Example sentences of "[noun sg] picks up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The monitor picks up the amount of ultraviolet or UV rays coming from the sun . |
| 2 | The new act picks up the Warnock comments that really the majority of children can probably be erm accommodated in ordinary schools , but there will always be a need for special schools , and in fact they do mention some proportions . |
| 3 | GRIPPING SCENE : Proud pop picks up the tot he once refused to carry |
| 4 | One advantage of using a hearing-aid is in hearing one 's own voice ‘ from the outside ’ — the aid microphone picks up the voice of the user as well as voices of other people . |
| 5 | The first player in each team picks up the feather by inhaling through the straw . |
| 6 | The back person picks up the ball and runs to the front . |
| 7 | Rainbow picks up the cue : |
| 8 | The Quartet picks up the novel where Thru leaves it , dissected and decentred in vitro , and returns it to the social and historical context out of which it arose . |
| 9 | The board picks up the signal , and translates it into digital data , which is then stored as a data file on the computer 's hard disk . |
| 10 | The phototransistor picks up the light emitted by the l.e.d. in the transmitter section and converts it into an analogue electrical signal . |
| 11 | Classic examples of awkward questions are the salesman 's special dread , as the interviewer picks up the telephone directory and says , ‘ Sell me this ’ , and the totally unpredictable , ‘ What star sign are you ? ’ |
| 12 | When one of the firm 's 600 taxis passes within 600 metres , its receiver picks up the code , stores it in memory , and simultaneously relays it back to base . |
| 13 | This book picks up the story from there , although it is written by a different author . |
| 14 | Certainly the kind of modern-day would-be Kerouac who survives entirely on the proceeds from trading-in free albums and indulging in the fine art of ‘ ligging ’ — tagging along to any show in town where the record company picks up the catering bill — is not extinct . |
| 15 | For example , the hospital treatments that GPs can purchase were limited to standard relatively inexpensive procedures which the GP could easily diagnose and cost ; the costs a practice would bear for any one patient were limited to a maximum of £5,000 ( after this the DHA picks up the bill ) , and finally entry to the scheme was limited to large , well-managed practices . |
| 16 | The PLAYER picks up the coin . |