Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , the left ansae subclaviae innervates most of the ventricular myocardium , and stimulation of the left stellate ganglion results in a greater overflow of adrenaline in coronary sinus blood than does stimulation of the right stellate ganglion .
2 The taxpayer , however , contended that , on a literal reading , its meaning was clear and unambiguous and accordingly there was no alternative but to give effect to the express statutory language .
3 ‘ We have been left with no alternative but to take action through the courts to defend the Legal Aid Scheme .
4 They found it to be as accurate and reliable as the tritiated thynidine autoradiography technique the gold standard for the histological study of cell proliferation when examining mucosa of the digestive tract .
5 This work purports to be authoritative , and it is the source relied upon by the S.A.S. Regimental Association when supplying information of the kind which I was now seeking .
6 Such doubts as exist stem from the power which curriculum control gives to the curriculum designers ( a topic to which I will return in later chapters ) .
7 Initially , we had interpreted the rule as requiring production of the Report itself .
8 Since no firm of solicitors can ever afford to retain the services of any employee or partner whose conduct tends to reflect ill on the reputation of the practice , and since the circumstances may rarely be so clear cut as to secure withdrawal from the firm by consent , thorough consideration must be given at the outset to the conditions for expelling partners .
9 Prutec chief executive , Derek Allam told New Scientist : ‘ Although we saw Speywood as combining manufacturing on the one hand and R&D on the other , they got the balance wrong . ’
10 It may be less important to examine the " lowest common denominator " of linguistic usage throughout a work than to study style as a dynamic phenomenon : as something which develops through peaks and valleys of dramatic tension , which not only establishes expectancies , but which frustrates and modifies them as a work progresses .
11 PCs Steve Woolway and Lynn Bishop glanced out of the window while having breakfast in the canteen — and nearly choked on their bacon and eggs .
12 With chairman Eddie Tonks overseas these landed in the legal lap of John Dowling , the deputy chairman , in what was virtually his first major test as acting leader of the union .
13 The work of Butler and Stokes , and other subsequent research within the same analytical framework , has shown that ‘ middle class ’ and ‘ working class ’ identification have a considerable relevance as regards support for the two main political parties in Britain .
14 Our orders were to keep a low profile while keeping watch on the yacht which we did for about twenty four hours .
15 ‘ member states shall accord nationals of the other member states the same treatment as their own nationals as regards participation in the capital of companies or firms within the meaning of article 58 , without prejudice to the application of the other provisions of this Treaty
16 Treaty , under which member states must accord nationals of the other member states the same treatment as their own nationals as regards participation in the capital of companies or firms within the meaning of article 58 .
17 And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 )
18 Diane Miles , marketing manager of Lancôme , identifies the shift as taking place at the level of presentation rather than formulation : ‘ There are very positive signs that consumers are becoming bored and frustrated by claims for anti-ageing creams which are couched in over-technical language .
19 The only noticeable difference when using LIFESPAN across a network is the creation of the additional file , 000_LIFESPAN.FTAF , in your SYS$LOGIN directory .
20 Sukenick has also gone on record as seeing writing as an essentially adversarial activity : ‘ When I grew up , I grew up with an idea of writing as a form of resistance to the establishment and culture at large ’ ( Sukenick 1985 : 139 ) .
21 During this time the exhibition space will house part of the museum 's permanent collection of modern art while playing host to a number of temporary exhibitions .
22 The Sludge Disposal Vessel ‘ Gardyloo ’ built to operate from the new facility was in fact completed in August 1876 and immediately chartered for work on the Clyde while awaiting completion of the Seafield Works .
23 Event Organiser Dave Sargeant said : ‘ Children In Need is a very worthwhile cause and we chose it again because we have a lot of fun while raising money with the various events .
24 Gloucester County council 's planning department will decide in October whether to grant permission for the dump .
25 Researchers do not normally look to accountants when seeking support for the imaginative leaps which have characterised the most major advances in science .
26 It is used in a narrow sense in the context of the Parliament Act procedure as requiring certification by the Speaker with the consequence that the delaying power of the House of Lords is restricted to one month .
27 Patriarch Maksim 's rivals had then elected Metropolitan Pimen as acting chair of the Church Synod in May , and refused to accept a June 11 ruling by the Constitutional Court that the removal of Maksim was unconstitutional .
28 Those in the network may be so closely involved with the old person as to become part of the family system ( see Chapter 5 ) .
29 Other factors such as the personal and public importance of the event are equally likely to be of significance and it seems inappropriate to regard such memories as providing evidence for a general enhancement of memory related to increased arousal or emotion .
30 The decision , taken in advance of the fourth party congress scheduled for the first half of 1991 , was thought to be primarily a cost-cutting exercise in response to the deepening economic crisis , as the country 's preferential trading terms with the Soviet Union and other COMECON countries were about to expire ; commentators also viewed the changes as concentrating power within the party in fewer hands .
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