Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer to that may be that lowering cholesterol influences the level of serotonin , a neurotransmitter which affects mood . |
| 2 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 3 | Few of the specifics of the James proposals were implemented in the forms envisaged , but government acceptance of the principle of a degree structure to replace the certificate became the focus of debate and planning in the colleges and departments of education . |
| 4 | Since volcanoes composed of similar rock types are also found in a range of climatic environments they also provide the opportunity to compare the effects of climate on the rate and nature of denudation . |
| 5 | The provision making time of the essence will enable the buyer to cancel the contract for breach , without notice , if the seller does not deliver exactly in accordance with the contract . |
| 6 | The system contract in Chapter 4 deals with this question at some length , but it is not unusual in standard terms and conditions to find a simple clause which permits the buyer to cancel the order in return for payment of a cancellation fee . |
| 7 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 8 | Dynamic input of the text involves the user generating the text at run-time using either an electronic bitpad or electronic paper . |
| 9 | The team is weighing young children every month , and about 15 per cent of them have to go to intensive feeding , with high-energy milk to combat the symptoms of kwashiorkor . |
| 10 | This change erodes the distinction between university and what were previously known as ‘ public sector ’ institutions , and may blur what Burgess ( 1977 , pp. 2332 ) has argued is a contrast between the ‘ autonomous ’ ( university ) and ‘ service ’ ( polytechnic/ college ) traditions . |
| 11 | The technique involves the partitioning of words in the text into classes based on certain similarities , and then further partitioning based on small word contexts . |
| 12 | Never mind , what it comes to is that there may well be a sturdy little male to carry the name of Graham proudly into the future . |
| 13 | The committee proposals for a Cornwall and West Plymouth European parliamentary constituency provoked an enormous response opposing the link with Plymouth er as it has done on each occasion that the constituency 's been reviewed . |
| 14 | However , it seems that although the exemption can only be waived on a building-by-building basis , if the exemption is waived for a building as a whole , but if a lease of part of the building prohibits the addition of VAT , the landlord will have to account to Customs & Excise for VAT out of the net rent . |
| 15 | Mr. McGregor recognised the force of this and accepted that , had not statute intervened , the judges would have been likely to extend the English law of negligence to accommodate the requirements of justice . |
| 16 | Communication in science can take place at different levels of complexity or integration of informational elements ; data transfer is the most basic level , comprising the exchange of information on fundamental parameters , such as numerical or analytical data ; the descriptive level involves the transfer of data in a descriptive context ; and at the idea transfer level , deductions , interpretations and predictions are made from data and descriptions earlier acquired , and from background knowledge and experience . |
| 17 | He explained that the Government 's original pledge last year of £55 million had been increased to £75 million , with a further £40 million funding to spearhead the regeneration of east Manchester . |
| 18 | So that you could get the slow and of course coating the granules before compression . |
| 19 | It has taken over from the Appeal committee the task of raising money to support the teaching of Law in Somerville . |
| 20 | Richard Hoggart , for example , notes in 1951 that the adult tutor is necessarily forced to face challenges to the self evident value of literature given the types of student involved . |
| 21 | Not until October 14 , when a U-boat penetrated the defences of Britain 's ‘ safest harbour ’ at Scapa Flow and killed the Royal Oak and more than eight hundred of her sailors , did the chill of autumn begin to bite . |
| 22 | The British case represents the kind of compromise commentators on our national characteristics have come to expect . |
| 23 | Among other things , Peaks Marine supplies the sort of deck canopy you might shelter under to keep the rain out of your Pimms at Henley . |
| 24 | In contrast , the production route involves the modification of land and its relatively immediate sale . |
| 25 | The counsellor is given an opportunity to treat the pain with respect , and for the person seeking help this can be a supremely important experience . |
| 26 | It was their first opportunity to treat the murder in detail . |
| 27 | Be able to select from the calculator display the number of figures which is appropriate to the context of the calculation . |
| 28 | The Syrian decision to support the West over Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait also reflected the improved relations between Syria and Egypt [ see pp. 37137 ; 37471 ; 37626 ] . |
| 29 | The PSD 's decision to support the candidacy of Soares ( PS ) in the 1991 presidential elections [ see p. 37590 ] underlined similarities of policy between the PSD and the PS . |
| 30 | Where an exclusion clause controlled by the UCTA is specific to a particular liability the effect of the UCTA is either to render the clause unenforceable ( if the UCTA imposes a total ban ) , or ( if the UCTA imposes the requirement of reasonableness ) to render the clause unenforceable if it fails to satisfy that requirement . |