Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The inclusion of discussion is also interesting and contrasts with traditional approaches which demanded silence in arithmetic lessons .
2 Finding three of these items is very interesting and leads to various questions .
3 However , the standard edition of Hobbes ' writings is nearly 150 years old and suffers from serious defects and omissions .
4 Continue beating until the mixture is very thick , glossy and stands in stiff peaks .
5 However , the basic structure of Branch Representatives , District Committees and Area Councils is straightforward and operates in most Areas .
6 Politicians , once in government , tend to favour a budgetary system based on legal checks and balances , rather than one that is non-partisan and consists of social checks and balances .
7 In a way he sees the eternal and translates into human words the wonder of existence ; for him the individual soul has eternal meaning .
8 A PC-based system has been devised for the prediction of subsurface present-day and palaeotemperatures in sedimentary basins .
9 Fortunately , being a nurse , she had the built-in weakness for the sick that belongs to all nurses .
10 Nevertheless , it is likely that answers to these questions will be found over the next few years , and that by the end of the century we shall know whether string theory is indeed the long sought-after unified theory of physics .
11 The radius ( R ) is typically 5-branched : its main stem is convex and divides into two , of which the first branch ( R1 ) passes directly to the wing-margin : the second branch or radial sector ( Rs ) is concave and divides into four veins ( R2 to R5 ) .
12 Poulantzas , like Althusser , believes that this arrangement remains constant and applies to all societies , but he argues that the more specific relations between instances vary with time and place .
13 Parliament is unicameral and consists of 81 members elected by single-member wards and group representation constituencies ( GRCs ) .
14 The cDNA insert is 692 nucleotides long and consists of 68 nucleotides of 5' noncoding sequence , an open reading frame comprising 495 nucleotides , and 129 residues of the 3' untranslated region .
15 Degas ' ‘ Singer with a glove ’ ( ca. 1878 ) and ‘ The Rehearsal ’ ( 1873–78 ) , Monet 's ‘ The Gare St. Lazare : the arrival of a train ’ ( 1877 ) , Renoir 's ‘ Seated bather ’ ( 1883–84 ) , and van Gogh 's ‘ Self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin ’ ( 1888 ) are about as good as works by these artists get .
16 Starlings and a wide range of plants from the Mediterranean ( some introduced for ornament , some escaping as weeds from agricultural crops ) have made deep inroads into the native animals and plants of North America .
17 DBV members were concerned that plans for industrial units on the old Darlington Forge Site were being held up .
18 We shall talk about polymers only , but the theory is general and applies to all glasses .
19 The clay mineral assemblage predominantly constitute illite and chlorite ; smectite is absent or occurs in minor quantities as interlayers .
20 A glance to seaward revealed a sight that never ceases to amaze us : the dramatic change from a deep ultramarine blue to the most glorious translucent light blue that occurs in these waters at around 100ft ( 30m ) .
21 Tail rotor trim is variable and depends on many factors which are discussed elsewhere .
22 Restaurants : Dutch cuisine is rich and creamy and comes in large portions ; pork does not dominate as it does in West Germany .
23 The Department of Trade and Industry , which deals with the technicalities of scanners for police forces , said : ‘ People in business are aware that calls on mobile phones are not secure . ’
24 Highly responsible , she moves only when feeling secure and operates within conventional lines .
25 It is hexagonal and stands on seven columns ; the central one has a base of human figures and animals while the others are supported on the backs of lions .
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