Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the amount of data to be passed is small , you may prefer to pass data to the CHAINed program by using the indirection operators to store them at known addresses . |
| 2 | This peculiar quality of solid , clenched abstraction appears in phrase after phrase — " compactness " dwells within the " " compression " " of Horatian metres ; but as soon as a translator attempts to transpose him into English quatrains , things go askew and adrift , because every compression is paid for with an expansion . |
| 3 | To end this features roundup , we need to mention timecode generation facilities ( VITC or RCTC ) for frame-accurate editing — see Chapter 8 for more on this new development ; ‘ edit switches ’ for optimising the quality of your camcorder 's video signal output when copying tapes onto another machine ; remote control handsets for camcorders ; and SP/LP sliders to switch you from Standard recording speed to Long Play . |
| 4 | However , it will take several hundred pounds in vet bills to restore him to good health . |
| 5 | West Belfast should be treated as a special case and a uniform grant at the Premium 3 level given for all trainees ; alternative solutions must be found where it is simply not possible to find employers to take second year trainees ; cover should be given to management committees to protect them from personal liability in the event of insolvency . |
| 6 | To convert national income into real output per capita , it is necessary to make two adjustments : ( i ) national income must be deflated by an appropriate price index to convert it to real terms ; ( ii ) the figure must then be divided by the population to convert it to per capita terms . |
| 7 | Later other improvements came along such as putting a cylinder of safety glass around the flame to improve the illumination , and covering the gauze by a metal bonnet to protect it from accidental damage . |
| 8 | He led a march of several hundred miners and their supporters through Barnsley in South Yorkshire , and urged other trade unionists to join them on other days of action to defend coal , as well as jobs in other industries . |
| 9 | There is a tendency when first writing objectives to limit them to simple forms of behaviour , such as the reproduction of facts and the demonstration of skills ; but if we , as teachers , are to offer our students anything more than simple training , we must be able to devise objectives that describe more complex operations . |
| 10 | From 1899 to 1902 he encouraged young Labour church workers to visit him for informal religious training . |
| 11 | Villagers have fallen into the role of waiting for the nurse to cure their sicknesses , the agricultural extension worker to apply the latest gardening technique and government officers to inform them on political developments . |
| 12 | There are booklets , videos and audio tapes available in ethnic minority languages to advise you on particular health issues . |
| 13 | There are booklets , videos and audio tapes available in ethnic minority languages to advise you on particular health issues . |
| 14 | We have enclosed a Club Europe Drive brochure to provide you with full details . |
| 15 | Whereas the Government press could rely on a government subvention to support it for political or educational ends , private newspapers had to find private capital . |
| 16 | Just to make sure no-one gets the wrong idea , the loco carries an ‘ L ’ plate headboard to distinguish it from other trains ! |
| 17 | The computers process the satellite data to turn them into useful information . |
| 18 | The contract consisted of the dealer promising that the car was a ‘ good little bus ’ in return of the customer applying to the finance company to acquire it on hire-purchase terms . |
| 19 | There the higher number of offenders sentenced to imprisonment , augmented by a burgeoning population of unconvicted persons remanded in custody awaiting trial , regularly exceeded the capacity of the prison system to contain them in acceptable conditions . |