Example sentences of "the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 8 — on motivation — we shall examine research on the civil service which draws heavily upon the two-factor analysis developed by Herzberg . |
| 2 | Frederick Herzberg ( 1968 ) put forward the two-factor approach to motivation after an extensive study of job attitudes among engineers and accountants . |
| 3 | the two-factor interactions ( NP , NK and PK ) |
| 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 | In fig. 123 the violent diagonal of the hero 's body , twisting back as he throws himself across , lies over the counter-diagonal of the bull , carved in low relief on the background but it too turning its head out and back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 report points out that 70 million people live in the banana-shaped industrial complex which stretches from Britain to Italy . |
| 12 | The introductory document on national curriculum English hints at formal examinations at the end of key stages and this saddens her . |
| 13 | And this self , in the introductory chapter , is surely right to suggest that moral sense and a sense of the numinous do not come naturally — as some anthropological dismissals of religion might suggest — from some crude pre-scientific attempt to explain the universe . |
| 14 | Hobbes first describes this , in the introductory part of De Corpore , as a part of ‘ indefinite ’ science , the working out of a theoretical structure in terms of which particular ‘ limited ’ questions are answered . |
| 15 | In his earlier story , The Premature Burial ( 1844 ) , Poe set out to confuse his readers : whilst the pseudo-autobiographical part is clearly fiction , the introductory section , with its reference to the ‘ Chirugical Journal of Leipzig ’ , seems intended to be read as fact . |
| 16 | The introductory leaflet did not mince its words : ‘ It was a period when words contradicted deeds , propaganda realities , and when everyday life was full of fear , hypocrisy , and people felt helpless , having been at the mercy of those in power . ’ |
| 17 | This volume however is both unusual and welcome because it deals specifically with the work of Julia Kristeva ; it is informative in so far as it indicates the cross-disciplinary implications of her work , and it maintains a balance between the introductory and the complex . |
| 18 | On the rare occasion when over 15–20 pages seems justified add an index page immediately after the management summary and before the introductory section . |
| 19 | Michael was asked to give the introductory lecture at an engineering conference on the subject of his government review . |
| 20 | The policy-making group meets to set the time-scale , to plan the introductory sessions and to agree the questions to form the basis of discussions ; some are suggested in the next section . |
| 21 | Copies of the introductory General Policy Statement are displayed on notice boards throughout the University . |
| 22 | The introductory and basic skills workbooks far outnumber those that are subject-oriented . |
| 23 | The part of the programme which had received highest priority was the introductory course in information retrieval for the engineering undergraduates . |
| 24 | At the present time studies directed towards the educational product are being carried out , and long-term evaluation of both the introductory and advanced courses in information retrieval is in progress . |
| 25 | Most appropriately , the introductory chapter on distribution and evolution is an up-to-date review by that eminent physical anthropologist G. H. R. von Koenigswald . |
| 26 | A recent research project has certainly proved that a large number of very young babies would stop crying or even go to sleep whenever they heard the introductory music to certain television soap operas . |
| 27 | Warming-up figures like the infinity or horizontal figure of eight , and straight passes in trail are the introductory manoeuvres which involve least complication and yet teach the flyers the arts of timing and speed control . |
| 28 | It has been decided that the introductory day on future courses should include a substantial session on confidentiality . |
| 29 | Customs themselves predict that the introductory costs of meeting the single market requirements will be about £100m to British companies . |
| 30 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |