Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such agents will therefore affect the learning process even though they are not directly part of it , in the same way as the tone or volume controls on a tape recorder affect the recording and playing of the tape even though they are not directly part of the message the tape carries . |
| 2 | ‘ The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large , but mostly one who , through ignorance or stupidity steals in a way that is not customary . |
| 3 | Each OR symbol acts as a name for the set of symbols { P , Q , R , … } on the right sides of its productions . |
| 4 | difficulties ensuring discipline , either because of uncertainties over parental status or power struggles in a remarriage where the partner adopts the child . |
| 5 | I do n't get tired unlike some of the other drivers and experience counts for a lot in this sport |
| 6 | The sixteenth-century shroud was a voluminous sheet , gathered at the head and foot ends in a knot ; those of the eighteenth century were more tailored , with sleeves and draw-strings ; whilst in the nineteenth century they were fully fashioned . |
| 7 | One sermon to urge the duty of penance and confession tells of a woman who had committed a sin which she could not bring herself to confess for shame . |
| 8 | For example , there are two sum icons — a 2D sum that sums the cells to the left or above the cursor and can even fill in the row and column totals for a block ; and a 3D sum that consolidates data in the pages behind it — so you can do cookie-cutter sums on a whole range in one go . |
| 9 | The distinction between rationalism and empiricism relates to a distinction between knowledge acquired by reason and knowledge acquired by the senses . |
| 10 | His film debut prompted Richard Winnington to write that Brando 's ‘ combination of style , depth and range comes like a blood transfusion into cinema acting ’ . |
| 11 | Despite these problems , most LDCs are increasing their education expenditures as the lack of skills and knowledge acts as a barrier to economic progress . |
| 12 | At first glance , Tony wearing his off-duty clothes , a panama hat and blazer looks like a cricket umpire , but his line of work is far , far battier . |
| 13 | But the fundamental incommensurability of idea and event re-emerges in a precariousness in this narrativization of history where each disturbance in the writing punctuates it with the unassimilable , discontinuous and disjunctive temporality of the event . |
| 14 | The need for further discussion and debate arises from a number of issues . |
| 15 | Similarly , the apparent text of my obsessive orderliness read , ‘ Form and order make for efficiency , and efficiency makes for a well-structured , meaningful life ’ , while the sub-text read , ‘ Unless I impose some form and order on life , I shall lose control , chaos will ensue , and life will become meaningless . ’ |
| 16 | Place the carrots , sauce , butter beans , Edam and egg yolks in a food processor . |
| 17 | He still has his portrait , painted in blood and grass stains by a colleague . |
| 18 | Stick cloves into the onion pieces and put with milk and bay leaves into a saucepan . |
| 19 | Waves of compassion and outrage fuse with delayed feelings of self-pity for her own plight , and society seems for a moment a huge conspiracy to exploit and oppress young women . |
| 20 | 1 Combine all the salad and herb leaves in a bowl , cover and chill until ready to serve it . |
| 21 | Pound together the basil , garlic and pine kernels in a mortar or blender until you have a fine paste . |
| 22 | Had Robinson 's throw from mid-on hit the stumps , there would have been no need to call on third umpire Chris Balderstone and TV replays for a verdict . |
| 23 | Then 1967 brought the popular superimposition of doves and castle ramparts in a graphic which was very much a child of its design age . |
| 24 | If an outbreak of self-poisoning and self-injury starts on a ward , the staff need first to try to understand why it is happening . |
| 25 | We ca n't put all the bells and whistles , and all the , the checks and all the consultations and design reviews onto a job which gives us a fee income of er two thousand pounds . |
| 26 | But consciousness comes at a price , and the price is banishment from the Garden . |
| 27 | Associationism is long dead as a theory of thought , but externalism remains as a feature of most of its naturalistic successors , because , by virtue of their naturalism , they can find no space for intrinsic generality of mental contents . |