Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the propositional schema " x is a man " can be appropriately filled in by inserting a proper name , say " Jones " , in the place occupied by the variable , yielding a meaningful proposition whose truth-value happens to be true . |
| 2 | Once the colour has solidified in the palette you can treat it as normal ‘ pan ’ watercolour : the colour can be lifted off by applying a wet brush . |
| 3 | It was one of a number he had picked up since leaving the charred ruins of Ankh-Morpork . |
| 4 | Very chronic problems can be speeded up by applying the same solution as that taken by mouth , externally to the back , thighs and lower legs . |
| 5 | Progress can be speeded up by employing a top trainer , but it 's still a lot easier to acquire better players . |
| 6 | At this stage the channel cables were not actually connected to the peripherals so that testing of the processor and channels could be carried out without affecting the existing systems . |
| 7 | Examination of the condition of the meshes in the sieve nest should always be carried out before undertaking a major sieving programme . |
| 8 | The calibration is carried out by mounting the magnetometer core centrally in the coils and adjusting the peak-to-peak output while reversing the coil current , set to a constant value appropriate to the range being calibrated . |
| 9 | They also showed that the Kinnersley-Chitre transformations can be carried out by solving an appropriate homogeneous Hilbert problem . |
| 10 | The CLO test ( Delta-West Ltd , Bentley , Western Australia ) was carried out by placing the antral biopsy specimen into the gel pellet , and reviewing the slide for the positive red colour at 3 and 24 hours . |
| 11 | England , with Andrew Hine and James Lucas playing well in midfield , never looked back after taking a 3-1 lead in the first chukka . |
| 12 | Most of human progress seems to have come about by making the contrary assumption that nature can be improved upon by artifice of one kind or another . |
| 13 | Now , they have come round to adopting the Indian selection policy with the ever-improving off-spin of Hick now regarded as part of their frontline attack . |
| 14 | They 're making so much noise I think we could be in danger of being moved on for creating a public disturbance . ’ |
| 15 | The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles . |
| 16 | An image , an acoustic picture is built up by scanning the focal dot over the specimen 's surface . |
| 17 | Because he 's European , he 's bald and the opposite of everything Kirk was and he 's always so messed up about making the right decision … ’ |
| 18 | I get fed up with cooking the same old thing — I like it if I can experiment . |
| 19 | Someone tell him about it I 'm fucking getting fed up with telling every single person |
| 20 | If every drop of water was drained off after closing the main stop cock , three could be no dreaded flood . |
| 21 | The coloured transparent stones could all be shown off by using the old technique of rubbing and polishing . |
| 22 | This wastage can be shown up by comparing the theoretical mass balance with the actual mass balance . |
| 23 | The total energy which has to be used up in producing a real fracture surface is therefore greater than G and is known as the ‘ work of fracture ’ , W , such that , Although W is always considerably bigger than G , its actual magnitude varies very greatly between different materials . |
| 24 | When a computer has a number of data.types , many operation codes are used up in providing the same arithmetic operation for operands with different formats . |
| 25 | It was soon over , the patient was shown out after making a further appointment , and they were admitted . |
| 26 | Somewhat ironically , by August BIT had got round to recommending the Daily Telegraph 's information service as a useful source . |
| 27 | It came from the paper 's Atticus column , and was a couple of years old — it looked as if Bill had n't yet got round to filing the latest news on Puddephat . |
| 28 | Designed by and for top cyclists , it provides a high level of comfort and durability but should be worn in before undertaking a long journey . |
| 29 | Since social systems , in this instance like physical systems , tend towards inertia , the challenge to innovation is bound up with reversing the usual trend . |
| 30 | As John Morris and Jack Burgoyne have pointed out in DEVELOPING A RESOURCEFUL MANAGER : |