Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If in Holy Scripture there are found some injunctions forbidding the infliction of some cruelty towards brute animals … this is either for removing a man 's mind from exercising cruelty towards other men … or because the injury inflicted on animals turns to a temporal loss for some man … |
| 2 | North of the Border , a balance between those architects expecting a rise and those expecting a fall in workloads in the next six months stands at a dismal minus 19 per cent . |
| 3 | Fortunately continuing research by agrochemical manufacturers has to a large extent enabled the persistent organo-chlorides to be suspended . |
| 4 | The loftier tone of these words blends with a certain tendency to affectation ( the gallicism gants de Suede ) , and to euphemism ( payment is referred to by terms and remuneration , the child 's ill-health is glossed over in the noun weakness and the negative phrase " not robust " ) . |
| 5 | On shores composed mainly of shingle the amount of erosion performed by waves depends to a large extent on whether they are constructive or destructive . |
| 6 | After his visit to the hospital he spoke to shoppers in Stockton High Street about the community charge and Labours plans for a fair rate . |
| 7 | All it does is answer nothing and demands answers to a whole host of other questions . |
| 8 | The above arguments lead to the conclusion that the usual initial data for colliding plane waves leads to a unique solution only up to the topological singularities and in regions II and III , and to the ‘ focusing ’ singularity in the interaction region . |
| 9 | This meander among association books ends with a royal occasion-the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in August 1902 . |
| 10 | Quite soon the loads on aircraft got too big for this method ( though shot-bags are still used from time to time for certain simple tests ) and nowadays the loads are applied by means of hydraulic jacks operating through very elaborate multiple lever or ‘ family tree ’ systems ; each of the hundreds of branches ends in a mechanical attachment to the wing surface . |
| 11 | His imitations of other voices calls for a good sense of mimicry , and should bring the dreariness of his life into focus . |
| 12 | Each of ERC 's domestic branches consists of a complete machine shop , welding shop and field service department . |
| 13 | In a review which in some respects reads like a premature obituary , Turney describes the current ( 1990 ) situation with regard to the place of peer review in funding UK science . |
| 14 | Evidence of religious aspects comes from a sculptured relief of a hunter god , of which Professor J. M. C. Toynbee has written : ‘ even in its mutilated state , ( it ) is one of the most satisfying extant pieces of Romano-British sculpture known to us ’ , though it consists only of the torso . |
| 15 | But few can doubt that Europe 's varied assortment of nations makes for a conflicting assortment of company commercial strategies and government policies . |
| 16 | In contrast H. isolonche in game birds occurs as a clinical entity . |
| 17 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 18 | In the early 1980s detectors were becoming even more sophisticated and versatile , particularly in their ability to cut out ferrous metal and locate small coins ; the increase in the finding of Celtic silver minims and medieval hammered farthings stands as a good testimony to that . |
| 19 | Hyperglycaemia during late pregnancy leads to hyperplasia of β cells in the neonate , and malnutrition in growing rats leads to a permanent reduction of the a cell mass . |
| 20 | A shop full of royal souvenirs intervenes before a memorable finale featuring exact replicas of her private boudoirs at Windsor , Sandringham and Balmoral . |
| 21 | Apart from the peats which were formed by the anaerobic decomposition of plant life in waterlogged conditions , organic matter in soils consists of a wide variety of living animals and plants , including earthworms , insects , bacteria , plant roots , and fungi , as well as decaying animals and vegetable fibres and wastes . |
| 22 | An emphasis upon rights and obligations focuses upon a pre-existing treaty relationship defining parties and third parties . |
| 23 | Formidable earthworks remains of a substantial motte and bailey . |
| 24 | I may have been wrong proportionately as many times as the result of an amniocentesis turns out to have been wrong : that is , being wrong in both cases amounts to a hypothetical possibility , but is not normal . |
| 25 | The enrichment of forms and surfaces acts as a social catalyst . |
| 26 | This bypassing of these groups leads to a worrying loss of expertise , for what appears to be political reasons , namely , that the Rape Crisis Lines have radical politics . |
| 27 | Thus the normal 3:1 mixture of chlorine isotopes leads to a characteristic isotope pattern for a single M-Cl bond stretch , with a stronger higher-frequency band due to 35 Cl and a weaker , lower-frequency band due to 37 CI . |
| 28 | High acidity of the duodenal contents has for a long time been found to be associated with gastric metaplasia , both in humans and in laboratory animals . |
| 29 | " The European Council is convinced that harmonious development of the Union over the coming years depends to a considerable degree on the strict application to existing and future legislation of the principle of subsidiarity by all the institutions . " |
| 30 | The credibility of alternatives depends in a large measure on three factors : a new perspective on disruption and disaffection ; support for teachers ; a re-alignment of current resources . |