Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All green plants depend on light to power the chemical processes by which they synthesise their body substances from simple elements . |
| 2 | While the new book can be viewed as a hypertext because it has a semantic net to which paragraphs are attached , print on paper remains the dominant medium for the delivery of books , and Hypertext has also been generated in paper , linear form . |
| 3 | Tomorrow we look at work to prevent the further spread of HIV in the region and at hopes for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 4 | In this chapter we compress into summary form the main findings and issues discussed so far . |
| 5 | Shrinkage can cause paint to crack , and allow in water to start the whole process all over again , if steps are n't taken to prevent it . |
| 6 | Then the test of any technique you use with video becomes the same as the test of anything else you do — does it help the achievement of your objectives ? |
| 7 | Mendel in fact selected the paired categories of size because he reasoned , correctly , that the mechanisms of inheritance would be most easily revealed in such a trait . |
| 8 | Civil war hampers their efforts but rather than cease their work of ‘ renewing the earth ’ they often labour at night to avoid the constant threat of bombings from the air . |
| 9 | Now what should you , the client , do in order to obtain the best results from a recruitment company . |
| 10 | So therefore Chairman I I do in fact support the amended er motion . |
| 11 | The scattered seismic observations are summarised on Fig. 2 on the assumption that they do in fact record the same fundamental detachment zone . |
| 12 | If , as the above evidence suggests and as Karlsson has argued , sufferers from psychosis — whether we call it schizophrenia or affective disorder — and the highly creative do in fact share the same genes , then it may be asked : what , in psychological terms , is inherited ? |
| 13 | Regroup your substitution items into groups each with the same tone patters , and try each group again in the same frame to see if the items do in fact have the same tone pattern ( see right-hand column ) . |
| 14 | The first inch yields a higher marginal benefit to your neighbour than the amount that you require in compensation to offset the marginal cost to you of that first inch . |
| 15 | Figures for Glasgow would probably indicate about 8 , and will such specialist homes as they increase in number attract the additional medical and nursing input that is so necessary |
| 16 | I mean I do n't write for therapeutic purposes in the sense that you might imagine , you know , someone in a mental hospital would paint or do pottery or conceivably write in order to relieve the inner tensions . |
| 17 | We still have location-based teams but these work in partnership to make the best use of specific expertise at particular sites . |
| 18 | Broad-spectrum insecticides used against bollworms have in turn decimated the natural enemies of whiteflies ( which live on the undersides of the leaves and are thus protected from aerial sprays ) . |
| 19 | On the production side we have in effect collapsed the two sectors into one . |
| 20 | I have on occasion preached the same sermon in two different churches . |