Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
| 2 | And you do n't have to spend hours struggling with a awkward pins while you get hot over the collar . |
| 3 | He had drunk over a bottle and a half already but showed little outward sign of over-consumption , except for his accent curdling into a thicker Scots . |
| 4 | In contrast European nations have allowed contracting companies to keep their R&D findings secret from other companies ; with this kind of practice occurring across a dozen nations , European defence R&D is often wasted as well as fragmented . |
| 5 | Rosemary Cargill ( Mrs Raza ) has since 1986 been a journalist writing for a current affairs publication . |
| 6 | Sir Henry Curtis perched upon a rock bleeding from a dozen wounds but fighting on with the remnant of the Greys against the hordes of Twala was too heroic . |
| 7 | I presently see a figure approaching from a hundred yards off , up the middle of the street : a tall young woman , in a close white cap , and a short frock of lilac cotton , and coarse sack-cloth apron , and strong boots . |
| 8 | Party of baboons with typewriters working for a million years would n't come up with anything wise . ’ |
| 9 | It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution . |
| 10 | FAMILIES in receipt of state benefit are forced to go hungry because of lack of money according to a National Children 's Home survey just published . |
| 11 | ‘ For the option , ’ Howard explained to Felicity , walking up and down the terrace , frowning seriously , with the setting sun flashing in a thousand windows of the city behind him , ‘ they 're paying … 30.000,00 . |
| 12 | When she had left the bedroom he heard her feet scurrying for a few minutes , then the door slammed . |
| 13 | Lot ten ten , ten is the Burmese Buddha this the Buddha showing for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds , and ten at a hundred and ten pounds all done ? |
| 14 | With one round to play , she was as many as three shots ahead of Australia 's Nadene Hall , a gifted girl playing on a British links for a first time . |
| 15 | A small army of workers will be moving into C&A to start shop fitting in a few weeks ' time . |
| 16 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 17 | Faulting takes place through sudden , rapid movements over distances ranging from a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 18 | The UN Security Council , convened at the request of France on Sept. 25 , adopted Resolution 713 sponsored by Belgium , France and the UK calling for a complete arms embargo on Yugoslavia and the immediate cessation of hostilities and requesting the Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to assist with mediation . |
| 19 | Known locally as the Kenwood Triangle , Bishop 's Avenue has properties starting at a million pounds and rising to the £25 million asking price of the vast , newly-built Towers . |
| 20 | The expressway turns to cross water full of the redness of the sky , and there , floating on the horizon above the shining red water , are the clustered towers of the inner city , purple with distance , lights shining in a million windows — exactly as he has always known they would be . |
| 21 | The pale cement-coloured walls were streaked with dirt like snot running from a thousand noses . |
| 22 | People living in a nearby travellers camp were woken by the crash , they describe the scene as something from a nightmare . |
| 23 | People living near a new flats development in Sun Street , Darlington , complained to Darlington council about the noise and mess caused by builders . |
| 24 | People going with a few items from their attic . |
| 25 | His greatest successes came on the cup front , scoring the goal that took the FA Cup to the Bridge in 1970 ( the only time Chelsea have won it ) , and the following season sharing in a European Cup-Winners ' Cup replay triumph over Real Madrid . |
| 26 | The survey was based on an assessment of litter and dog fouling in a 500 metres circle round the parliament building . |
| 27 | Societal risk is defined by IChemE as ‘ the relationship between frequency and the number of people suffering from a specified hazards ’ . |
| 28 | If anyone were to suggest that ultra high level languages could produce the requisite speeds , it would be easy to test their claim by requesting a demonstration of a recruitment system with integrated letter writing putting on a hundred applications in an hour , and updating them in an average of 7½ seconds each . |
| 29 | We can not stop our European partners arguing for a united states of Europe . |
| 30 | For stable samples we rarely need to obtain spectra in a hurry , and commercial spectrometers generally operate on timescales ranging from a few minutes to several hours . |