Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the combined level drops below 630 litres a float valve opens , allowing fuel from the 122-litre tip tanks to transfer to the front one under bleed-air pressure . |
| 2 | The pregnant mare needs about 14 percent of he diet in protein during the last third of her pregnancy and in the first three months of lactation . |
| 3 | ( b ) A single-address or one-address computer holds only one store address per instruction . |
| 4 | The quantum energy of the radiation ( hν ) is equal to the quantum energy of the oscillator ( hω ) if ν=; ω , so that resonant absorption introduces exactly enough energy to raise the oscillator from a level ν to a level [ Fig. 5.4(a) ] . |
| 5 | THE wail of pipe music is overlaid with the gentle sound of running water , low-key light picks out dappled hues of rust and ochre stretching from horizon to sky as three black-clad figures weave lazy patterns across a dusty landscape . |
| 6 | In effect , this means that the use of feminine forms provides more specific information than the use of masculine forms can be said to provide ; it rules out the possibility of masculine reference , whereas the use of masculine forms does not rule out the possibility of feminine reference . |
| 7 | Half a pint of skimmed milk provides just 100 calories , while other kinds of milk can provide twice this number . |
| 8 | An IPM programme needs more selective products . |
| 9 | There are many such compounds in dictionaries ( e.g. the Collins English Dictionary contains about 30,000 compounds ) . |
| 10 | A major difference between the dictionaries is the number of words defined — learner 's dictionaries tend to contain about 30,000 headwords , general purpose dictionaries ( e.g. CED ) have about 100,000 definitions , Websters Third New International has 450,000 and the Oxford English Dictionary has about 500,000 definitions . |
| 11 | Now it is a race against time to rebuild it before high spring ties later this month . |
| 12 | Traditional English law imposes particularly strict duties — fiduciary duties — on people carrying out certain functions e.g. trustees , and financial advisers . |
| 13 | The light type uses only small quantities of raw materials ; e.g. for television , or for biscuits . |
| 14 | Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility . |
| 15 | British and W European race of Lesser graellsii has much paler mantle than Great , with contrasting black wing-tips , but in Scandinavian race fuscus mantle often as dark as Great . |
| 16 | A survey by Princeton Religion Research Centre , an affiliate of Gallup , says : ‘ The historical record shows very minor swings , if any , in both church attendance and membership when the economy either goes boom or bust . ’ |
| 17 | A linear molecule has only two rotations , and so it has 3N — 5 vibrational modes . |
| 18 | When my right hon. Friend considers how different regiments have merged , will he take into account , rather than discourage , the concept of the big regiment and ensure that in future the Army is organised in big regiments ? |
| 19 | For example , a yearly volume called Abstracts of English Studies gives very short summaries of a large number of articles published in a year ; there are indexes to help you find particular topics . |
| 20 | Weekly output comprises over 160 tons for bone china production and over 50 tons of other bodies such as Jasper , earthenware and ivory china . |
| 21 | The resultant destabilization of covalent bonds brings about structural rearrangements on a timescale of 1–10 picoseconds , which under some circumstances can be followed by material leaving the surface . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman knows how much respect I have for his campaigns in this area . |
| 23 | Any complex referential symbol , or a string of such symbols , theoretically speaking , can apply to any number of individuals , but a proper name picks out one object , and one object only , spanning , as it were , the latter 's entire career . |
| 24 | Now each employee at British Steel needs only 4.8 hours to do the same job . |
| 25 | The depressing view of the unsightly pylons marching across the valley floor , heavy traffic thundering along the Woodhead Pass road , five reservoirs and a disused railway line , is soon left behind as you negotiate the tussocky grass slops below Long Gutter Edge towards the entrance to Wildboar Clough . |
| 26 | On the long rows of stalls are ranged all sorts of fresh farm products — eggs , vegetables , salads , churns of cream , live chickens and ducks — brown Rouen ducks , black Muscovy ducks , white Pekin ducks , turkeys , baby chicks ; one old woman has just one basket of produce for sale — eggs , a few fresh peas , and a bunch of green turnip-tops . |
| 27 | For example , old age has very different meanings in different societies . |
| 28 | Old tramp takes about five days to do one of them . |
| 29 | The formation of Free Colombia comes only 15 days after that of another anti-Escobar group , Pepes ( People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar ) , which has vowed to kill the drug baron and his family . |
| 30 | A comparison with wet nursing shows up certain similarities , not least because it highlights the way in which fashion , prejudice , and moral attitudes dictate what are the perceived duties of motherhood . |