Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] of [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A somewhat different tone began to emerge relatively quickly , particularly in an address that Gorbachev gave to British members of parliament later the same month . |
| 2 | It 's possible to formulate theories of very simple aspects of physics where the laws or the strengths of different forces , say like gravity , actually change from place to place and make predictions as to what the observable consequences should be , erm and to a very degree of accuracy one concludes that the strengths of the forces of nature and the laws and the rules of the game are not changing from place to place . |
| 3 | If the case raised factual issues , then the fact-oriented procedure should be allowed unless there were compelling reasons of time why the extra delay this would cause was unacceptable . |
| 4 | Pupils will be encouraged to use printed lists of keywords when the system is fully operational , One difficulty here is to create keys for subjects which begin with the same first three letters e.g. FARMING and FAROES but the school librarian sees this as a useful information problem for pupils to tackle . |
| 5 | And if self aware role modelling in medicine were to include a declared abstention from all the quiet words , phone calls , and fixings of the present highly selective mechanisms of patronage then the expectations of medical students and junior doctors , especially women and those from ethnic minorities , could be transformed , perhaps within only a generation or two . |
| 6 | Significantly the dream of an Imperial organic entity perished on the very battlefields of Flanders where the self-governing Dominions did apparently fight ‘ for their common interests ’ : |
| 7 | Even if you ca n't find or afford tall elegant pieces of furniture much the same effect can be produced with a tall plant or lamp , wall-fixed shelving , mirrors and , of course , pictures . |
| 8 | The newspapers said that this was due to the fact that the Syrian army was tightening its ring around the southern suburbs of Beirut where the French and American hostages were thought to be . |
| 9 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 10 | There are , of course , big areas of Normandy where the farmers are still producing milk , butter , cream and cheeses by the old methods . |
| 11 | Melia ( 1988 ) comments on the UKCC document also and provides thought-provoking examples of circumstances where the guidelines could be applied . |
| 12 | On almost the whole of the exposed parts of the western coasts of Britain both the prevalent and dominant winds are the westerlies , but on the east coast , where the prevalent winds are still the westerlies , the dominant winds are the easterlies , as the westerly winds are blowing offshore and are incapable of producing waves affecting the coast . |
| 13 | Screening can have value in reassuring unaffected members of families where the genetic abnormality is known . |
| 14 | Clark and Coats rightly state that this ‘ can have value in reassuring unaffected members of families where the mutation is known . ’ |
| 15 | If the Moon also lost most of its craters from the final stages of formation then the apparent failure on Mercury of post-formation bombardment to saturate the intercrater plains may seem to indicate that Mercury was exposed to a less numerous population of small bodies than the Moon . |
| 16 | The carrying capacity of much of the land was greater than in other parts of Wales hence the predominance of full-time units . |
| 17 | For example , a judge who acquires a reputation among his seniors for being ‘ soft ’ in certain types of cases where the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice , the Master of the Rolls and other senior judges favour a hard line is as likely to damage his promotion prospects as he would if his appointment were found to be unfortunate on other more obvious grounds . |
| 18 | The police pursue policies of differential deployment ( for example , swamping certain parts of London where the West Indian population is prominent ) and ‘ methodological suspicion ’ ( that is , routinely suspecting only a limited proportion of the population , particularly those with criminal records or known criminal associates ) . |