Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the US , the defence industries account for 44 per cent of the country 's consumption of the metal . |
| 2 | Program the sensor pods to search for any sign of ancient habitations within a twelve thousand mile radius of the pole . ’ |
| 3 | In all , there was evidence of an active , cohesive social movement typically visible in the programmes members arranged for cultural activities , local winter and summer musical and drama evenings , summer rambles and weekend schools . |
| 4 | They were broken up on the spot and only the saloon seats retained for further use . |
| 5 | The papingo shoot lasts for two hours with contestants shooting in rotation and taking as many shots each as the time limit allows . |
| 6 | The ascii code allows for these by setting aside the first 32 values , from 00h to 1Fh , as ‘ control characters ’ . |
| 7 | In the first 20 years of the Survey 's activities in Scotland , practically all of the central and southern parts of the country had been surveyed on the 6-inch scale and manuscript copies of the field maps made for public reference . |
| 8 | This will emerge from extensive application of a range of exploratory techniques , and such a procedure is particularly important prior to using one of the computer packages designed for confirmatory statistics . |
| 9 | An ability to link into the rail network to provide for local commuter services into York would i would be an advantage . |
| 10 | A further difficulty arises when considering the catchment areas required for different services . |
| 11 | In the second category of licentiateship ( that for junior management ) a person is eligible for membership of this grade if he has passed the HCIMA professional Certificate/Diploma programme , or Parts A and B or one of the current examinations listed in the section under members but can not yet meet the experience criteria required for full membership . |
| 12 | But both the CBI and the Institute of Directors are worried about the monitoring role proposed for non-executive directors . |
| 13 | Help can be obtained at any time by pressing the function key reserved for this purpose . |
| 14 | Help can be obtained at any point during an interactive session by pressing the function key reserved for this purpose . |
| 15 | Detailed examination of the assessment forms used for all the bilingual children found that in 75 per cent to 90 per cent of cases , no special account was taken of the child 's bilingual and cultural background . |
| 16 | Examination of the assessment forms used for all the bilingual children found that in 75 per cent to 90 per cent of cases , no special account was taken of the child 's bilingual and cultural background . |
| 17 | The course structure allows for both individual ‘ one-off ’ expressive designs and designs for the mass market . |
| 18 | Six of the districts used the Guthrie spot to test for cystic fibrosis , and in these districts 306 ( 37% ) of the 964 women identified cystic fibrosis ( correctly ) , compared with 42 ( 10% ) of 409 in the other hospitals , who did so incorrectly . |
| 19 | Herbert Wilcox was among the first to realize the opportunities sound created for British filmmakers . |
| 20 | The income the garbage pickers receive for each item is extremely low and reduced even further by the competition between them , which is encouraged by the system that is very much a buyer 's market . |
| 21 | Mr Howell is convinced that the tea market under-supplied for several years . |
| 22 | Changes in the labour force accounted for 1.53 per cent and 1.57 per cent respectively . |
| 23 | Yet they are the only animal known in whose bloodstream the AIDS virus survives for any length of time . |
| 24 | While no researcher , irrespective of their gender , can ever be totally sure that respondents are being truthful ( specially so in our case ) , the research design compensated for this . |
| 25 | Thus the three parts of the research number allowed for subsequent analysis of all the referrals received ( a ) as a group , ( b ) according to whether they were received in or out-of-hours and ( c ) according to the nature of the referral received . |
| 26 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 27 | Consistency will be the key note when the Crosby show re-opens for another season . |
| 28 | Stir-fry for 2–3 mins , then add the spring onions cook for 2 mins and add tomatoes . |
| 29 | Strabane scored 212 — the Gillespie brothers accounting for 149 of the runs and for good measure Mark ( 64 not out ) was voted man of the match . |
| 30 | Since the work of S. S. Stevens in the 1930s and later , it has been recognized that , although the Weber-Fechner Law holds for many sorts of sensory experience , the exponent varies widely ; nevertheless , the principle of a quantitative correlation between external stimulus , neural activity and experienced sensation remains intact and now appears to be well-established . |