Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | When examining the lattice for correct word hypotheses , we simply checked to see if there was a hypothesis matching a word in one of the ‘ correct ’ lattices and within its time-frame . |
| 2 | Notice that , since the PDP-10 is a ( 36-bit ) word-oriented computer , the operand field specifies a word , and the half-word is specified in the operation code . |
| 3 | Trollope portrays her as an overbearing , bossy wife and woman right from the start even though he says ‘ it is not my intention to breathe a word against the character of Mrs. Proudie ’ . |
| 4 | Nearly all those keyword-type online catalogues which use an implicit Boolean AND will simply report a failed search ( it might display " No entries " or " Nothing found " ) if the search contains a word which they can not find . |
| 5 | Neither she nor Millie exchanged a word during the journey , evidence of the seriousness of the situation felt by them both . |
| 6 | It is needed when the ordinary ( forwards ) look-up finds a word , but can just as easily be accessed from the new lexicon structure by using a hashing algorithm on the word string . |
| 7 | Studies of whole word recognition attempt to recognise a word as a single entity by examining certain global features of the word . |
| 8 | The Colonel 's vain attempt to get a word in was so sharply smothered and he looked so rattled that Clarissa sat down again . |
| 9 | All the same , Cadfael had a word with the porter before evening . |
| 10 | But John Fanning offers a word of caution : ‘ Brand shares are often quite different between North and South and lots of markets have grown up quite differently in both parts of Ireland . ’ |
| 11 | The ANLT system uses a set of rules to segment the string into possible morphemes and then determines the validity of the segmentations using a word grammar . |
| 12 | The comprehension scales begin with items concerned with the extent to which a child associates a word or phrase with affective or situational meaning , and proceed to a point where ‘ ideational content goes well beyond the concrete evidence ’ — for example , ‘ The little boy has spilt his dinner ; what must he do ? ’ |
| 13 | A word puzzle , or word arrangement , in which the first and last letters of the lines make a word or words . |
| 14 | But they are — ’ Suragai used a word Burun did not understand , then corrected himself , ‘ — imaginary . |
| 15 | When a child wants a word , write in your book . |
| 16 | With the technique adopted in Woll ( 1983 ) of recording signers translating a word list into signs , the data include only one signer from each sign language . |
| 17 | Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ? |
| 18 | So when we got the council 's bloke to have a word with her , went to saw he a fortnight ago , and she 's moved today . |
| 19 | She stayed behind at the launch at London 's City Livery Company to chat to organisers and watched youngsters play a word game using the dictionary . |
| 20 | Well I think that we 've seen the erm tremendous growth in word processors , and this is erm an area which I feel will develop enormously , and it really would be quite possible for nearly every home to have a word processor within it . |
| 21 | On the way to the Staff Common Room Fenniway had a word with the constable who was taking up Pickerage 's lunch , so it was well into lunch break by the time Bill was called . |
| 22 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 23 | why the child said a word or phrase ; |
| 24 | TRACE assumes a single pronunciation per word and relies on the activation of features and the inhibition between words and phonemes to recover a word from some variant pronunciation . |
| 25 | Any chance to pursue her line of thought , however , was lost just then when the housekeeper came in to clear away their first course , and , with Ven exchanging a word or two with her , serve the second course . |
| 26 | Neither the old man nor the boy heeded a word she said . |
| 27 | For situations when all other attempts to suggest a word have failed , it would be preferable to provide a string of characters which is in some way a best guess , even if that string is not a word known to the lexicon . |
| 28 | Letter strings are presented to the subject who has to decide as quickly as possible whether the letter string constitutes a word or not . |
| 29 | Each group has a word such as ‘ measurements ’ or ‘ recommendations ’ , and the object is to see how many other words can be made out of this . |
| 30 | ‘ These middle-aged bachelors … anyway , do n't be surprised if Security want a word with you . |