Example sentences of "[noun sg] behind [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the pluralist argument that the entrepreneur is the moving force behind economic development , Baran argues that the periphery , though marginal , may be fully penetrated by capitalist values and capitalist economic roles ; the nature of the integration into international capitalism means that structural constraints , such as external control of peripheral investment and production decisions- , ensure that industrial development is limited and vulnerable . |
| 2 | In the social history of twentieth-century Britain the Second World War stands out as a watershed ; the sheer scale and magnitude of the events that took place during those crucial six years seems to lend indisputable credibility to the view that modern wars are a major force behind progressive social change . |
| 3 | As the main force behind united labour action , the public sector unions felt the full force of US-Japanese reaction when amendments were made to the constitutional guarantees of labour rights . |
| 4 | Jules Brookes , the multi-instrumentalist and driving force behind Raw Stylus , ca n't keep a straight face as he attempts to recount his version of the group 's history . |
| 5 | The actual driving force behind American thinking on a renewal of atomic collaborations was anxiety about uranium ore supplies , which were being consumed at an increasing rate as American programmes accelerated . |
| 6 | In Italy , too , the interests of sections of the labour movement , in alliance with factions in the Christian Democrats , were a force behind post-war nationalizations ( Maraffi 1980 : 514–21 ; Martinelli 1981 : 94 ) . |
| 7 | Both leaders were caught short by Mr Kohl 's speech to the Bundestag not long after the opening of the Berlin Wall , in which he threw his weight behind German unification . |
| 8 | With adult weight behind uncontrolled infantile panic , the flailing arm strikes and damages . |
| 9 | Similar ambivalence has continued to characterise much of the thinking behind British urban policy . |
| 10 | The purpose of the research is to investigate the reaction of the Dod to these changed circumstances , the response of the telecommunications industry to the new opportunities created , the reasoning behind new telecommunications regulations , and structural realignments in the relations between and within US government departments and Agencies and US telecommunications industries . |
| 11 | Analysts noted that a review of the country 's security policies was needed , since much of the strategic reasoning behind previous defence plans had been negated by events , both domestic and international , during the year . |
| 12 | A written ( and usually also a formal verbal ) report will state : Objectives and terms of reference ; Summary of main findings and conclusions ; Detailed analysis of main findings ; Detailed reasoning behind main conclusions ; Appendices , tables , detailed supporting data and results ( etc ) . |
| 13 | The faster Stirling drove , the faster the car behind tried to catch up . |
| 14 | Outlook , page 21 Bond remains with BSB : Alan Bond , the troubled Australian entrepreneur , is to pay the £27.5m required to remain part of the consortium behind British Satellite Broadcasting , the UK rival to Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Television . |
| 15 | ALAN BOND , the troubled Australian entrepreneur , will pay the £27.5m he must find to remain part of the consortium behind British Satellite Broadcasting , the UK rival to Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Television . |
| 16 | The boy behind pulled Roy 's chair away leading to another hospital admission . |
| 17 | Sioban fought off many national squad members to finish a brilliant second behind senior international Gemma Cuff , and will make her international debut against Hungary in Somerset on Friday . |
| 18 | Under such circumstances , the influence of the father would , of course , be absent and so , therefore , would what is for most white youths the main stimulus behind sporting involvement . |
| 19 | PETE Waterman , the Svengali pop boss behind Undercover 's Baker Street smash , has splashed out £40,000 on an historic train engine called the Thunderer . |
| 20 | This , according to film-maker Robert McKee , is the philosophy behind cinematic horror . |
| 21 | This baffled the doctors still further and they concluded that ‘ Social attitudes are decidedly curious on the other side of the Atlantic : prohibition is a state institution but people drink their fill behind closed shutters ; everyone prides himself on his virtue but women wear pessaries against conception . ’ |
| 22 | He saw men scurrying over the yard , their faces white in the lantern-light , leaning back into the wind with their knees and legs taking the strain as the storm behind tried to bowl them over . |
| 23 | well , I 'm a bit behind full stop . |
| 24 | To help get this message across the Come & See Programme is designed to allow us to be frank and open about what we do and to allow the public to hear the true story behind nuclear power . |
| 25 | Operation Market Garden was the Allies attempt to secure the bridgehead behind German lines , as the enemy pushed towards the Rhine . |
| 26 | One-time manager of the US Ryder Cup team , Fred ‘ The Cork ’ celebrated his new appointment at ‘ Toot 's Shor 's ’ , a New York night spot , and told the sport 's in-crowd he was now working for Hopkins , genius behind General Dynamics and the godfather of a worldwide golfing jamboree that could , handled properly , go places . |
| 27 | It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched . |
| 28 | Where the skin stretched taut along his cheekbones it held a faint flush of colour after the day out , the disfiguring bitterness in the blue eyes hidden for the moment behind closed , black-fringed lids . |
| 29 | Discussions about my future took place behind closed doors , and sometimes in my presence as though I was n't there . |
| 30 | Any arguments — and one knows that there were some — took place behind closed doors , while a united front was presented to the world . |