiggywinkle 's hospital for dehydration due to the lack of moisture in the soil this year . |
| 39 | Constant wetting makes nails soft and opaque , and chemical detergents and varnish removers decrease levels of moisture in the nail . |
| 40 | Crop mark sites are mainly caused by differences in the amount of moisture in the soil . |
| 41 | Apart from the discomfort of rain , cold , wind or excessive heat , the amount of moisture in the soil affects the visibility of the layers that are being excavated . |
| 42 | Where trees such as large poplars exist on the site , they absorb copious amounts of moisture from the soil , which may affect the water table locally . |
| 43 | It disappears without trace on the skin and , because it contains hydrogels , highly absorbent substances which hold 1,000 times their weight in water , it reduces evaporation of moisture from the skin dramatically . |
| 44 | The golden iridescence of Cassida and its allies is produced by a film of moisture beneath the surface cuticle . |
| 45 | Amber is said to have her eyes on the plum part of Beatrice in the screen version of Dante 's Divine Comedy– . |
| 46 | This is not because of the often quoted ‘ collection of mulm at the front so that it can be syphoned off ’ which simply does n't happen in a properly run undergravel filtered tank . |
| 47 | And a ‘ Lady residing in a healthy part of Inverness near the school wishes a LITTLE GIRL to live with her . |
| 48 | There was a vague smell of drains in the still air , of a cesspool somewhere . |
| 49 | On a wet January afternoon in 1986 , Ian Paisley and James Molyneaux walked around the North Down seaside town of Bangor with the local MP and Speaker of the Assembly , James Kilfedder . |
| 50 | On the other hand , it can also be allowed to run its course , carrying the support up to the point of actualization of the infinitive 's event , which produces the " subsequent actualization " sense ( He managed to get free ) . |
| 51 | Olsen has therefore concentrated on four periods when the paintings connect most directly with historic events : from 1797 to 1814 when Napoleon 's Empire imposed a kind of unity on the country ; from the restoration of the monarchy until mid century when historic Romanticism came into conflict with Realism and gradually waned as a moving force in Italian art ; the triumph of Realism in parallel with the rapid progress towards unification from 1849 to 1870 ; and the final period from 1870 until the end of the century when Realism evolved under wider European influences into Symbolism and Divisionism . |
| 52 | The first are conditions within Russia , such as large-scale exploitation in cities , suburbs , mining districts , etc. , the disparity between urban industrialisation and the medieval condition of the countryside , and the lack of unity of the ruling class . |
| 53 | For Gertrude Jekyll the arts and crafts creed of unity of the arts was not just an artistic concept but fundamental to her special art and skills in home-making which she passed on to Lutyens , inspiring him to build not just houses but homes . |
| 54 | For the authors , the semantic net had been so important that to see node-link-node triples before each paragraph provided a kind of unity to the document . |
| 55 | The very strength of the German Bildungsbürgertum meant that it served not only as ‘ organic intellectual ’ to the entire Bürgertum , but that it ( unlike in other countries ) was to be the hegemonic force imparting its own specific type of unity to the whole of the Bürgertum . |
| 56 | However , while the process of electing a national president went smoothly , state party elections revealed high levels of factionalism within the BJP and led to the intervention of the central leadership in attempts to restore a greater semblance of unity to the party . |
| 57 | By October the Communist attitude had softened in the light of the pact of Unity between the Socialists and Communists in France . |
| 58 | This created an unprecedented degree of unity across the sectarian divide . |
| 59 | THE other 11 heads of state and government of the European Community last night closed ranks in an impressive display of unity against the sole opposition of Mrs Thatcher , to hold a special conference next year to amend the Treaty of Rome and open the way to economic and monetary union . |
| 60 | With hopes of unity in the Western Cape there is a real prospect of international rugby once again this season . |