Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [coord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Though his proposals could cost the taxpayer another £18m or so a year , they might help produce more effective constituency MPs .
2 During speed changes the supply voltage may decrease front 40 V to 30 V and therefore the phase current reduces from 4 A to 3 A. For simplicity assume a linear voltage decay , so the average current and the rate of change of voltage with time is if the capacitor value is The periods of constant speed operation are in duration and about 5 time constants are required for the capacitor to re-charge : The maximum charging current occurs immediately after the transistor switch is opened .
3 The sailors , expecting a large fish or perhaps a shark , slit open the paunch and discovered James Bartley : unconscious , his face , neck and hands bleached white by the gastric fluids , but still alive .
4 The Jews believed that God controlled everything : the forces of nature , Israel as his chosen people and also the destiny of all other nations .
5 He was good enough to be in six Walker Cup teams , sufficiently well heeled to be of independent means and later a Captain of the Royal and Ancient .
6 Erm the way I understand the situation is Tony 's happy with er his arrangement and that the clubs have agreed and I think it 's just a matter of them going back now to report back to their President the Italian people and then the way I see it he 'll he 'll go after the er game for a medical and you know there should n't be any problems there .
7 Perhaps a future generation will come to recognize that the most misguided , though well intentioned , feature of our present age was that , having discovered by the methods of genuine science that man is a single zoological species and thus a unity in his physical nature , we tried , by political coercion and propaganda , to impose on man , as cultural moral being , a comparable sense of unity which contradicts the very essence of our human nature .
8 The average surface temperature on Venus is also much higher than on the Earth , 730 K instead of 288 K. The troposphere extends up to an altitude of about 60 km , and in its lower 50 km or so the lapse-rate is adiabatic .
9 An important consideration to bear in mind when planning any design is whether you want a single picture , a matching pair or even a set of three or four , because your decision will influence the way in which you create the picture .
10 The oldest inhabitants were black , though they were not one people but quite a variety .
11 Together they provide about 60 per cent of the housing for single people and almost a quarter of all wheelchair access dwellings .
12 He had advocated an addition of either a half of the agency mark-up , which would produce a figure of forty seven thousand seven hundred and eighty six pounds and thirty four pence or alternatively a factor of twenty five percent which would produce a figure of forty five thousand one hundred and eighty eight pounds and forty pence .
13 The area surrounding the nesting site , and eventually the eggs , and the resultant fry will be off-limits to other fish and even the female .
14 This does not mean ‘ assertive behaviour ’ that ignores the feelings of other people but rather the recognition that they , too , are unique and special .
15 Regarding staff becoming involved , initial discussions tend to involve senior staff but once the programme of work is signed up it will involve staff at all levels .
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