Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patients then received either a single injection of 6 µg/kg pentagastrin ( peptavlon , ICI Pharmaceuticals , UK ) subcutaneously or an intravenous infusion of 0.6 mg/kg/h over one hour . |
| 2 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 3 | Many lines were laid only where a considerable volume of traffic ( passenger and goods ) was assured . |
| 4 | Only where a significant source of pollution stops suddenly — a large factory closing down , a new sewage treatment works being opened — will a striking improvement in water quality be discernible . |
| 5 | Presumably it can be done only where the essential core of each subject is no greater than half the total ; or where the subjects overlap in some way ; or where students are prepared to do more than 100 per cent of the work . |
| 6 | The common law doctrine of frustration applies only where the main purpose of the contract has become impossible to achieve , Herne Bay Steam Boat Co. v. Hutton ( 1903 C.A. ) . |
| 7 | Law as integrity is also a non-skeptical theory of legal rights : it holds that people have as legal rights whatever rights are sponsored by the principles that provide the best justification of legal practice as a whole Pragmatism , on the contrary , denies that people ever have legal rights ; it takes the bracing view that they are never entitled to what would otherwise be worse for the community just because some legislature said so or a long string of judges decided other people were . |
| 8 | As such , a student may take one or two modules only or a whole set of modules specifically grouped together to meet the needs of a particular industry or employer . |
| 9 | In the same way , they took care to spend no more time together than the daily round of school life made appropriate , but the simple knowledge that there was now one person in the small , enclosed community who cared for him healed Richard 's wounded spirit . |
| 10 | The position for women is even less favourable so although the average length of employment in one firm is greater , few workers are able to recoup the earnings lost in earlier years of their career when wages are lower . |
| 11 | He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house . |
| 12 | The large presence at the start was proof enough that the overall standard of squash in this country is at its highest-ever level . |
| 13 | Much better than a long piece of string ! |
| 14 | It is notable that all of the groups defined as ‘ non-standard ’ , and a number of those entering on the basis of other qualifications , perform better than the average level of achievement for A-level entrants . |
| 15 | The selective imposition of fines , probation orders , community service orders , and compensation orders , particularly when coupled with ‘ positive repentance ’ for the corporation and occasional imprisonment ( not for merely thirty days ) for executives would undoubtedly achieve the penal aims of deterrence , incapacitation , rehabilitation , and restitution better than the present system of token fines and infrequent short imprisonment sentences . |
| 16 | The case trotted on at something slightly better than the conventional pace of litigation in this country and arrived at a point where each side had to ‘ discover ’ to the other all relevant documents relating to the matter . |
| 17 | The average depth of the sea is 12,430 feet — much deeper than the average height of the land , a mere 2,760 feet . |
| 18 | The difference goes far deeper than the political complexion of the government . |
| 19 | But Steven Morrissey 's Manchester was rooted far deeper than the élitist circle of rock music . |
| 20 | But the issue penetrates , or ought to , rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality . |
| 21 | John McNeill , for example , asserts that the ‘ … issue between Romans and Celts went far deeper than the recorded exchange of arguments indicates ’ . |
| 22 | To the extent that a given CR , separately acquired to each of two CSs , is likely to be evoked with particular vigour when the two CSs are presented together so the conditioned response of inattention will be especially strong when A and B have separately undergone latent inhibition training . |
| 23 | It is in the interests of each individual therefore to proclaim clearly among the confusion of swarming fish , that its particular niche is occupied so that no other individual of the same species will poach its territory . |
| 24 | Deep carpet covered the floors and the stairs swept up to the showrooms and the warren of workrooms beyond , and though the window drapes and furnishings were ever-so-slightly faded , as if they had seen better days , they were of the finest silks and velvets and every corner was swept , polished and cleaned daily so that no single speck of dust , let alone a cobweb , dared show itself . |
| 25 | I stretched out my whole body into the petals so that every square millimetre of my skin was softly touched , I wiggled my fingers and toes among the sweet perfumes … and I was being embraced . |
| 26 | Stretched out my whole body into the petals so that every square millimetre of my skin was softly touched . |
| 27 | This may take place subsequent to the conveyance or transfer to the wife , so that a separate deed of release is required in favour of the husband ( see Precedents 32 and 33 ) . |
| 28 | Anderson ( 1985 ) suggests that when one student has information to impart , some of that information should be distributed among the other students so that a certain amount of negotiation can take place as to what needs communicating and what does not ( see also Anderson and Lynch : Listening , in this Scheme ) . |
| 29 | Cable which has a large reserve of strength is mostly used so that a weak-link device of some kind safeguards the structure on a fast launch in gusty conditions . |
| 30 | Technological change has led to a de-skilling of industrial work , so that a major requirement of many employers is now for cheap , non-unionized , semi-skilled labour ( Massey 1979 ; Wood 1982 ) . |