Example sentences of "[adj] to the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Active since 1987 , it has spent the intervening years seeking solutions that combine an adequate defence of the city against flooding with reestablishment and conservation of the environmental characteristics peculiar to the Lagoon and the safeguarding of economic interests on the surrounding hinterland . |
| 2 | A brand of religion peculiar to the country and its people , where saints and miracles were part of everyday life and idiots were revered as the children of God . |
| 3 | We may examine the technologies applied to the basic raw materials in early Anglo-Saxon society , wood , metal , clay , fibres and minerals , paying particular attention to aspects which are peculiar to the period and leaving the general matters of technology as understood . |
| 4 | The kind of society we live in — broadly the industrial capitalism which is being embraced by more and more of the world — is making us prone to the alienation and isolation on which madness feeds . |
| 5 | Piquantly enough , Foodie-ism is as prone to the whims and shifts of favour as the fashion industry itself . |
| 6 | Heavy reliance on settlement , however , does mean that if formal proceedings occur the procedures and conduct required may be unfamiliar to the parties and their advisors . |
| 7 | Spindles are often just screw-nailed to the handrail and bottom rail . |
| 8 | Once again , we are making it clear to the Minister and putting it firmly on record that , in its present form , the Bill does nothing to make it likely that the Government 's words , which have been employed to make the Bill more politically acceptable in Scotland , will be translated into reality . |
| 9 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 10 | However , I made my position very clear to the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus sports hack , Mark Crowe , when he came sniffing round at the funeral . |
| 11 | ‘ On the body were discovered certain papers which made it only too clear to the marshal and me , though not to those halfwits at the frontier , thank God , that Fräulein Müller and her companion were not , as we had assumed , acting for the Austrians , but for our own High Police . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ These observations will be made clear to the team and to individual players before the game at Lord 's . ’ |
| 13 | That must be made crystal clear to the politicians and generals of Serbia . |
| 14 | If the person using the expert system does not have the degree of skill and knowledge contained in the system he should make this clear to the client and obtain his agreement prior to using the system . |
| 15 | With a well known provenance , and a varied group of top quality pictures , fresh to the market and offered with flexible estate reserves , the sale was 95% sold . |
| 16 | I have decided that as from tonight I will be reborn under a different star , ’ and here she gestured upwards to the constellation over her head , ‘ I will be rechristened , I will come down those stairs tomorrow night fresh to the world and glistening with a new name ; from now on , you will kindly refer to me , both to my sainted face and behind my back , as Mother . |
| 17 | Rex and Moore 's classification was based upon research in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham , and it is more or less time-specific to the mid-1960s and applicable to medium-to large-sized cities . |
| 18 | The monitoring exercise should be responsive to the school and department 's policy concerns . |
| 19 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 20 | Other studies have also demonstrated that during the second year most children become responsive to the distress and anger of other family members ( Cummings et al . |
| 21 | To Tozer , the news that IBM UK , the industry 's barometer , has this year frozen pay and is reshuffling its employees to cut numbers must have a good side : ‘ If it means it becomes more responsive to the market and customers , I think we will benefit , ’ she says . |
| 22 | The ‘ ego ’ ( itself linked and responsive to the id and the superego ) is constantly searching for what Freud and later Freudians call ‘ defence mechanisms ’ to protect and enhance individual personality . |
| 23 | must be responsive to the needs and problems of the community it serves . |
| 24 | ‘ BR is a relatively efficient railway , ’ public transport minister Roger Freeman told ACCOUNTANCY , ‘ but where the private sector can provide a service , it will be more responsive to the needs and demands of customers . |
| 25 | The CSUTCB 's intention was to establish an independent multinational and socialist state , with its own flag and army , and responsive to the needs and aspirations of the indigenous Indian population . |
| 26 | He was often generous to the Club and to other causes . |
| 27 | You can of course ask your Homœopathic pharmacist to dispatch the stock bottle direct to the patient and eliminate all those steps ! |
| 28 | The Staplers did not acquire a complete monopoly ; merchants from the northern counties were able to export direct to the Netherlands and , more important , Italian merchants could secure licences to export wool either by land or by sea through the Straits of Gibraltar ( 94 , pp.43–7 ) . |
| 29 | Application is made direct to the Polytechnic and decisions on whether to offer a place and what exemptions are to be given are made by the relevant Field Chairs , using an interview if necessary . |
| 30 | Where the admission is sent direct to the plaintiff and the offer is accepted , the plaintiff is not required to file the admission ( or a copy ) with the request for judgment . |