Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which suggests a considerable ability to modify a reflex with learned behavior , ’ Dr. Briant said . |
| 2 | Transitions that involve a change in overall spin are usually very weak indeed for species involving light elements . |
| 3 | Thus economic models of bureaucratic behaviour usually involve a theory of legislative behaviour in which politicians aim to maximize their electoral support . |
| 4 | The community care proposals also involve a form of internal market with social workers devising packages of care for clients , drawing upon commercial and non-profit suppliers . |
| 5 | These constructions also involve a process of selective reproduction in which certain features are privileged and others ignored . |
| 6 | Erm to deal with Mr 's point about denying a problem of affordable housing , I think er he must n't have heard what I said properly , because I 've never sought to deny that there 's a ho a problem of access to housing . |
| 7 | It is exactly this problem which causes a percentage of artificial hip joint failures . |
| 8 | Found in red peppers and chilli peppers , capsaicin causes a sensation of burning pain in the mouth by triggering the trigeminal nerve , which has branches in the eyes , nose , tongue and mouth . |
| 9 | Once you 've seen it , you 'll want to change your mind , they always do , and that causes a lot of extra bother . " |
| 10 | It means realising that any imbalance between our physical , emotional , mental and spiritual selves causes a loss of inner harmony and a sense of dis-ease . |
| 11 | He said he would seek a meeting with senior planning officers to establish if anything more is known about the company behind the proposal . |
| 12 | I had once won a prize for French poetry composition at school , so I did n't feel too outclassed in this respect . |
| 13 | They can literally walk in the footsteps of people in the past , walking a section of Roman road or an old packhorse track , or following the route of an abandoned railway , or perhaps storming a hill-fort or castle . |
| 14 | In 1842 he wrote a prologue for Westland Marston 's play , The Patrician 's Daughter , and in 1844 contributed a poem on religious intolerance , ‘ A Word in Season ’ , to an annual , The Keepsake , edited by Lady Blessington . |
| 15 | Perhaps inevitably , this left it open to attempted incorporation by behaviourist psychology : Burgess and Akers ( 1966 ) provided a translation of differential association into the language of behaviourist ‘ reinforcement ’ theory . |
| 16 | Throughout our period , for example , tin-mining provided alternative employment in parts of Cornwall , and the demand for food by those engaged in this occupation provided a stimulus to local agriculture . |
| 17 | It is on record that the inn provided a depot for raw fleece and wool for the spinners and knitters brought by the hosiers ' servants from Kendal and later the finished work would be collected . |
| 18 | Still , for all its divisions , Youth Allyah provided a sense of cultural identity and companionship which the RCM was not capable of offering . |
| 19 | The common law provided a form of self-help remedy to a person harmed by straying livestock by way of distress damage feasant . |
| 20 | Normally they were military officers , partly because the army provided a supply of trained talent , partly because they were likely to pay attention to orders from London , and mainly because the organization of defence was the crucial part of their work . |
| 21 | There were probably other factors at work , which have since slipped automatically into place , but the needs expressed above were evident , being expressed by a range of people , and provided a justification for investing time and resource in trying to establish a partnership with industry . |
| 22 | The production of a group of related species on the different islands of an archipelago provided a model for divergent evolution , suggesting that , when a species was divided into separate breeding populations , each of those populations had the ability to change as it adapted to its new environment . |
| 23 | Economic circumstances provided a context for Nazi appeal . |
| 24 | Though changing methods of planning for traffic specifically in residential areas were not a central thrust of Traffic in Towns , the book provided a context for residential area strategies which , in the event , have guided a number of countries in the ensuing quarter century . |
| 25 | Having done my best to put you off the Bar , I must add that the public interest strongly requires that the profession should continue to attract a flow of top quality recruits . |
| 26 | ‘ We all know that XR3s and Cossies seem to attract a lot of unwanted attention , but I feel I 'm paying too much insurance on what is a Plain Jane family saloon , ’ he says . |
| 27 | Other proposals in the CBI 's programme include launching a code of prompt payment and examining court procedures relating to debt collection and increasing the influence of small firms in the work of the European Commission . |
| 28 | The event aimed at launching a strategy for improving health in the region is being held at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel on July 7 . |
| 29 | Now Lothian Region 's trading standards department is launching a week of free testing of baby prams and pushchairs , to mark National Consumer Week which starts on Monday . |
| 30 | For the moment , high interest rates have eroded people 's economic confidence in the future but the trends in savings and consumer spending scarcely suggest a lack of economic buoyancy after seven years of real income growth . |