Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closer the number of times we felt cold came to equalling the number of times we felt warm , the more inclined we would be to think of the words ‘ warm ’ and ‘ cold ’ as applying to the sensation only indirectly . |
| 2 | Otherwise it is n-ary , with the value of ‘ n ’ equalling the number of entities . |
| 3 | Any law which directly or indirectly discourages the publication of views from within the criminal justice system must be viewed with suspicion . |
| 4 | They influence the education of children in enormously important ways , not just in terms of how many exams they pass , what results they get at O level or C S E , but on important issues such as education for democracy , the kind of climate that schools create for young people is very important in the way they see society and they see their role in it . |
| 5 | However , the free flow of funds between national and international money markets ensures that key domestic interest rates influence the cost of funds . |
| 6 | We possess no worked example to illustrate how genes control behaviour ; all we can say is that , in abstract terms , proteins influence the development of neurons , and that genes must by this means influence the development of the nervous system . |
| 7 | But the identity which a region gives — through collective institutions such as its legal , educational and political systems — can not be provided by individuals alone , through the meanings which they attribute to their lifeworlds : ‘ In this respect the regions contain an explicit collective dimension which has relative independence , being continually reproduced by institutionally embedded power relations that influence the socialization of individuals ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 8 | Others influence the kind of jobs we can get , how much we 'll be paid , how we behave in public ( and even in private ) and how we spend our time and money . |
| 9 | This is not to say , however , that various arguments will not be among the important factors that influence the decisions of scientists . |
| 10 | Hormones of the adrenal cortex influence the behaviour of lymphocytes , the white blood cells involved in the development of immunity : the adrenal hormones , and synthetic related substances have been found useful in the control of those leukaemias which are , in effect , tumours of lymphocytes . |
| 11 | To what extent does low status influence the work of women teachers ? |
| 12 | Widely interpreted , competition policy embraces a great variety of methods by which governments influence the operations of buyers and sellers on all forms of markets . |
| 13 | A country like Romania could ‘ considerably influence the course of events ’ . |
| 14 | Inadequate capital resources , insufficient euro-currency intermediation profits or worries over loan exposures influence the willingness of banks to accept and lend funds . |
| 15 | As Table 8.2 shows , there are many silvicultural techniques that can improve productivity ; all influence the structure of forests and are thus agents of environmental change . |
| 16 | The raw material of events is processed ( selected , edited , dramatised , presented ) by the professionals who run the media ; ultimately it is their values which influence the version of events the public receives ( Edwards , 1979 ) . |
| 17 | In particular the study will be investigating whether different types of merger ( e.g. horizontal ) influence the distribution of gains and losses between the shareholders of the companies which instigate the merger or takeover and the shareholders of the companies which are taken over . |
| 18 | There are many factors , both social and psychological , which influence the roles of teachers and learners in the classroom . |
| 19 | They influence the outcome of discussions and persuade others of their point of view more than women do . |
| 20 | Other temperamental differences influence the training of dogs . |
| 21 | I mean , it is n't as though we have to operate a policy in which we heavily advertise the availability of grants , it , it can develop via word of mouth , if we advertise anything , we would be inundated with demand for to a level that we could n't cope with . |
| 22 | Advertise the requirements of clients and contacts who may wish to acquire or sell through the NEWSFLASH system . |
| 23 | Notwithstanding attempts to diversify the production of commodities , Vietnam 's state-owned enterprises faced strong competition from private companies after losing their subsidy and monopoly rights . |
| 24 | The merchant then met the Queen of Pleasures . |
| 25 | What he discovered was that the G cell turned when it met the axons of cells A1 and A2 , whereas C turned and followed two other pioneer cells , P1 and P2 . |
| 26 | Snell has been criticized for causing a decline in handwriting by promoting his dull copperplate style , but his practice and teaching of a simpler and standardized mode of handwriting most effectively met the needs of clerks in the growing number of commercial houses . |
| 27 | Where ITV met the needs of regions viewed as ‘ minorities , within the nation , the fourth channel should be a national service , but serving social and cultural minorities : blacks , feminists , philosophers , gays , American football fanatics , and |
| 28 | ‘ I was all right walking down to the pit until I met the group of supporters then I had to crack . ’ |
| 29 | The foregoing analysis neglects the effects of firms ' other competitive variables such as product quality , product range and product differentiation . |
| 30 | His deficit arises in a subsequent stage of attending to these figures , at which he neglects the left of figures wherever they appear , and thus can not judge explicitly whether they are symmetrical about the vertical . |