Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task was to design wall charts using three species to illustrate the dramatic effect changes in water colour has on the fauna and flora of aquatic environments of ponds and lakes and a river system , to the extent that the presence or absence of particular plants or animals gives a good indication of pollution levels . |
| 2 | It was originally inspired by a French invention , the Groupement d'Intérét Economique , allowing an association of companies wishing to pool resources such as staff or offices to pursue a particular activity without affecting their individual independence , or creating separate limited liability or a new profit centre . |
| 3 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 4 | Sometimes fish need to be separated at very little notice and unfortunately not every hobbyist has the space or funds to facilitate a spare tank . |
| 5 | For style conscious parents , Mamas & Papas provide an exclusive range of stylish high quality nursery products in a choice of fashionable fabrics , which have been designed and are featured in our 60 page colour brochure which contains the full range of Mamas & Papas prams , pushchairs , cots , highchairs , changing stations , playpens , travel seats , baby walkers and playmats etc . |
| 6 | A relativist will deny that there is a unique category , ‘ science ’ , that is intrinsically superior to other forms of knowledge , although it may well be that individuals or communities place a high value on what is usually referred to as science . |
| 7 | Thus party apparatchiks can spend months or years devising an appropriate slogan without anyone paying more than the most perfunctory attention when the thing is published , while some silly so-and-so can go on Newsnight and make an indelicate comment and be all over the newspapers for weeks . |
| 8 | In individual cases there may be the possibility of specific characteristics or expectations playing an important role in causing temporary discrepancies between those prices indicated by the model and those set by the market . |
| 9 | Screening assessments are normally carried out using tests which enable teachers or therapists to obtain a broad-spectrum view of the child 's language abilities . |
| 10 | Most LDCs ' governments with reasonable oil potential or prospects establish a state-owned oil corporation either to operate independently , or to enter into joint ventures with major international oil corporations , e.g. Exxon , Royal Dutch/Shell . |
| 11 | David Paul & Partners charges a flat fee for its conveyancing services , no matter what the value of the property , or how long the process takes . |
| 12 | David Paul & Partners charges a flat fee for its conveyancing services , no matter what the value of the property or how long the process takes . |
| 13 | One starts with communities of monks or canons or clerics serving a wide area from their church , until aristocrats founded small churches , served by one priest , on their estates , probably from a mixture of religious , social , and economic motives . |
| 14 | In certain cases the insured or members of his household may not have been in residence for a considerable period but has relied upon friends or neighbours to perform an occasional check of the property . |
| 15 | Textile works that use surface or bore-hole water generally have several lodges or reservoirs to give a uniform stock for use . |
| 16 | With the Government in attendance in morning dress , he presides over investitures , the opening of Parliament , the Queen 's birthday parade , Remembrance Sunday and two local festivities — the peppercorn ceremony ( where freemasons pay a symbolic peppercorn for the use of the state house ) and a bizarre ceremony in which the Maritime Museum pays its annual rent of one cannonball . |
| 17 | Finally it is worth remembering that general SVQs can be taken alongside other ‘ extra ’ modules , such as foreign languages , or modules requiring a higher level of competence . |
| 18 | Thus in our ‘ suicide ’ drama the adolescents , instead of being in role as members of the family concerned , could have been neighbours or reporters getting a good story . |
| 19 | A & Instruments launched a new range of high performance , top pan balances — the HX Series — offering fast weighing response , high accuracy and fully automatic calibration . |
| 20 | A striking instance of the effect of trade is to be seen in West Africa , where cowries played a key role in cultural life , even though absent from local seas . |
| 21 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 22 | His private place , when found , is full of the innocence and delightful naivety of childhood , where shepherds live an idyllic life of humble pleasures and enjoy the benefits of the rich and ripe vegetation of our idealized countryside . |
| 23 | It is claimed that the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ will ensure that states retain a large measure of independence because federalism means decentralisation . |
| 24 | First , writers such as Badie and Birnbaum ( 1983 ) or Moore ( 1967 ) operating from a broad historical perspective suggest that states have a distinct character resulting from long-term processes of political development . |
| 25 | It is worth noting once again that calls have an unlimited profit potential similar to that of the long share while that of the puts is limited to E — P ; i.e. the maximum is reached when the share price S has reached zero . |
| 26 | Additionally the right qualification ensures that employers have a good idea of an individual 's capabilities . |
| 27 | But , as novelists are well aware , it is true , as I hope to show in the final chapter , that houses have an autonomous being of their own : ‘ I 've no control over the saucy things , ’ Margaret Schlegel complains in Howards End , ‘ Houses are alive . ’ |
| 28 | And , in view of her theory that anorexics have a poor sense of their own size , weight and proportions in general , it may be interesting to examine more closely the status of the eldest child and more specifically the eldest daughter . |
| 29 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |
| 30 | Certainly everyone involved in the building process finds that contracts play an increasing part in their daily lives and that they therefore have to take more interest in them . |