Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Frederick Herzberg ( 1968 ) put forward the two-factor approach to motivation after an extensive study of job attitudes among engineers and accountants .
2 the two-factor interactions ( NP , NK and PK )
3 In Chapter 8 — on motivation — we shall examine research on the civil service which draws heavily upon the two-factor analysis developed by Herzberg .
4 And as to the over-imaginative way in which papers have so often treated her , she added simply : ‘ Because I 'm only young , and have lived such a short and normal life , they run out of things to say about me . ’
5 Just as you thought the coupe for the masses had receded into a misty-eyed memory of metallic-blue Ford Capris and diamond-white Opel Mantas , along comes the Calibra ; a practical yet sleek four-seater to set the high-mileage rep 's heart alike .
6 And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 .
7 The cat began to stalk her through the blade-broad iris leaves with such solemnity that she laughed and paused even longer , to play with him , and was cheered .
8 It was lads from Garforth who stole the 1829 pole , but a group from Aberford managed to make off with the top half in 1907 .
9 According to the obstetrician , Isaac Barker Brown , female insanity went through eight stages , beginning with hysteria , and was largely due to ‘ failure of nervous power … produced by peripheral irritation arising in the branches of the pudic nerve , more particularly the incident nerve supplying the clitoris ’ .
10 Despite his efforts to tear into his food with Latin gusto , or the slicked-down hair above the urban American face , he simply ca n't appear to be a native of a provincial Italian town . ‘
11 THE 41-year-old chairman of the Shui On property and construction group , Vincent Lo , has risen sharply to political prominence since he was chosen by Peking in 1985 as one of the 180 members of its Basic Law Consultative Committee .
12 At 1100 hours all is set and the parade ground is filled by the long ranks of the 180 members of Training Company and the Pegasus Band all awaiting the arrival of the Inspecting Officer , Brigadier Mike Scott DSO CBE , who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards in the Falklands War .
13 The 180 foot tower is ascended by climbing a narrow spiral staircase , which becomes narrower and narrower as one reaches the top .
14 Working on board can build up a hearty appetite and catering for the 180 crew on board Balder has been managed by P&O Catering .
15 The influence of the landscape around Mont-Roig , in southern Catalonia , can be seen in many of the 180 paintings now assembled in Barcelona to mark the centenary of Miro 's birth .
16 In his last weekend racing before defending his British Milk Race title which starts on Sunday next , Conor Henry was 9th in the 180 kms Paris-Chauny and 10th in the 160 kms Paris-Fontenay .
17 No walker who visits Pembrokeshire can fail to be tempted by part of the 180 mile coastal path .
18 Outage Controller Bob Makin controls day-to-day site work , while Russell Walker , from Strachan & henshaw , manages the 180 contract workers .
19 Progress upwind can only be made by completing a series of zig-zags , the turns at first being executed by the 180 degree turn method and later , with more experience , by tacking — steering the board through the turn .
20 The 180 degree rule also applies to ‘ eyelines ’ when camera angles are being chosen from which to shoot scenes where people are shown in conversation .
21 The 180 days being mooted is absurd and will not do any favours to clubs , players or , indeed , spectators .
22 The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill on Aug. 31 after modifying some of its provisions , so that in its final form the law cut state subsidies by only 50 per cent and these would be restored in full on expiry of the 180 days ; provisions for a moratorium on unpaid taxes and greater flexibility on contracts and salaries for senior government employees were voted out .
23 The Stratoscoop we advise is the 180 x 150cm ( 70 x 59in ) ST3 , which is measured to lift an average of 4.5kg ( 10lb ) .
24 Joining the 180 club last week were T Crane ( Dunsilly Inn ) and T Shanks ( Ulster Bar ) who also finished on 152 .
25 From the 180 TEU Annika , there has been no less than five different vessels involved in servicing this route , each one providing a larger carrying capacity than its predecessor .
26 This makes for a very compact representation of a map ; for example the YAC map in Figure 3 can be completely specified by a file listing the 180 probes in order , with the chromosome/contig breaks marked .
27 The NUCPS , which together with the Civil and Public Servants Association , represents the 180 staff at Chester , has sent its response to the Government .
28 The 180 page full colour catalogue is now available £6.95 .
29 The 180 page full colour catalogue is now available £6.95 .
30 The attractions of the 180 km of pistes escaped her entirely , but she was mad keen on the 57 ski lifts .
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