Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of gender is , like the study of class or of race , also the study of inequality ; we are interested in not only why women do not occupy positions of power , status or responsibility in the same numbers as men , but also the process by which this occurs . |
| 2 | Immerse the section , slab or plaquette in the reagent contained in a suitable dish or tray for a few seconds or until the yellow precipitate forms . |
| 3 | A history teacher is content to cover the history of one country or continent over a few decades . |
| 4 | She 'll be away at a family wedding or funeral for a few days . |
| 5 | According to many local people , the police hold refugees without food or water for a few days , then turn them loose in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to walk back . |
| 6 | If one takes wines such as these together with the inevitably ill-fated attempts to make a red wine from black grapes grown in a climate barely hospitable enough to ripen a grape , let alone colour it , a wealth of curiously coloured , clouded wines must have constituted the norm , despite a half-hidden glint of pink or red in a few instances . |
| 7 | This portable version allows her out of home or hospital for a few hours … but for most of her life she must stay connected to a larger non-stop supply . |
| 8 | Appleton & Lange is part of the business , technical and professional group of Paramount Publishing , more familiar as Simon & Schuster until a few weeks ago , when Paramount Communications announced that it was changing the name of publishing group ( International News , 5th February ) . |
| 9 | I was genuinely concerned that Bev might be under some stress or pressure from the many attacks she was dealing with . |
| 10 | The personal engagement encapsulated here is not , after all , wholly different from the introduction to that much more objective modern study , the justly acclaimed biography of Mary by Lady Antonia Fraser ; for Lady Antonia describes how ‘ being possessed since childhood by a passion for the subject of Mary Queen of Scots , I wished to test for myself the truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her ’ . |
| 11 | ENTERTAINING — whether a formal party or dinner for a few friends — is something which most people enjoy . |
| 12 | Most significant however has been the donation of time and expertise by the many members of the wider research community who have served on the TEI 's Working Committees and Working Groups . |
| 13 | A genuinely corinthian sailor who spurns sponsorship , she shoe-horns her racing and preparation into a few weeks ' annual holiday taken from London-based solicitors Farrers and Co . |
| 14 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 15 | Titration studies in gall gladder bile were undertaken with HCl and NaOH in the same patients as studied by CO 2 equilibration . |
| 16 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 17 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 18 | Values of specific mRNA obtained by CE and RT-PCR from the same samples . |
| 19 | If then any acts of animals are analogous to human acts and spring from the same principles we have duties towards the animals because thus we cultivate the corresponding duties towards human beings . |
| 20 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 21 | One arrived at the bedside of a total stranger , and inside of a few hours that stranger became not merely the most important person in the world , but one 's entire world . |
| 22 | However , because of the complexity and interdependence of the many parameters that govern platelet activation and coagulation , few , if any , satisfactory thromboresistant materials have been reported . |
| 23 | After baking , pierce with a skewer and spoon over a few tablespoons of brandy . |
| 24 | Jack and I have known God 's strength and grace for the many tasks we have been involved in as Crossroads staff , and for Jack the difference is that we work a six and sometimes seven day week and we 're open for business outside office hours ! |
| 25 | Although this place has heard tales of much horror and beastliness over the many generations that hon. Members have spoken about the plight of victims throughout the history of this place , I suggest that the plight of the people whose human rights we will discuss this morning transcends almost every other horror that we have heard here . |
| 26 | Perhaps cuckoos have only in recent centuries started parasitizing their present hosts , and will in a few centuries be forced to give them up and victimize other species . |
| 27 | Her use of metaphor is based on the ‘ poetic ’ technique of repetition and variation of the same elements in an ever-expanding cosmos of contexts . |
| 28 | Should sentences therefore ebb and flow with the same tides ? |
| 29 | It quoted Street as saying that they were ‘ varied according to the use and size of the several rooms ’ . |
| 30 | The former road turns beyond the lane junction and crosses the valley to Morvich , a farming settlement in lovely surroundings with accommodation and camping for the many walkers who find this a convenient base for their mountain expeditions . |