Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] of [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is the distortion of fact or the deification of rumour the only problem ; there is also the considerable problem of the temporal nature of commenting on climbing style . |
| 2 | Or are you saying that the level of provision the County Council propose for employment is excessive bearing in mind that they do not propose to cater for one hundred percent migration ? |
| 3 | ‘ If he finds that the task of ruling the Khanate is a challenge — ’ he started . |
| 4 | But by the mid-1980s , after more than a decade of discussion the G-77 had been unable to get the industrialised countries to agree to substitute the mandatory ‘ shall ’ for the advisory ‘ should ’ in the draft Code ( Zacher and Finlayson , 1988 : ch. 2 ) . |
| 5 | From that revelatory moment when the box of white paper is opened until the moment of exposure the exchange of light onto receptive surface has begun . |
| 6 | The overseas staff found the outpouring of resentment against the whites and the sense of disadvantage the Africans expressed hard to handle . |
| 7 | ‘ Between the top of Skiddaw and the Lake of Bassenthwaite the numerous narrow openings are happily described by Housman … ‘ on looking down the profound precipice in almost any direction the eye recoils with horror . |
| 8 | In the time that had elapsed between the date of plea and the date of sentence the overseers of the parish had changed . |
| 9 | Emergency generators were distributed with water supplies and the pumping of sewerage the first priorities . |
| 10 | Could that be , perhaps , the Isla Esperanza and , beyond , the much larger Hanover Island , Isla Jorge Montt and the chunk of rock the Royal Navy ( who found it ) once called Cambridge Island , but which was now the Isla Diego de Almagro ? |
| 11 | Recommended for Manufacturers guide to suggested mileage and the type of terrain the shoe is suited to . |
| 12 | But if , having served a term in purgatory , if having had the chance to try his arguments on other philosophers , Hegel was not unrepentant , he might agree that there was perhaps something in the alternative view : that each of the factors affecting historical development does have its own authenticity ; that they act upon and react to one another ; that from time to time this or that factor will take on a greater or lesser importance ; that of course — with a nod in the direction of Marx — at least since the neolithic age and the development of agriculture the mode of production has been a major factor ; and that the actions of particular men , Marx among them , have in fact been formative , changing not merely the degree of development of a kind already prescribed by a programme of social evolution , but the kind of development itself . |
| 13 | Whether a translation conforms to the source-text patterns of cohesion or tries to approximate to target-language patterns will depend in the final analysis on the purpose of the translation and the amount of freedom the translator feels entitled to in rechunking information and/or altering signals of relations between chunks . |
| 14 | Since the companies set the price , they determined both the amount of profit per bbl from extracting it and the amount of tax the ‘ host government ’ could levy on the process . |
| 15 | No one is ever going to believe you are totally innocent over this , and the sort of publicity the fuel blend failure attracted this afternoon is extremely damaging , as I 'm sure you are aware . |
| 16 | The Ministry of Defence will contribute up to £40 million of this , the DES £50 million and the Department of Industry the remaining £110 million . |
| 17 | The relatively cheap and rapid transportation it provided and the elasticity of capacity the companies boasted gave a powerful boost to the mass holiday-making industry . |
| 18 | This is determined by the burn-up of the original uranium and varies with the reactor type and the length of time the fuel remains in place . |
| 19 | Other side-effects are associated with physical dependence and withdrawal , and vary considerably depending on the dosage given and the duration of time the drug has been administered . |
| 20 | Showing Out and Pass The Mic yield some surprisingly good dancers and singers , but the choice of Pass The Mic winner suggests that breast size is the judges ' main criterion . |
| 21 | The tools might be different , the craft diverse , but the feeling of serenity the room gave pleased and warmed her . |
| 22 | It was n't really the sting of the blows , but the amount of time the thrashing continued that made her burst into a flood of tears . |
| 23 | It seems simple , just switching on and off , but the length of time the lighting is on ( the photoperiod ) affects the success of the aquarium . |
| 24 | The only greenbelt erm er in North Yorkshire er is the is is the West Yorkshire statutory greenbelt in the Western part er of Selby District Council , but the area of land the area of search that we have defined as about er ten miles would not take in any er would not be of relevance to the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 25 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 26 | I do n't know whether it is just the advance of modern technology within the family , or whether it is because the type of material the fire is built with nowadays would n't let them taste quite so good . |
| 27 | Long ago , when the colony was flourishing and sugar was being shipped in quantities of menhir-shaped loaves to the storerooms and the kitchens and the taverns and the parlours of the capitals of Europe , a French missionary priest , one Père Labat , wrote one of the first comprehensive travel books about the new world of the islands , chronicling the natives and their customs ( as far as he could ) as well as the way of life the settlers had developed , with their fine mansions and wide verandahs , ornamented with brattishings and cool with shutters and fringed jalousies . |
| 28 | Hence as the enemy of society the witch comes to be viewed as the embodiment of all those dark forces which threaten cooperation , group cohesion , and the entire moral order . |
| 29 | However , it he takes as souvenir so much as a blade of grass the entrance to this charming kingdom will close forever more . |
| 30 | As a community of faith the model and inspiration in life is Jesus Christ and not merely a consensus among individuals . |