Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] form " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands . |
| 2 | The improved neutron detector was finally ready ‘ later in the year ’ and ‘ within a few weeks ’ the results were positive enough that they formed the basis of the paper that was sent for publication on 23 March 1989 , the paper that should have been sibling to that of Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 3 | Drain the steak , reserving the marinade and thread a skewer through one strip of steak at 2.5cm/1in intervals , pushing the strip together so it forms concertina-like folds . |
| 4 | It was also during the winter months that vines were taken down from their wires and their ends tied ( often to the water pipes ) so that they formed a large bow shape . |
| 5 | Additionally , they could be mixed with their neighbouring emotions so that they formed the secondary emotions of : submission , awe , disappointment , remorse , contempt , aggression , optimism , and love . |
| 6 | Yet in the first half of the century the number of unmarried women increased substantially , so that they formed a significant minority group Spinsters maintained an anomalous social position and were often seen as a threat to a society that assumed all women would marry and be subject to the control of their husbands [ Hill , 229–30 ] . |
| 7 | The needle and sample are chosen so that they form a thermocouple : a device that produces a voltage if the point at which the two materials meet is hotter than its surroundings . |
| 8 | Grafting an additional polarizing region into the anterior margin has done two things — the limb bud has widened and the polarizing region has re-specified the position of the cells in the anterior part of the limb so that they form additional digits . |
| 9 | The crucial process , which the British Technology Group is patenting , aligns the polymers so that they form a coherent layer . |
| 10 | To do this , fix battens to the wall , levelling then with slivers of wood , so that they form a truly flat surface ( check with a spirit level in all directions ) . |
| 11 | Then , with delicate movements of his webbed hind feet , toes distended so that they form a fan , he gathers up the eggs and gently spreads them over the female 's back . |
| 12 | Pound the garlic , coriander seeds and black pepper in a mortar so that they form a paste . |
| 13 | Be quite firm so that it forms a solid chocolate loaf in the tin , but do try not to break the biscuit . |
| 14 | If I am unfortunate enough to experience the untimely death of several people I am attached to so that it forms something of a pattern , then I am likely to experience considerable difficulty with my bereavements : there has been none of the unconscious preparation for the death of someone close that goes on in our awareness of incidents that are likely to occur . |
| 15 | Some workshops use white plastic off the roll so that it forms a plain background on which the constructor can sketch with a marker-pen . |
| 16 | Cut off the top quarter of the bottle so that it forms a sort of funnel . |
| 17 | He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph . |
| 18 | It is the extraordinary manner in which the pathological imagery has simply been inverted so that it forms the basis of a pastoral view which asserts the strength and durability of black family life and , in present circumstances , retreats from confronting the difficult issues which result in black children arriving in care in the first place . |
| 19 | The mountainside , climbing steeply from the head of the meadow , was concave so that it formed a natural amphitheatre cupping a quarry face . |
| 20 | Silicone particles have no affinity with themselves so when they form the ingredients of a conditioner , any particles not attracted to the hair are washed away and create no build-up . |
| 21 | These will have hatched from spawn laid far offshore , in water as deep as two hundred metres and , having spent their larval stage swimming free in the ocean , they spend the next two , sometimes three years inshore where they form an important part of the food for many sea-birds and also for seals and otters . |
| 22 | Fifty or so of the females formed a tight cluster , joined hands and walked backwards until they formed the circumference of a large circle . |
| 23 | Neutron stars may produce more energy than the Sun soon after they form , when they are active as pulsars , but this phase of energetic activity only lasts for a few thousand years . |
| 24 | The Moon , in contrast , melted almost completely soon after it formed but cooled rather quickly . |
| 25 | His brothers certainly were not as they formed a conspiratorial circle round Mike in the other corner of the yard , which all at once had become a boxing ring . |
| 26 | Team loyalties are thrown aside as they form a group they call l'autobus . |
| 27 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 28 | ‘ If you think we have shown discipline in the run-up to the election , we will show even more when we form the government , ’ said one source . |
| 29 | A second objection is that where both parties carry on business in Contracting States they can reasonably be subjected to the Convention automatically since it forms part of their national law , whereas parties carrying on business in different non-Contracting States who agree that their contract is to be governed by the law of a third State which is a Contracting State may well have in mind only the domestic law of that State and arguably ought not to be bound by the Convention unless they contract into it . |
| 30 | She is desperate to get the prints of Liverpool churches and arches back because they form part of her degree work on her Bachelor of Design . |