Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The M. eugenii library , consisting of 1.2x10 6 PFU , yielded three positive clones when screened with the human SRY probe . |
| 2 | Consequently , many retailers in the run-up to Christmas were looking at poor weekly sales figures when compared with the same week in 1991 . |
| 3 | Normally they do so in such intimate contact that they immediately annihilate each other , because the force of gravity — and hence of antigravity — is weak over tiny distances when compared with the strong nuclear force and the electromagnetic force , which pull the particle and antiparticle inexorably together . |
| 4 | Those choosing to take redundancy received the company 's standard redundancy provisions as agreed with the British Cement Staff Association . |
| 5 | ‘ Three of us were elected to Exhibitions at the same time , and I recall the maturity of his literary powers as contrasted with the callow essays we had to take up to Owen M. Edwards each week . ’ |
| 6 | But I would dearly love to be a fly on the wall during his meeting with ‘ The Godfathers ’ to hear what answers they can dredge from their souls when faced with the ruthless and uncompromising compassion of that awesome man . |
| 7 | Some of the more important suggestions for change include new committee structures to allow qualified civilian staff to have information and knowledge to question military assumptions ; new congressional committees to review the need for new weapons systems ; laws to force people to disclose any bureaucratic and financial interests when dealing with the military and to stop Pentagon officials taking top jobs with defence contractors : and , budgeting systems which would ask for every existing military programme to be fundamentally reappraised every year ( zero-based budgeting ) . |
| 8 | In chapter 8 , rules were formulated which dictated which way to run the proportions when dealing with the hypothesized effect of one variable upon another : proportions were calculated so that they summed to 1 within the categories of the explanatory variable . |
| 9 | The efficiency of the combined enterprise in concluded take-overs as compared with the pre-merger performance of the target and the acquirer is of crucial importance in evaluating the merits of reliance on the market for control as a disciplinary mechanism . |
| 10 | They are also helpful if they are arranged so that you are paid on or before the date of delivery of your goods or services as compared with the usual 40- to 70-day wait for your cheque . |