Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the structure of water the basic components or molecules exist in a free flowing state loosely bound together by forces of mutual attraction . |
| 2 | Texts and objects combine in a new installation by Marlene McCarthy at Metro Pictures until 27 March and new paintings featuring over-sized calligraphic texts figure in Linda Daniel 's new work at Jose Freire Fine Arts , until 21 March . |
| 3 | The difficulty lies principally in that , whereas most scientists and engineers operate in a three-dimensional world capable of reasonable representation on a television screen , the multivariate nature of data analysis goes far beyond this into a space of m dimensions conceivable to the human mind only as an abstraction . |
| 4 | The immediate family and carers go through a chronic grief process alongside the need to go on caring for and sustaining a person who is slipping away , cognitively , behaviourally and emotionally . |
| 5 | Data on consolidated government revenues and expenditures come from a different source , and are differently classified . |
| 6 | ROBERT Crawford 's quintet for clarinet and strings , which received its premiere at Strathclyde University with the Edinburgh Quartet and clarinettist Douglas Mitchell , seemed a pleasant piece , appealing in that it explores the musical possibilities of letters from Crawford 's name , and satisfying in that clarinet and strings blend in a mellifluous combination . |
| 7 | When the Netherlands is the seat of war , all the peasants grow rich , for they pay no rent when the enemy is in the country , and provisions sell at a high rate . ’ |
| 8 | Those whose gifts and tastes lie in a certain direction — people who do not have a head for mathematics — may well have been influenced by this in an early career choice . |
| 9 | The various recommended taxes and rates contribute towards a total revenue budget for 1993-94 of £241 million , 1.2 per cent more than 1991-92 . |
| 10 | PETER 'S FRIENDS : Kenneth Branagh and chums meet for a crisis-ridden yuletide . |
| 11 | and bishops move on a tipsy tangent , |
| 12 | Professor Laura , writing in the latest edition of Nature and Health , said bacteria , fungi , amoebae , worms and mites grow in a brown slime found in contaminated air-conditioning plants and are circulated and inhaled . |
| 13 | The latest published figures on the origins of TB infection in confirmed herd breakdowns in Great Britain show that south-west England has a much higher incidence of breakdowns and badgers account for a high proportion of them . |
| 14 | Its stories , essays , poems and photos come from a vast array of sources . |
| 15 | Women and men stand in a different relationship to language and women writers should remember this fact both while they are writing and when they receive rejection slips from publishers . |
| 16 | He even played what some call the ‘ race card ’ , and others see as a proper concern for social cohesion . |
| 17 | Parts and components account for a growing share of Japan 's exports ; 28% of total exports and 36% of machinery exports in 1992 compared with 19% and 28% respectively in 1981 . |
| 18 | Added to this , MPs and ministers have in a special degree the conviction that central government knows best and that any devolution from London must mean giving powers to authorities that are poorer , weaker , slower , perhaps corrupt , perhaps more reactionary ( for Labour members ) or perhaps more reckless with public funds ( for Conservative members ) . |
| 19 | Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit . |
| 20 | Days and nights merge in a common pain , relieved scarcely at all by Schur 's drugs . |
| 21 | From the historian 's point of view , it provides valuable evidence about a corner of the Touraine crucial to Angevin domination but very difficult to hold , and about the resources and stratagems open to a second-rank aristocratic family determined to maximize its assets . |
| 22 | But that it may be redirected towards other ends is shown by the way in which labor difficulties become unpopular during war when employers and employees unite against a common foe ’ |
| 23 | But numbers belong in a different category , and here descriptive terms evidently can refer just as " rigidly " as names can . |
| 24 | Sickle cell anaemia follows a highly variable clinical course : some sufferers die in infancy from the disabling effects of recurrent crises or overwhelming infection , but others live for a normal lifespan . |