Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a single " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider any form of life : how it starts as a single cell and grows and develops , with the specialization of different groups of cells to form tissues such as the supporting and connecting substances of the body and organs like the heart or liver . |
| 2 | The Portuguese man-o'-war looks like a single organism but is in fact composed of numerous individual polyps , which resemble sea-anemones . |
| 3 | Different sections can be masked off in various ways ( for example , by a black card or a partial image painted on glass , partly left clear ) and exposed separately — either to give a composite that looks like a single image , or to show multiple images at once . |
| 4 | As the two small squares grow so the trio reaches a peak of energy and declines into a single large square . |
| 5 | If your business creates flyers , brochures , catalogues , price lists or anything that involves the combination of text , graphics , illustrations and even photographs into a single document you will need page makeup software . |
| 6 | For a third time it starts with a single family , indeed , as in the Garden , with a single couple , Abraham and Sarah . |
| 7 | Every journey starts with a single step , but a slip , not a stride , started Gareth and Rachel Rowlands ' dairy enterprise at Brynllys near Borth , Dyfed , on the road to success . |
| 8 | One starts with a single isolated chain and the assumption that it exhibits both viscous and elastic behaviour . |
| 9 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 10 | • Calories , cholesterol , fats , protein and sodium counts in a single serving shown for every recipe . |
| 11 | In the case of an order made by a county court ( judge or registrar ) or by a registrar of the High Court , the appeal lies to a single judge of the High Court and an appeal from a decision of that judge on such appeal lies , with leave of that judge or the Court of Appeal , to the Court of Appeal ( s 375(2) and r 7.48(2) ) . |
| 12 | The actions of both the Zionists and the Argentinians were , however instigated , straightforward take-overs of already occupied territory and no amount of alleged ‘ divine ’ involvement will alter the fact that , until all mankind adheres to a single set of rules on sovereignty , territory will belong only to those strong enough to hold it . |
| 13 | The controller requires very little setting.up , as information the motor 's torque/speed characteristic can be acquired automatically he results of a single run to high speed using a known large inertial load . |
| 14 | Customers simply specify whether they want Token Ring , Ethernet or a combination of the two and the thing arrives in a single cardboard box . |
| 15 | A change in a single nucleotide , the 64th along the gene , results in a single incorrect amino acid being inserted into the protein chain . |
| 16 | Where lava erupts from a single vent a low exogenous dome may be formed from a succession of flows , but basaltic lava flows so readily that such features will only develop on nearly level surfaces . |
| 17 | To get an idea of some of the many different features that can be produced , consider what happens to a single , large flow as it is traced from its source to its tip . |
| 18 | All this happens without a single bird appearing to twitch a muscle . |
| 19 | It exists as a single manuscript , probably dating from 1245 . |
| 20 | If it exists as a single copy in the genome , then the YACs linking ZNF25 to the cluster A genes must contain one boundary of the cluster duplication event . |
| 21 | War-time mobilisation acts as a single institution which grades them all according to its distinct purposes , thus serving as an external check upon their nature quite separate from the whims of the observer and the contingencies of their previous situation in life . |
| 22 | Each piece deals with a single incident , a mood , or reminiscence . |
| 23 | The database language can be integrated with an object-oriented programming language ( in particular Smalltalk , but also Traits and Eiffel , and extensions of programming languages such as Object Pascal , Object Lisp , and C++ ) , which means that the programmer deals with a single uniform model of objects . |
| 24 | Secondly , the database language can be integrated with an object-oriented programming language ( such as Smalltalk ) , which means that the programmer deals with a single uniform model of objects . |
| 25 | The word box ends with a single consonant letter which represents two consonant sounds /ks/ . |
| 26 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 27 | And the struggle never ends in a single life , let alone in the life of a society . |
| 28 | The transputer contains a processor , memory , and communications links on a single chip , which makes it an ideal building block for multi-processor computers . |
| 29 | The answer is just that it simplifies interpretation of the figures by reducing uneven streams of benefits and costs to a single index of NPV ( or IRR ) . |
| 30 | in metal cages , dwells on a single strenuous note . |