Example sentences of "[vb base] a [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Sampling procedures , then , necessarily involve a series of compromises .
2 Bell and Newell ( 1971 , Chapter 2 ) suggest a pair of notations for describing computers ; ISP ( Instruction Set Processor ) for descriptions at the instruction level , and PMS ( Processor-Memory-Switch ) for an over-all view of hardware components making up a complete computer system .
3 Each year business managers draw up a budget and suggest a series of financial targets .
4 This can be illustrated by a dipslope example ( Fig. 9.16 ) in which the reconstructed contours suggest a series of flatter and more steeply sloping areas .
5 And the main projections that have been work out by erm population council , United Nations and people like this , suggest a series of alternatives , which I referred to earlier .
6 He then uses much the same repertory of colours and patterns and fin displays as he did for aggression , but in a female these trigger a series of different responses that eventually culminates in the laying of eggs .
7 However , so long as one is aware of their limitations , classifications are useful , since they provide a series of labels to attach to different eruptions , aiding recognition and simplifying the job of describing them .
8 Quatro Pro provide a series of dialogue boxes for sorting , analysing and searching for data .
9 This advantage is considerable since the bitter fraction may then be chemically manipulated to produce bitter iso a acids from the a acids and so provide a PIKE product which may be added towards the end of the boil or even afterwards .
10 SITUATED in prestigious Ludgate House in Blackfriars , Express Newspapers keep going throughout the day , so CCG provide a staff restaurant for breakfast , lunch and evening meals .
11 It would discipline assessments of success and provide a means of remedying a weakness in government ; insufficient learning from experience of reforms .
12 It is such measurable levels of activity over a given time period however which provide a means of support and comparison .
13 Such triangular set-ups provide a means of regulating distance in a marriage , and may represent a bid to retain freedom and independence .
14 Advanced expert systems provide a means to significantly improve performance in each of these important areas .
15 Advanced expert systems provide a means to significantly improve performance in each of these important areas .
16 They always provide a means to recognise , identify and focus on it , and finally to think it , but often at the end of a long investigation , and only after piercing the enigma contained in certain expressions . ’
17 These provide a means for lexicographers to review and amend dictionary material which has completed the first stage of processing , as well as a facility for the transfer of portions of the dictionary material to a typesetting and composition operator .
18 Such explanations are highly disembedded , and , like other aspects of disembedded thinking , they are of considerable educational significance , since they provide a means of checking that pupils actually understand what they are doing , and not just giving correct answers through chance , imitation , or rote learning .
19 The following events are readily observable in intact embryos and provide a means of synchronizing them — ( for timings see Table 1 ) .
20 The FMC regulations also provide a means for notifying the public of the requirements and availability of surety bonds and enable ocean carriers to ascertain whether they are doing business with an untariffed or unbonded NVOCC .
21 They also provide a means of comparing units .
22 Deleuze elaborates a ‘ logique du sens ’ valorizing paradox and ‘ synthèse disjonctive ’ ( 1969:84 ) , while Derrida 's ‘ logique du supplément ’ ( 1967 ) and his quaternary chiasmatic logic ( 1972a ) provide a means of integrating indeterminacy or ‘ play ’ into the heart of binary structures .
23 These structures all provide a means of negotiating changes in land level when constructing a canal .
24 Within the Text710 version of the OALDCE are inflexional codes which provide a means of producing the standard inflections that a human would be able to generate automatically .
25 The CAPM and the market model provide a means to test the performance of these portfolios and in doing so have given indications of the extent to which the market is strong form efficient in assessing the ability of managers to consistently beat the market .
26 Rivers also provide a means of disposing of waste , and act as a transport medium .
27 A classified Landsat TM image ( Chapter 5 ) can be used to derive boundaries of spatial classes such as cropland , woodland and water , and remote sensing provide a means of keeping the data concerning land-surface cover that are stored in a GIS up to date .
28 It can anticipate problems and provide a means for reaching solutions .
29 The budgets represent targets which responsible personnel can work to during the period and possibly also provide a means to motivate personnel .
30 Objective — Through the development of an academic link scheme provide new learning opportunities for staff and thus provide a means of updating staff familiarity with the world of work .
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