Example sentences of "[vb pp] [Wh det] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes ammonium hydroxide is added which functions as a mild alkali . |
| 2 | Despite the adoption of a global data-structure , an essentially hierarchical flow of information is imposed which allows for a weak interaction between the knowledge sources . |
| 3 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |
| 4 | This means that when one is treating a patient with homoeopathy , a substance is used which produces in a healthy person symptoms and signs similar to those presented by that patient . |
| 5 | Anyone like us who , after two hand-outs , tries pretending she 's not there is eventually offered what sounds like a horrible curse . |
| 6 | Since 1979 , the Government has unleashed what amounts to a permanent revolution with one central theme dominating the Prime Minister 's programme ( for a fuller record of Mrs Thatcher 's stewardship , see Peter Jenkins , Mrs Thatcher 's Revolution , Jonathan Cape , London , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | He slid her a coolly measuring look , clearly not accustomed to being told what to do by a mere make-up artist , but to her relief he did as he was bid , lowering himself into the chair and sliding down to tilt his head back into the sink . |
| 8 | When asked what to do with a running shoe , the non-exercisers said ‘ run or walk ’ while the exercisers made suggestions as diverse as hammering in nails , killing cockroaches , or putting pot plants in them . |
| 9 | Needs on occasion are identified which call for a sharp break with previous practice , or for a new genus of weapon altogether ( such as the ICBM , Galosh ABM , particle beam weapons ) . |
| 10 | A planner , Colin Buchanan , who during the 1950s had had somewhat of a chequered career as an inspector in the Ministry of Town and Country Planning ( Bruton , 1981 ) , argued that a new situation had arisen which called for a fresh approach . |
| 11 | Werewolf had been reading the owner 's handbook of Patterson 's BMW and experimenting with the passenger seat , having achieved what seemed like a dozen different positions before we got south of the river . |
| 12 | e4 and equally unusually achieved what looked like a considerable advantage from the opening . |
| 13 | The increase in coagulation that results from adding specific lipid mixtures to plasma indicates that a number of haemostatic components has evolved which interact with a lipid-water interface of very restricted specificity . |