Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [noun sg] of [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widdowson ( 1983 ) suggests that this planning process can be seen as a " covert interaction " in which the writer plays the role of both the initiator and recipient of the discourse ( i.e. speaker and hearer ) . |
| 2 | In each case it is the lack of understanding which constitutes the inauthenticity of either the faith or the doubt . |
| 3 | The relevant economic argument that reaches the notice of even the ill-informed newspaper reader is the proposition that high taxation , or indeed any taxation at all , is undesirable because it limits the extent to which people work , produce and add to the ‘ wealth of the nation ’ . |
| 4 | The latter requires the agreement of both the appellant and the authority and even where this is so , the Secretary of State can decide that a hearing is desirable — for example , if there is much local feeling on the issue . |
| 5 | It is most suitable for lightweight curtains , nets and café curtains , and requires a fullness of twice the length of the curtain fixture , but this is adjustable . |
| 6 | The immense width of the two main roads , one with a minimum width of practically a hundred feet and the other of sixty-six feet , reflects the state of even the main roads before the days of the turnpikes and above all of the scientific roadmaking initiated by Metcalf and Macadam in the late eighteenth century . |
| 7 | The buyer 's right to treat the contract as repudiated arises in the same circumstances as his right to reject the goods , i. e. if the seller commits a breach of condition or a breach of warranty which deprives the buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract ( see paragraph 7–04 , above ) . |
| 8 | Sometimes , we have to deal with very old hard and thick wood that taxes the strength of even the loppers . |
| 9 | In seeking to develop a technique that would be compatible with the findings of modern physics , she demonstrates the relevance of even the most abstract of concepts to our understanding of ourselves and our relation to others through language . |