Example sentences of "appropriate to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 2 | But no matter whether the ballet lasts one , two or three acts the choreographer must be fully in control of his material so that every detail of the characterisation of the whole cast is appropriate to the general atmosphere and environment within which the plot unfolds . |
| 3 | He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’ |
| 4 | To do this successfully the choreographer must be able to select from the ‘ aggregation of objects ’ only those which are appropriate to the ballet in hand . |
| 5 | They must be performed and co-ordinated with the dance style and musical rhythms appropriate to the location where the story is being enacted . |
| 6 | The calibration is carried out by mounting the magnetometer core centrally in the coils and adjusting the peak-to-peak output while reversing the coil current , set to a constant value appropriate to the range being calibrated . |
| 7 | The great cultural danger for the English is , to my mind , their tendency to judge the arts by the values appropriate to the conduct of family life . |
| 8 | For the rest , standards of literacy were offered which were appropriate to the needs of an industrial workforce . |
| 9 | It was a stiff , headmasterly performance , appropriate to the handing down from the palace of the kingly rules by which the democratic experiment was to be played . |
| 10 | A broader conception of discretion should include a knowledge about the interactional skills appropriate to the different types of encounter between police and public . |
| 11 | ‘ Very appropriate to the situation , Piper . |
| 12 | This market will be appropriate to the skills and operating style of both the farmers and artisans who will meet its demands . |
| 13 | This critical strain culminates in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ) , which argues that the gentlemanly values appropriate to the Boer War and the First World War are no longer suitable for fighting the Nazis . |
| 14 | It was appropriate to the spirit of jazz ( and a useful antidote to the inevitable toe-curling staginess of awards ceremonies in general ) to present two bands of joint American-British instrumentalists who had not worked together before to see what would happen . |
| 15 | The great thing about tea drinking is that so many varieties are available that you can always find a brew that is appropriate to the occasion . |
| 16 | When we think of religion in the eighteenth century , we are inclined to do so in terms of deists , sceptical philosophers and other pundits appropriate to the Age of Reason . |
| 17 | Of the manner of making clergy , very early texts speak of prayer and laying on of hands , by which was conferred a charismatic gift appropriate to the office ( 2 Tim . |
| 18 | Naturally , it depends what is appropriate to the music . |
| 19 | With retail sales in decline , haggling — usually more appropriate to the souks of Tangier than our domestic department stores — is becoming more common here . |
| 20 | The truth is that British agriculture policies defy logic and fairness — they seem more appropriate to the pages of Alice in Wonderland than real life . |
| 21 | He is there to perform , so let's accept that he ( or she ) will take whatever risks with his body he deems appropriate to the importance in his own life of winning the prize . |
| 22 | In some areas , where the potential for agricultural development is limited , greater attention will have to be paid to the generation of alternative forms of production and employment appropriate to the available resources . |
| 23 | A reorientation of agricultural research to be more appropriate to the technical , social and economic situation of disadvantaged regions is necessary . |
| 24 | This sets out to offer the full range of Fluka products alongside those of Sigma and Aldrich , but at a scale and price more appropriate to the needs of pilot or development plant , clinical trial or production level , while maintaining the very high levels of quality and service for which all three companies are renowned . |
| 25 | The amount of detail given will have to be appropriate to the type of system installed . |
| 26 | We are now in a position to examine the kind of behaviour that is appropriate to the ‘ game ’ of drama discussed in this chapter . |
| 27 | To do this he has to employ language and gesture appropriate to the context in which he finds himself — he may shout ‘ Halt ! ’ or give a salute on an army parade ground , but not at a picnic . |
| 28 | They should be appropriate to the stated aims of the organisation , rather than to an individual or sub-group 's desire to maximise their own aims . |
| 29 | ( b ) The proactive , directional planning approach is usually more appropriate to the dynamic environment in which schools find themselves and to their need to react to pupils and circumstances . |
| 30 | Rewards need to be appropriate to the individual , i.e. valued and possible |