Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As I said in Committee , the lack of redress in terms of the activities of bus companies compared to the activities of rail or ferry operators represents a great anomaly .
2 In experimental models of gastric damage , there is evidence that the ability of the gastric mucosa to synthesise prostaglandins plays an important part in mediating adaptive cytoprotection .
3 But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest .
4 ICARDA 's multidisciplinary staff of over 60 senior scientists and 600 technical and support personnel has an international mandate for barley , faba bean and lentil production improvement and — with other centres — a joint regional mandate for wheat and chickpea production improvement .
5 Finding out about the areas I am flying over instead of treating them as legs and turning points gives a new pleasure to flight .
6 FROM THE treasury of BBC moving pictures comes a further production of classic action , all set on English fields , all in colour except the first sequence ( the Oval Test of 1968 ) , all pleasant , positive viewing .
7 Revision of coaching awards represents a major undertaking for a governing body .
8 Although repeated injection therapy eradicates oesophageal varices in most patients , life long follow up with check endoscopies and repeated injections places a significant demand upon patients and hospital resources and the procedures are not without complications .
9 defender gareth davies has a heavy cold he could be missing … back in the running is Simon Brain he 's fully fit again after breaking his leg last season
10 In contrast Kevin Smith who has Downs Syndrome and learning diffuclties articulates a sensitive relationship with his friend david through dance …
11 Yet , somehow , even when he gets his facts wrong and becomes trapped in a spiral of tricky tautologies , Durkheim 's way of putting things has a brilliant radiance which few other sociological theorists can match , far less surpass .
12 Newton 's law of falling bodies postulates a uniform rate of fall for all bodies in a vacuum other things being equal ; a condition which enables the theory to assume a very precise quantitative expression to the theory itself .
13 The unicameral National Assembly , each of whose 90 directly elected members has an alternate representative , is elected for a six-year term by a system of proportional representation ; it also contains those unelected candidates who have received nationally in the presidential and vice-presidential elections votes equivalent at least to the average of the winning percentages in the National Assembly elections in each regional electoral district , currently bringing the total number of representatives to 92 .
14 Ensure that cutlery which has been cleaned using chemicals gets a thorough washing before going back into the dining room .
15 In the never-never land of unreal prices , widespread subsidies and easy bank loans , using resources efficiently to make profits comes a long way down the list of priorities .
16 The use of weighting factors provides a natural method for finding an efficient solution of a VMP .
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