Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Isolated nuclei display an ATP-dependent uptake of calcium , of which 20% was subsequently released by InsP 3 ( ref. 138 ) .
2 Ankles suffer a high rate of injury wherever poor mats are used .
3 The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 .
4 The cases display a mainly 19C head reliquary of the grandmother of King Wenceslas , Ludmila ; the 10C sword of St Stephen wrought by Ulfberth and a 13C mitre set with seed pearls .
5 Special gloves and even whole body suits mean the game can be felt as well .
6 in what ideological terms do these classes or groups perceive the problem of soil erosion — causes , blame , solutions ?
7 In other words , to the extent that Christianity is seen as providing a source of values which can legitimise the market economy , those same values undermine the assumptions from which a humanistic defence of the market economy starts .
8 Many books written for full-time or professional interviewers advocate a ‘ system ’ for asking questions .
9 Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms .
10 Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling .
11 An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on .
12 It is , indeed , difficult to avoid the generalization that while classical tendencies are increasingly becoming the ‘ dominant ’ ( in Jakobson 's sense ) in a commercial system such as that epitomized by US broadcasting , naturalist tendencies remain the dominant in the UK where public-service values retain an increasingly tenuous hold .
13 The latest facelifts make the point .
14 Cops nab a ‘ rogue ’ sandwich
15 Her fingers tickle the hairs on the back of my hand .
16 On the basis of US experience , Edwards ( 1979 ) identified a progression of employer strategies from ‘ simple ’ ( direct ) control in small firms , whereby arbitrary power to issue instructions and discipline employees is accorded to foremen and supervisors , 8 through ‘ technical ’ control in which machines set the pace of work , especially in mass-production industries , to a ‘ bureaucratic ’ stage where work becomes highly stratified and employers develop a system of impersonal rules to control workers .
17 However voluntary groups lack the funds to do as much as they would like in providing comfortable well staffed centres .
18 In Germany employers gain area 2 from the employment of migrant workers , while in the UK employers lose an amount equivalent to the areas 3 + 4 .
19 Although the written text may be very general and refrain from referring either to men or women , the illustrations make a definite point for the majority contain male figures .
20 At present , black comedy 's screen coverage is limited to The Real McCoy — whose shaky sets and second-rate scripts hinder the scene 's advancement as much as the very presence of the show helps it .
21 Beyond the woods lay a valley and in the valley a lake , where the ruins of a fine Georgian house were reflected on a clear day .
22 Beyond these woods lay the round green hills of Donegal 's farmland , not unlike England 's South Downs , the fields bounded by tall hedges .
23 During my term as manager I have made few friends and my enemies stalk the boardroom in ever increasing numbers .
24 The programmes combine the acquisition of a language ( French , German or Spanish ) with study of the basic disciplines traditionally associated with Business and Management .
25 I believe that the general practitioners find a problem list more informative ( although I have never investigated this formally ) and that the copy letters in the notes make a more useful case summary than the handwritten record .
26 A million neon signs push the delicacy of the pink twilight into a dull haze .
27 Whilst such systems are powerful tools for marketing analysis and direct marketing campaigns ( indeed , such profile codings have been shown to be highly predictive when incorporated into credit scorecards ) , the credit marketer should never lose sight of the fact that these are likely profiles and there will inevitably be a small proportion of targeted customers whose actual profiles display a disparity from the system profile .
28 In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but the purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased .
29 In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased .
30 Liberal theories centre their attention on the almost free-floating power of the Commons , whereas liberal-democratic accounts by-pass the significance of the Commons in order to place a twin emphasis on the government ( the Cabinet and the Prime Minister ) and the people in special relationship each to the other .
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