Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Boys , on the other hand , tend towards holist strategies , and get training in serialist strategies from their teachers , thus providing the opportunity for them to become versatile learners . |
2 | Japan 's financial structure offers large companies significant advantages in access to funds to finance rapid expansion , and offers substantial support for them to survive periodic recessions . |
3 | If the intellectual lead in the area of biology gradually switched to Germany in the course of the mid-century , Paris had already established the ideal framework through which to promote scientific research into animals and plants . |
4 | In the nineteenth century the name ‘ essential hypertension ’ was invented , meaning that in some patients a rise in blood pressure is a protective mechanism , essential in order to overcome narrowing of the arteries and force blood through them to reach vital organs . |
5 | Even when , sixteen years later in 1833 , he saw in trade unionism the instrument through which to establish industrial democracy , the change was to be painless , to steal upon the country unaware , ‘ like a thief in the night ’ . |
6 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
7 | Lang 's rhetoric of inclusion and participation conceals a deep confusion about what constitutes worthwhile art . |
8 | The restraint of trade doctrine is , therefore , an aspect of public policy and before relying on older authorities it must be remembered that the perception of what constitutes public policy may change . |
9 | The nuclear industry produces waste streams which contain a variety of radioactive metal ions , the extraction of which minimises radioactive discharges . |
10 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
11 | Apathy occurs as a result of our suppressing negative emotions and feelings , not being able or prepared to deal with them and so letting them accumulate in our unconscious mind . |
12 | The sample , placed in a dialyser bag , is suspended in distilled or deionized water , circulation of which encourages osmotic exchange of the salts over a period of several days . |
13 | For Greece , as for Germany and one other country in the NATO alliance , the cold war had shut a long border on the other side of which lay once-familiar territory . |
14 | Issues which the profession needs currently to address centre upon training and fundamental research into what constitute acceptable efficiency and effectiveness measures . |
15 | There is a pointed or heart shaped apical papilla with one pointed oral papilla on each side usually arising on the oral plates . |
16 | ‘ They 've been arriving in scores , each delegation with one appointed English speaker ’ said an official . |
17 | On the other hand the revival of the women 's movement since the 1960s bears witness to the failure of women 's suffrage in itself to achieve substantive equality between the sexes , or even to abolish some of the more blatant forms of discrimination against women enshrined in much traditional law and practice . |
18 | But doing so takes time , so there will still be a gap in which to organise orderly realignments . |
19 | At a time when Portugal was still living under a dictatorship in which homespun nationalist values were lauded , she was criticised for lavishing large budgets on a series of international music festivals . |
20 | Lacuna 's pleasure in you provides great pleasure for us . |
21 | If the law of economic torts is in a mess it is largely because of uncertainty over what constitutes unlawful means . |
22 | Judy was throwing a ball to Mandy Maddison , who was learning to catch a ball with the left hand as part of her Keep Fit Challenge . |
23 | Yeah I mean that might certainly give you some , you know , kind of you know regular attenders to er to , |
24 | Those people who learned before the age of 20 years , the majority of whom had deaf parents ( some had deaf siblings ) , are able to translate effectively just under 60 per cent of the information on average . |
25 | Today we have over one million business accounts , from sole traders to the largest corporations , with the great majority of them receiving financial help from us in one form or another — from a simple overdraft to extremely complex arrangements . |
26 | The Plough has 27 bedrooms , the majority of which have private facilities . |
27 | The natural world is also populated with a vast array of mara ’ — ‘ they that kill us ’ — the vast majority of which harbour malevolent intentions toward human beings . |
28 | Apparent exceptions were put on one side to await later explanation within the Newtonian framework ; and this was the proper attitude for anyone wanting public recognition as a good scientist . |
29 | Banbury offered a bright and clear window through which to view national developments across the 1960s , and into the 1970s . |
30 | Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations . |