Example sentences of "[noun pl] [det] [prep] [noun prp] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kimberella may be a cubozoan , represented today by the venomous box-jellies , whereas forms such as Ovatoscutum may represent the floats of hydrozoans , as in the present-day Portuguese man-of-war . |
| 2 | One might think that radical behaviourists such as Skinner would advocate the classification of stimuli along purely physical dimensions . |
| 3 | The speed at which direct marketers such as Dell can move is unparalleled , thanks to their knowledge of the customers ' wants and needs , and has resulted in the development of a whole class of computer-literate users . |
| 4 | Standards from groups such as OMG will ensure that various object technologies , including whatever DSOM evolves into , Taligent , Sun 's DOE and HP 's DOMF , share much common ground . |
| 5 | The growth of the middle class in industrialising countries such as India could play an important role here . |
| 6 | Alternatively , countries such as Britain could provide space hardware or equipment for ground stations . |
| 7 | Tournaments such as Wimbledon may boast larger fields , but for some it is too costly , or inconvenient because of extensive queuing , or the possibility of play being scratched due to rain . |
| 8 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
| 9 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
| 10 | Bateson recommended , for example , that the sources of modern poets such as Auden should have the same scholarly apparatus applied to them as used for ( say ) Spencer , so long as Auden 's sources were investigated " with at , least as much thoroughness and intelligence as Spencer 's receive . " |
| 11 | This means being able to take images received from a Macintosh and save them in a format known as PCX which programs such as CorelDRAW can import . |
| 12 | Mentally disordered offenders who have been admitted to ordinary hospitals from the courts , or from prison , or from the Special Hospitals such as Broadmoor may require such a period of care in conditions of medium security . |
| 13 | Systems such as PREPLAN can provide the user with sound models of the behaviour patterns of fire and are therefore of enormous value in land-use planning . |
| 14 | Ex-soldiers such as Mike would travel from one army to the other , hoping to be in the right army at the right time . |