Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pointing to gaps in our knowledge , which itself comes from adequate understanding of sociological theory , is one of the most important parts of social research and brings out clearly the importance of the research worker having a good background of theory . |
| 2 | And clearly anyone from outside Northwest Manchester has got to start looking at the are and doing some research and finding out where the big firms are , who the important people are , etcetera , to make sure that I know the area that I 'm candidate in . |
| 3 | No rudder , no turn , it 's as simple as that , and in the approach phase this can be particularly disconcerting , as an aileron deflection into a cross wind will in fact produce a yaw and turn in entirely the opposite direction unless rudder is used . |
| 4 | WHILE the rest of the country is still trying to grapple with the effects of the recession , Las Vegas , the desert oasis created by gambling , continues to boom and prosper in much the same way as it has always done . |
| 5 | Incidentally , this cream cheese mixture , spread on little fingers of bread and cooked in just the same way , is extremely good for a cocktail party as a change from those eternal sausages . |
| 6 | The alternative infra-red system uses a beam which is emitted from the camcorder and reflected back off the subject , the time taken for the reflection to return being measured and converted to a distance setting . |
| 7 | However , it is then often necessary to read a whole bucket into primary storage at a time ; it is not possible to search the bucket and read in only the required record , but this does not apply if a device such as ICL 's CAFS-ISP is available to speed up the search . |
| 8 | The mixture consisted of a dialysed solution of FeCl 3 ( parchment or animal gut could be used for this ) resulting in a solution of FeO(OH) to which NaCl was added — this mixture gave a thixotropic sol that set in about an hour and closely resembled the brown-coloured holy relic in Naples . |
| 9 | Certainly over the years the the major proportion of our fire fighting , in terms of secondary fires , what we term secondary fires , the bonfires , was always concentrated around this period and going back quite a few years we used to have special appliances put on standby , extra crews and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ Suit yourself , ’ said the actor and flew off out the window . |
| 11 | Each bale has to be packed in plastic in case of rain and tied up so the runners can take hold of it . |
| 12 | Most of the equipment must be locked away in storerooms and sheds at night and put out again every morning . |
| 13 | Brush with more egg and sprinkle over either the poppy seeds , sesame seeds or Parmesan . |
| 14 | He flourished his bell and started back up the street before she had a chance to reply . |
| 15 | The same general advice holds good : concentrate on following the flow of the argument and jot down just the key points within a coherent structure . |
| 16 | Rose Hilaire had a waking dream , one which followed her into sleep and came out again the other side to stay with her all day , going with her into Belmodes side by side like a fellow worker . |
| 17 | For those of us who are spared having to wear a uniform to work , the notion of getting out of bed and putting on exactly the same clothes , every day , is simply too boring to contemplate . |
| 18 | Joseph Thomas engineered the line that winds in nearly a complete circle to cover two miles and end up three quarters of a mile from its start . |
| 19 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |
| 20 | You can choose between the 2 or 4 star accommodation and stay on either a bed and breakfast or half board basis . |
| 21 | They therefore issued their own form and sent back both the buyer 's form and their own form . |
| 22 | He could munch his tuna fish sandwich , lapse into reverie and cut out both the music of Soul II Soul wafting through the window and the endless , fragmented tales of classroom woes exchanged obsessively between the other staff . |
| 23 | At the eastern end of the Ludwigstrasse the street opened out into a small square below the towering walls of the Herzogschloss , a massive fortification dating from the fifteenth century and set back only a few yards from the Danube . |
| 24 | At first she had travelled first class and stayed in only the best hotels , but McKenna had found her with no trouble at all . |
| 25 | However , these were frequently in technical language and sold in only a few outlets ; and many clergy were not concerned with encouraging the laity to grapple with complex issues . |
| 26 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 27 | She pulled through the clutching shrubbery and skimmed back up the steps , realizing she was leaving footprints of damp earth . |