Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple hedges described in Fig.7.3 are essentially insurance operations in which profits and losses on each investment tend to offset each other to some extent . |
| 2 | Their views on programmes for urban renewal tend to follow similar lines to their views on welfare , with large-scale intervention not seen as a public responsibility . |
| 3 | Naturally those anthropologists who grant culture such imperative force tend to see social relations as the product of cultural patterning and conditioning , and thus tend to concentrate on child-rearing practices , enculturation , and socialization . |
| 4 | Finally , the orientation of the coast with respect to dominant waves , the degree of indentation of the coast and the nature of the shore profile away from the coast seem to play important parts in coastal erosion . |
| 5 | Several findings are inconsistent with the theory that an inhibitory effect of unhydrolysed fat on small intestinal bile acid absorption is a major factor responsible for faecal bile acid losses including : ( 1 ) the absence of a correlation between faecal fat excretion and faecal bile acid loss ; ( 2 ) the normal faecal bile acid losses in patients with liver disease compared with the excessive losses in those without liver disease despite similar faecal fat excretion ; and ( 3 ) the finding that patients with near normal fat excretion continue to lose large amounts of bile acids . |
| 6 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 7 | Unless you or your Travel Agent have agreed alternative insurance with us , you will automatically be insured under your policy arranged with Commercial Union , and the appropriate premium will be added to your invoice . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 9 | ‘ The benefits of a mass screening programme have to prove that prolongation of survival as a result of early disease detection outweighs psychological and financial drawbacks . |
| 10 | Ideally , the authors might before beginning the study have gained informed consent from the personnel departments of all the hospitals likely to be approached . |
| 11 | Whatever the outcome of the Bridgewater case , the miscarriages of justice already brought to light have had serious consequences for disorder in prisons and will continue to ferment disorder until a more effective appeals system is devised . |
| 12 | Over-eating and over-drinking have become major problems for Western society . |
| 13 | Would many firms in the pharmaceutical industry have expended large resources in the pursuit of moulds which might produce useful drugs ? |
| 14 | RECENT developments in the British coal industry have added considerable value to this photographic study following the death throes of the Pug as well as Scottish steam . |
| 15 | The privatisation and restructuring of the electricity industry have offered new opportunities for independent electricity-generating schemes , particularly those that combine heat generation with electricity generation . |
| 16 | Ace and Perception see these as compromising the position of Palm relating to sales of their own kayaks with the result that Perception have withdrawn wholesale facilities from Palm and the special relationship between Ace and Palm has effectively ended . |
| 17 | Charges of litigiousness and widespread perjury have gained widespread acceptance in both India and Sri Lanka . |
| 18 | ‘ Let's just say that the CRO have done that sort of thing before and it was all over very quickly ! |
| 19 | The family of a man who was shot dead during a row over a boundary fence have started legal action against two people who were cleared of the killing . |
| 20 | The family of a man shot dead in a row over a fence have started legal action against two people cleared of the killing . |
| 21 | PUB landlords in the North-East have criticised proposed changes to the licensing system . |
| 22 | In the first , medical advisers with a reasonable workload have developed good relationships with practices and are now well placed to advise on prescribing . |
| 23 | The reasons for this should not be obscured by the fact that the short term objectives of aid have undergone several changes over the last thirty years . |
| 24 | The distorting factors that have been discovered in scientific research have prompted extensive examination of past methods of research and of past results . |
| 25 | THE Irish Coursing Club have scuppered any idea of interfering with Dunmore |
| 26 | The club have found 30 sponsors in their fund-raising appeal and they plan a grand official opening on Monday , May 4th when Lindford will welcome all the people and organisations who have supported them . |
| 27 | In the former the ideas of theology seek to transform concrete experience into something which transcends the material world and sees abstract forces within material objects . |
| 28 | It is not adequately understood how molecular clouds in both the disk and the bulge manage to sustain internal motions in excess of the sound speed ( ) , but we suspect that strong magnetic fields within the clouds ensure that the Alfvén speed is at least comparable to v . |
| 29 | Not only does migration continue to produce considerable variations between places in rates of population change ( Ogilvy , 1982 ; Stillwell , 1985 ) , but mortality patterns also differ between places ( Townsend and Davidson 1982 ) and so too do fertility rates , though to a diminishing extent ( Newell , 1986 ) . |
| 30 | However , current developments in the area of artificial intelligence do hold some promise of making available an efficient blend of human intuition and computer slog . |