Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 SCIENTISTS are testing a revolutionary computer technique for diagnosing medical conditions by mimicking the brain processes of human consultants .
2 Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests .
3 I ca n't say I would be just too excited about the prospects of calving goes be a bit kind of sliding each other young calf that 's just newly born .
4 These findings suggest that lipoprotein abnormalities in the diabetic state may also indirectly affect platelet function by damaging vascular endothelium .
5 ( vi ) Make a trial preparation by dropping one drop of suspension onto a grease-free ( acid/alcohol washed ) slide at room temperature .
6 ( ix ) Allow clumps of cells to settle to the bottom and then make a trial preparation by allowing one drop to evaporate onto a microscope slide .
7 The students from Darlington College of Technology are doing a yearlong course before starting full time work with newspapers .
8 The use of ‘ management information systems ’ , which take low-level data from databases and are used for decision support by modelling future scenarios using different management predictions or alternatives , has led to substantial savings in those commercial organisations where they have been introduced .
9 It is appreciated that you may , through no fault of your own , experience difficulty in returning corrected tests promptly but you must not allow a backlog of unmarked tests to accumulate .
10 An undoubted limitation of liability rules in promoting managerial efficiency is that while they provide a deterrent , they can not , unlike the market and market-linked devices , create a more positive motivational environment .
11 In this limited way care programming can be used to set targets and measure progress in developing mental health services .
12 He would ‘ responsibly reduce ’ the defence budget by cutting new weapons purchases and troop levels .
13 Yes , I mean the main brute force of destroying tropical rainforest is population increase , pressure on land , and people going into forests , but a large part of that is determined by the government 's attitude , whether it in fact concentrates on trying to improve agriculture , or whether , under all sorts of pressures from the government to do that .
14 Er it is proposed that the Water Company er be formed with the express intention of capturing eight point five percent of the United Kingdom bottled water market .
15 In vitro studies of cells showed that somatostatin inhibits pepsinogen secretion by decreasing cyclic AMP in chief cells .
16 When massaged into the scalp , it helps to slow down hair loss by strengthening each shaft , thus lengthening the life of each hair .
17 Should we tamper with majority rule by giving special voting strength to one economic group , beyond what its numbers would justify , because we fear that straight majority rule would assign it less than its just share ?
18 Apply cream blusher in a soft terracotta shade , or powder first , then apply a powder blusher in glowing earthy tone .
19 HOUSEBUILDERS are hiding the full impact of the industry recession by using creative accounting to keep the cost of unsold homes off their balance sheets , according to a bank report .
20 Programme rewards for doing certain exercises or sports each week .
21 Because of the variability between biopsy samples , the gain in precision of defining a subject 's proliferation index by taking two biopsy samples compared with one is remarkable for both methods .
22 Banks replenish their nostro accounts by purchasing foreign currency bank deposits ( claims ) in the foreign exchange market from banks and non-banks which hold excess foreign currency balances in relation to their needs .
23 In the first ruling of its kind in the Soviet Union , a Moscow court on Oct. 12 sentenced Konstantin Smirnov-Ostashvili , a leader of the extreme Russian nationalist Pamyat organization , to two years in a labour camp for inciting racial hatred .
24 It has been observed that sodium restriction tends to be more beneficial in hypertensives who have low plasma renin activity and in whom the aldosterone response to lowering dietary sodium is poor ( Vaughan et al , 1973 ) .
25 Sun Progress is recommended by the British Ceramic Research Association for washing fine china that is marked as dishwasher safe .
26 Possible applications range from loft insulation to making fitted furniture , so selecting the right board for the job is vital .
27 Hence , one could conclude , for instance , Middlesbrough 's success in Heseltine 's City Challenge scheme ; a part of which will , if the council 's full bid is passed , see a £50m housing investment programme for hard-hit outlying areas .
28 As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) .
29 ‘ But nobody knows what the long term risks of eating irradiated food will be .
30 The US prosecutors painted the accused as ‘ a crooked cop ’ , co-operating for $4.6 million ( £2.6 million ) with the Medellin cocaine cartel by shielding US-bound drug shipments as they moved through Panama .
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