Example sentences of "materials [det] as [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This revision has been undertaken by Steven Sheehan , Director of the Ralph Mayer Centre at Yale University , and includes more detailed sections on newer materials such as acrylics , referred to by their American name , ‘ polymer colours ’ , and a completely reworked pigment section . |
| 2 | Mathematics or Language or Science programmes for young children must be accompanied by suggestions for the use of ‘ waste ’ materials such as cartons , empty milk tins , bottles and bottle tops even in the knowledge that in many areas these are impossible to come by or that articles such as tins or bottles when in very short supply acquire a cash value in communities . |
| 3 | Waste will be sorted centrally at a waste stream sorting plant ; easily recyclable materials such as metals , glass and plastics will be sent to reprocessing plants in the region ; organic material will be composted and sold for fertiliser ; heat generated by the decomposing material will be used to warm ponds to farm prawns and crayfish , and gas will be sold to a local power-generating company . |
| 4 | It is also very suitable for light wash applications with inks , so that dry drawing materials such as charcoals can be readily mixed with wash techniques . |
| 5 | Although indentation testing as a measure of elastic modulus is not well known as a laboratory test method it is the basis of many hardness tests used in industry particularly for softer materials such as rubbers , where the indentation made under a standard load is large enough to be easily measurable . |
| 6 | In this ( Timoshenko 1951 ) the displacement where a is the radius of the circle of contact , and By combining these two expressions we find If v = ½ , for incompressible materials such as rubbers , then If a circular-ended flat punch is used then where R is the radius of the punch . |
| 7 | There is no corresponding requirement for bistability , which occurs for , and thus actually benefits from a long time constant , since the gain is : hence materials such as semiconductors and liquid crystals with small are ideal for bistability but useless for Ikeda instability . |
| 8 | Among the reasons discussed are the presence of dangerous materials such as explosives and toxins ; the centralisation of supplies , long-haul distances and limits on substitution of one supply for another ; the inflexibility of energy delivery systems ; and , in planning , the high capital intensity and long lead times . |
| 9 | These are backed up with in-store materials such as posters , vinyl stickers and product label recipes . |
| 10 | Materials such as celluloses and stainless steel have been successfully coated . |
| 11 | In particular , I needed to gain access to teachers ' appointments panels within the school where it would be possible to observe appointments procedures , collect documentary materials such as copies of application forms ? curriculum vitaes ? references and job descriptions and follow up my investigation by interviewing candidates who had applied for posts after their interview had taken place . |
| 12 | This can be counteracted to some extent by the addition of materials such as poly-phosphates , which sequester the calcium and magnesium ions , but this is an expensive way of softening water . |
| 13 | Nor do they benefit from statutory benefits such as sickness or holiday pay , or health regulations — important for those working with hazardous materials such as adhesives . |
| 14 | This can occur in very fine-grained materials such as clays which are capable of retaining significant quantities of unfrozen water at temperatures well below 0°C . |
| 15 | Of workshop attendees questioned , only 46.5% had a procurement policy for tribological materials such as lubricants and 43% had no maintenance/lubrication strategy for plant and products . |
| 16 | Indeed the only reason that modern living things are able to survive in the presence of oxygen , is that they contain a variety of compounds that prevent it from reacting with materials such as fats : compounds that include vitamins C and E , and uric acid . |
| 17 | For viscoelastic materials such as polymers the sawtooth mode , in which load , extension or strain varies linearly with time up to some preset value is the least useful for the materials scientist . |
| 18 | We have already seen that amorphous materials such as polymers have chain structures . |
| 19 | The scarcity is beyond words ; even the most basic materials such as gauzes , needles , and syringes can not be found . |
| 20 | Two British soil chemists , Thompson and Spence , were the first to discover in 1845 that natural materials such as zeolites ( alumino silicates ) and greensands had properties for exchanging alkalis and acids . |
| 21 | Some conditions influence density and layout , while others merely affect design and the subsequent cost of house construction , including choice of materials such as bricks and tiles . |
| 22 | Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats . |
| 23 | Campaigning guidelines , including a ban on gifts and propaganda materials such as T-shirts , were issued , with a Supreme Court ruling on political advertising still due to be made . |
| 24 | So far we have considered man-made materials where the composition reflects the processing , but the composition of materials such as stones and gems , which were used without chemical modification , can also sometimes indicate their source , and thereby the authenticity of artefacts made from them . |
| 25 | Metal lends itself to a wider range of decorative techniques than most other materials because of its physical properties , particularly its ductility , which allows it to be twisted into wire or inlaid with other metals and even other materials such as gemstones . |
| 26 | New trade routes may be traced by the spread of metalworking skills and the import of rare and exotic materials such as gemstones and ivory for jewellery . |
| 27 | That 's probably a set of tyres or something - it 's not a great deal of money in this day and age - but then failure is limited to actual breakage , wear and tear is excluded , it does n't cover the cost of working materials such as gaskets , if the vehicle has been modified in any way it 's excluded , it excludes any personal injury resulting from the breakdown , it covers erm the schedule is invalid if you have not covered the servicing aspects on page ten , the servicing aspects on page ten require you within ten days or two hundred and fifty miles of three thousand miles intervals — most cars now are six thousand mile intervals — to have the oil changed , so there 's a built-in additional service , and so it goes on . |
| 28 | In our one-day workshop , stencil expert Helen Morris , who runs a successful stencil loan service and shop , will teach you how to cut stencils and then apply them to various materials such as walls , fabrics and furniture , using stencil paint , spray paint and crayons . |
| 29 | A selection of Faber-Castell 's drawing materials are available in an attractive wooden compendium case , which includes auxiliary materials such as erasers sharpener , paper wiper ( paper stump ) and a sandpaper block for sharpening drawing points . |