Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] the reader 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the novel relies on prior literary knowledge , each individual reading will necessarily be the idiosyncratic result of an interaction between the proper names given and the reader 's capacity to ‘ round out ’ these names by furnishing them with personalities and circumstantial details ( which may vary considerably even between readers who have read the same texts ) . |
| 2 | Whereas word recognition can occur without the skilled reader thinking about it , sentence reconstruction can not , and it is to this component subskill that the reader 's attention should be directed . |
| 3 | Simile and metaphor , then , serve to form a bridge between the experience a writer wants to convey and the reader 's own experience . |
| 4 | On the face of it , the decision in three cases suggests that the reader 's client has little hope . |
| 5 | With specific reference to the complex Swiss-German linguistic and educational situation , Watts suggests that the reader 's response to English literary texts is marred by " the reality set of the sociocultural group to which that reader belongs " ( p. 28 ) . |