Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recall that constructivism refers only to mental representations at the level of the input systems , as entities which can be translated , more or less directly , into the language of neuropsychology . |
| 2 | Again , Guérard gives a recipe for saddle of hare with hot beetroot which differs only in minor respects from the one Pomiane published two or three times and which I myself used often in the fifties , and eventually quoted , with acknowledgements , in French Provincial Cooking . |
| 3 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 4 | There is little need for directions : a much-trodden path goes upstream for two miles to Thornton Force , there crossing open ground to Beezley Farm for the return alongside the eastern stream . |
| 5 | Thus the interpretation of X as a projecting corner in Figure 12a is made because that interpretation fits together with allowable interpretations of the other features in the picture , to form a set of possible solid objects ; the same is true of the different interpretation of X in Figure 12b . |
| 6 | The doyen of insider trading may be a shadow of his former power after paying fines of $100million and spending two years in prison , but his legacy lives on in criminal trials on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 7 | For these parts of the country the evidence on earnings would seem to justify Adam Smith 's observation of 1776 : " the high price of provisions during these ten years past has not in many parts of the kingdom been accompanied with any sensible rise in the money price of labour " . |
| 8 | Constipation develops gradually in some children as a result of a progressive decrease in the frequency of bowel movements and a progressive increase in the difficulties in passing an excessively firm stool . |
| 9 | To do so I must sketch the bare outlines of the opposing views on the conceptual issues , to see which one harmonises more with evolutionary conjectures about language . |
| 10 | Newcastle upon Tyne , a city of 273 000 people and regional capital of the north east , starts off with several advantages for community care . |
| 11 | The species has a short life under water , and lives up to 6 months in the aquarium . |
| 12 | Born with a kidney defect , he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy . |
| 13 | In this chapter , we have assumed the worst possible case — i.e. the syntax/semantics component needs up to ten words of the utterance in order to prefer one of the alternatives — and this is why the statistics are based on the total number of complete word strings derived from the different kinds of input to the lexical access component . |
| 14 | The Royal Air Force wants up to 2000 rounds of whichever type the ministry selects . |
| 15 | The five classes are of mixed ability and each has up to eight children of similar age and/or developmental level . |
| 16 | Although the Inland Revenue has up to three months in which to confirm the validity of the election ( s 248(2) ) , in practice it is usually prepared to give confirmation within a much shorter period . |
| 17 | This all adds up to huge difficulties in providing for the population . |
| 18 | In human terms the loss adds up to 800 jobs in Digital and 2,000 more depending directly on orders , supplies and service . |
| 19 | And the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper . |
| 20 | Jerry , who drives for contractor Denby Transport , covers up to 2,000 miles during each five-day round trip , using the Dover-Calais ferry crossing . |
| 21 | Diana now looks back on those days at Coleherne Court as the happiest time of her life . |
| 22 | MARY BAILEY looks back on seven years as the cichlid-keeper 's agony aunt . |
| 23 | The almost ceaseless trade winds of the central Pacific propel the Ocean 's surface waters westward on both sides of the equator , forming the basis of the two enormous — but essentially very simple — circulatory systems of currents that dominate the Ocean . |
| 24 | The garden is pretty and looks out onto six acres of fields and a copse , and contains a tennis court which guests are welcome to use . |
| 25 | It looks out across wide lawns to mild uneventful Northamptonshire countryside , and the private road which runs in front of it winds down into Hulcote , a beauti — ful horseshoe-shaped model village built around a generous green . |
| 26 | Oulton 's paintings may serve as a reminder that each looks out from different eyes with one 's own conception of what is real , thus the artist leads us to question the truth of our own vision . |
| 27 | Despite our lack of grip on these truths , we do take there to be a transcendent fact of the matter at stake , one that lies now beyond all possibilities of being recognized by us . |
| 28 | As his lexicography has shown , Dr Burchfield is ready to acknowledge change but holds fast to certain rules on the grounds of avoiding barbarous sentences or ambiguities . |
| 29 | The human heart beats continuously from three weeks after conception until the moment of death — about three thousand million contractions . |
| 30 | Then f has a root in C. It follows that f factorises completely into linear factors in C[x] so that if deg f = n then f has , including repeats , n roots in C. |