Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxiety over global environmental change has perhaps made us more aware of the converse idea : that the activities of microbes largely determine the state of the biosphere , and in particular the evolution of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 2 | Acute illness episodes were also significant , restricting the activities of men over 75 for an average 47 days each year , and of women for an average 61 days each year — compared with 23 days and 29 days respectively for men and women of all ages . |
| 3 | One of the principal reasons for this was considered to be the existence of the defence for men under 24 . |
| 4 | Our case is that , while the nature of the social relations at the workplace is clearly an important differentiating characteristic of the Dukeries field , they are probably a necessary but insufficient factor to account for the response of miners there to the 1926 and 1984 calls to strike . |
| 5 | Tim Catterall , a director of Sanderson , Townend and Gilbert , said : ‘ We have found the response to Cornmill extremely encouraging and are working hard to put together a good mix of tenants who can thrive alongside each other . |
| 6 | While the idea that the response to crime actually caused more crime was pleasantly ironic , it was nevertheless still very much a causal-sounding theory , and one of a particularly deterministic nature . |
| 7 | The response from colleges greatly encouraged the Council and it was agreed that this part of the Development Programme should be continued by inviting colleges to participate in 1989 pilot schemes . |
| 8 | For many the income from agriculture alone could not support them . |
| 9 | In other words , instead of preserving a level of insider employment L 1 at a lower real wage rate w 2 , the level of employment among insiders falls to L 2 owing to the inability of insiders directly to influence the real wage rate . |
| 10 | A fact that becomes clear , however , was that the addition of heparin undoubtedly raised the incidence of bleeding ; those on no heparin had no severe bleeding , those who had subcutaneous heparin bled in about 0.5% of cases and those who received full heparin therapy bled in about 1% of cases . |
| 11 | The addition of lecithin progressively shifted cholesterol to the non vesicular phase . |
| 12 | According to Melnick ( 1986:1–2 ) , ‘ The forms of misbehaviour commonly associated with football hooliganism include physical assaults on opposing fans and police , pitch invasions , throwing missiles , verbal abuse , vandalism , drunkenness , theft and possession of an offensive weapon . ’ |
| 13 | Certificates are decisions of the employer 's agent : in the forms of contract usually encountered , the certificates are reviewable by arbitration . |
| 14 | While both tuned and untuned percussion instruments can be used in many of the forms of accompaniment already mentioned , as part of an ensemble or orchestra , those of indefinite pitch such as cymbals , gongs , and drums need special mention because they can be used alone , without using other conventional instruments . |
| 15 | This unstable identification — much more unstable than the forms of identification usually associated with cinema — is reinforced by the much looser rules of engagement implied by television 's interruptable time . |
| 16 | This marks a change since 1969 , when HP and mail order were the forms of credit most often considered but not used . |
| 17 | The majority of builders therefore prepare a second set of accounts known as the cost accounts . |
| 18 | The fact that the majority of families now only have two children may add additional value and intensity to the sibling relationship . |
| 19 | I shall now endeavour to show that the lack of real happiness manifested by the majority of adults today is due to the fact that they are experiencing , not an improving , but a continually deteriorating use of their psycho-physical selves . |
| 20 | In the majority of cases however , the valuation engagement will be value added , where the firm uses information , which may already have been the subject of validation , enquiry and analytical procedures or information gathering work , to derive a conclusion in the form of an estimated value or range of values for a particular purpose . |
| 21 | The evidence for destruction of buildings is almost non-existent and the human remains of ‘ the victims ’ in the majority of cases clearly belong to organized burials in small cemeteries , post-dating the occupation of some of the villa buildings . |
| 22 | Whereas the older ‘ career ’ users served their ‘ apprenticeship ’ at a time when the majority of users also injected , this fund of knowledge was not readily available to the new users . |
| 23 | These twin problems of psychological dependence and social pressure were regarded by the majority of users as more difficult to overcome than the physical aspect of their addiction . |
| 24 | Can he confirm that there will be no discrimination against state schools , for which the majority of parents still exercise a preference , or in favour of the segregated education system that the Roman Catholic Church and most Catholic parents want to maintain ? |
| 25 | The majority of mothers just could n't care less . |
| 26 | As yet , very few people were about , the majority of holiday-makers still at breakfast . |
| 27 | Old Hall yes , yes , yes , yeah and so I think and of course erm I have talked erm I talk in the different clubs you know , as I say , and I think erm the majority of women usually like this , they look forward to the divi to buy say a major item , you know . |
| 28 | The majority of teachers also examine the results by looking at : |
| 29 | No vote was taken , but the majority of delegates reportedly expressed a preference for the retention of the present de facto one-party system . |
| 30 | Strange really as the majority of games early in his career were in mid-field as deputy for E.Gray . |