Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The length of the largest axis , L , at right angles to I is next measured , and rotation of the particle by 90° about that axis reveals the shortest axis , S which may then be directly measured .
2 In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity .
3 An important feature of this study was the use of the daily prices of call options on the outstanding contracts for each index to calculate the implicit market estimates of the subsequent price volatility for each of the outstanding contracts .
4 Because individual observers use the numbers of cm or inches of perceived depth in very different ways , the average amount of perceived depth was normalized for each observer using the average estimate of the amount of depth seen in the corrugations when the vertical perspective cues were correct for the 57-cm viewing distance ( dashed line ) .
5 For each guideline answer the following two questions in the next column and write down the marks your group scored .
6 In addition , an updated record is provided for each student following the termly examination committees , showing the student 's results .
7 Add the subtotals for each page to get the final score .
8 Roll to hit for each bolt using the Ballistic Skill of the crewmen and the Missile Fire Chart as normal .
9 Vast areas of Rum have been fenced off for century-long experiment to re-create the natural woodland environment .
10 Cash LME copper jumped by £54.50 a tonne , helped by persistent buying in New York and concern about political pressure to close the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea .
11 Mention was also made of the importance of reliable economic data , for private capital to become the principal source of external finance and support for the proposed European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .
12 The recipient Party further undertakes to the supplying Party that it will not during that period use the same except in or for the said purposes .
13 The voters unseated John Maples , who as Economic Secretary became the acceptable televised face of the Treasury — no great compliment to his colleagues .
14 At an economic level , when a conflict of interest situation is abused the tendency is for that abuse to distort the efficient allocation of ( scarce ) resources within the economy .
15 Taking minor ‘ tank ’ irrigation in Tamil Nadu as a case , the principle aims of the research are twofold : firstly , through historical research to understand the social and cultural systems which have sustained collective water management in the past and identify the socio-economic and demographic factors associated with their decline ; and secondly , through the comparative study of on-going programmes to suggest the necessary conditions for successful establishment of systems of community resource management in the present day social context .
16 For further information contact the Western Australia Tourist Commission , Western Australia House , 115 Strand , WC2 ( 01–240 2881 ) for Cockatoo Island , and the Northern Territory Tourist Commission , 4th Floor , 393 Strand , WC2 ( 01–836 3344 ) for further details of Seven Spirit Bay .
17 For further information contact the local Livewire Co-ordinator in your area :
18 We 're so confident of this Plan 's uniqueness that if , within three months or so of your Plan commencing , you should find and be accepted for another policy offering the same cover and benefits on more favourable terms , we guarantee to cancel your Plan and refund any premiums you have paid .
19 Improved railway communications and the burgeoning Indian market for coarse yarn stimulated the rapid growth of his firm with a series of new mills built after 1849 .
20 This process can be shown by normal carbon dioxide being passed through a tube containing algae in water with the heavier O isotope and carbon dioxide with the heavier O isotope being passed through another tube containing the same type of algae in normal water .
21 More recently , the Department has commissioned an awareness campaign whose major aims are : ensuring everyone who needs to know about EMC does so ; ensuring that UK industry is well equipped with information to tackle the directive ; setting up mechanisms for British industry to acquire the necessary technical know-how ; helping industry to implement EMC measures with minimum cost and disruption ; and finally , promoting the positive aspects of competitive advantage in Europe as well as explaining the pitfalls of non-compliance .
22 Parallels for this treatment include the tilted squares in the geometric designs of the Great Witcombe and St. Nicholas Street mosaics : the main tilted squares in the former are decorated with guilloche mat .
23 For this recession to equal the previous record of 16 months it would have to drag on for another six months .
24 The ‘ rich ’ — which for this purpose means the top two-thirds of the population — pay in full for GP consultations and prescriptions ; they also pay £10 a day for hospital stays .
25 ( For this calculation use the following values for the relative atomic masses of the isotopes involved : 5. ( a ) ( i ) Use the basic assumption of the kinetic theory of gases to derive the expression for an ideal gas .
26 The lack of a contingency plan for this eventuality left the all-important Army of Africa , together with its commanders , General Franco and Colonel Yagüe ( who , under Franco 's orders , had been in charge of the Legion during the repression of the Asturian revolutionary movement in 1934 ) , stranded on the far side of the Straits of Gibraltar .
27 For this design knit the single teddy starting on the seventh stitch to avoid knitting part of the balloon .
28 ‘ We have trained the nurse caring for this infant to recognize the first signs of desire for food .
29 For this theory to give the observed value of the strong force between particles , the strings had to be like rubber bands with a pull of about ten tons .
30 to extract and expound the most ordinary beliefs about the constitution of the world as pictured in the Elizabethan age and through this exposition to help the ordinary reader to understand and to enjoy the great writers of the age .
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