Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The raw material of events is processed ( selected , edited , dramatised , presented ) by the professionals who run the media ; ultimately it is their values which influence the version of events the public receives ( Edwards , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | In encouraging the sharing of confidences the Profitboss takes care to ensure that the confidence is not abused , taking to task any team-member who betrays the trust . |
| 3 | Prohibiting the purchase of shares The Model Code applies equally to own-share purchases ( the Yellow Book , Section 5 , Chapter 2 , para 44 ) and so the company should not purchase any shares during any period when the directors would not be free to do so on their own account . |
| 4 | Conservationists say the birth of Freckles the duckling will help to publicise the battle to save wetlands . |
| 5 | Prout in nineteen ninety two a hundred and seventy patients and again found the number of tumours the most important feature . |
| 6 | I believe that we must manufacture the type of goods the rest of the world want , and at a price they can afford . |
| 7 | Despite the rapid increase in the number of large-scale excavations of settlements , only three have been published ( Bell 1977 ; Millett 1983 ; West 1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations . |
| 8 | The studio thinks Vic 's a genius and gave him as much as they could until the insurance boys dug their heels in over big-name leads falling out of a canoe and then they went down the list and found a couple of guys the industry could afford to lose . |
| 9 | The French , the Dutch , and the Spanish were ready to attack them , and over so widely scattered a set of islands the attacker would always find some weak spot to invade and devastate . |
| 10 | It contains a number of impurities the sum of which are known as water hardness salts . |
| 11 | Musetti built a bed of boxes the other side to break his fall . |
| 12 | The perimeter fence keeps out predators and limits the spread of chemicals the farmers use on the surrounding area . |
| 13 | Those who 've noticed the number of times the Sedgefield MP 's cherubic opinions have been aired on television recently will little doubt it . |
| 14 | And that 's a particularly praiseworthy feat when you consider the set of parts the Limited boasts . |
| 15 | Couple 's joy : Alison Kitchen , 28 , and her husband David , 31 , who live in Hartlepool , are celebrating the birth of triplets the first test tube babies to be born at the town 's general hospital . |
| 16 | A scale was formed by simply scoring the number of times the respondent said that he or she was satisfied ; the resulting scale started with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 6 , but it was dichotomized at the median value into a scale of political alienation with two values ( high and low ) . |
| 17 | As long as I 've known you , you always give the subject of clothes the deep respect it deserves ! |
| 18 | The list of HMG-box containing proteins is growing rapidly , comprising a variety of functions the common activity of which seems to be their ability to bind DNA through this domain ( 3-9 ) . |
| 19 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 20 | Despite being a launchpad for bands like Sweden 's Abba and producing a string of hits the Eurovision Song Contest has been panned by fans in recent years . |
| 21 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 22 | In recounting his hero 's feats of ratiocination ( a word he invented ) he had an anonymous , somewhat credulous , narrator following him everywhere and asking the sort of questions the reasonably intelligent reader might want to ask ; the original Watson . |
| 23 | To encourage LEAs to accelerate the reduction of places the DES issued another circular in 1981 ( DES , 1981 ) which asked the LEAs to inform the DES how they intended reducing the number of places available . |
| 24 | In applying s 57(3) of the 1978 Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act to determine the fairness of dismissals the Tribunal has taken on board in a pluralistic fashion the interests of employees in this situation . |
| 25 | Transition probabilities p(1) to p(4) in Table 6.2 are calculated by counting the number of times the business executive stayed in city a and subsequently ( i ) stayed the next day in city a , ( ii ) moved to city b , ( iii ) moved to city c , ( iv ) moved to city d . |
| 26 | When Trolls are attacked calculate the number of wounds the unit suffers as normal . |
| 27 | And we had to help them to move and you know help them to move their things and really I saw the kind of difficulties the girls would be living under . |
| 28 | Perhaps the replacement of the flawed philosophy which permits the best batsmen in a team to bat for an unlimited number of deliveries , but restricts the number of overs the best bowlers in a side can send down ? |
| 29 | The trial number of the horizontal axis indicates the number of times the dog had been fed and heard an associated sound . |
| 30 | As part of the life cycle of this pest is spent as eggs on the trunks and limbs of cherry and plum trees , a winter wash of these with tar oil ovicide will reduce the incidence of attacks the following year . |