Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm takes about 50 CPU seconds on a SUN SPARCStation II to order 180 probes and 1150 clones from the S.pombe YAC library , and 247 CPU seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library , including the phase of contig ordering and consistency checking . |
| 2 | A trip to the park involves almost military-style organisation but once there there 's no shortage of playmates . |
| 3 | The base contains about nine Snotlings but is treated as if it were a single large monster with several wounds and attacks . |
| 4 | The blackbird acquires extremely complicated songs , incorporating noises from what it hears in the environment , such as the songs and cries of other animals . |
| 5 | Moreover , if the retailer has too much stock of perishable goods , items may deteriorate or pass their ‘ sell by ’ date before they are sold . |
| 6 | London-based controller developer Pacific Semiconductor ( Europe ) Ltd has introduced its new Laserboost board that it says can radically improve the performance of Canon Inc SX , RX and TX-based laser printers like the LaserJet II and III , Brother HL8E and Canon LBP8II for a fraction of the cost of a new machine : the board takes only 15 minutes to install and costs just £380 ; it features Hewlett-Packard Co PCL 5 printer language , eight scalable fonts , a 20MHz 68020 processor , proprietary ASICs and Direct Memory Access through the parallel port ; it also has from 2Mb of memory , one independent and two parallel ports , offering HP7475A plotter emulation . |
| 7 | The technique requires only one step , a special ( fluorescence ) microscope is not required , the result is easy to interpret , and slides can be kept permanently for future reference . |
| 8 | The money runs out next month , and there is no guarantee that it will be available for next winter . |
| 9 | The brewery has only horizontal tanks , in which the fermenting wort is a mere 2.8 metres high . |
| 10 | Under the reorganisation plans both these hospitals would be closed and the sites sold . |
| 11 | There is no point granting leave to a person with sufficient interest if it is clear , for example , that the applicant 's case is a hopeless one on its merits and is bound to fail for that reason ; or that the case raises only non-justiciable issues . |
| 12 | I think that the computer presents exactly that challenge and amongst the sorts of things I 'm thinking of is that erm it 's one thing to play with a computer toy , a game of some sort — we 've all seen them in the bar and elsewhere — it 's another thing entirely to devise your own game , to program your own rules in and then to bring your friend along and have them challenge it . |
| 13 | At present we assume that the computer does only one thing at a time . |
| 14 | The ban covers only uncut logs , so large numbers of new sawmills have sprung up in Cambodia to evade the ban . |
| 15 | The crossing has very tall piers and arches under the central tower . |
| 16 | The decision comes just two weeks after House of Fraser stores across Britain — excluding Harrods — gave in to Sunday trading . |
| 17 | The decision comes as British troops protecting aid convoys face growing dangers in the inter-ethnic war . |
| 18 | The decision affects only new plants , however — not the 80 or so stations now working or the 57 under construction . |
| 19 | The Trabukos offers pleasantly furnished bed and breakfast accommodation , for 2 or 3 people sharing a twin or three bedded room with private bathroom and balcony , or self-catering studios for 2–3 people with private bathroom . |
| 20 | The chart shows how much plutonium and HEU might be released from warheads if the INF and START disarmament treaties are implemented . |
| 21 | In fact , the male has exactly 959 body cells and the female 1031 . |
| 22 | The male has highly absorbent belly feathers which enable him to store water after immersing his underparts in a water hole . |
| 23 | In this model , the male has as much interest in forming a stable family unit as the female and gets just as broody . |
| 24 | A taxi journey from the Airport to the University takes approximately 20 minutes . |
| 25 | The university uses about 7000 dogs and 2000 cats per year . |
| 26 | There must be a facility whereby , when the user calls up any OED entry , the corresponding Supplement entry is automatically called up with it , and vice versa . |
| 27 | This is because in searching a very large library collection it is essential to attempt to ensure that the user gets just those references that are required . |
| 28 | Hence it has been assumed that because the user carries out known-item searches , known items do meet the user 's information needs . |
| 29 | Regardless of whether or not the user carries out these checks , option 1.5.2 must be used by the designated approver during the approval process . |
| 30 | From the car park at Alfred 's Tower — on the National Trust 's Stourhead Estate — the route goes around three miles across country to Redlynch and on to Burton . |