Example sentences of "and [vb base] the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | When a certain number of choices have been logged , the computer will wipe the screen clean , " breed " from the preferred biomorph and display the next generation of mutant progeny . |
2 | The Festival will also promote Hull as the UK 's key northern Gateway to Europe and celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the start of the English Civil War in Hull in 1642 . |
3 | ‘ I am fasting because I see no other way to express my protest against the ways in which our politicians brazenly keep up appearances and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the state as their victory . |
4 | Spread a little buttercream over the centre of the marzipan circle and place the second cake on top of this . |
5 | At that time — at least to start with — we could pick up some of those who had been the least successful in their school careers , often because they had turned their backs on the opportunities open to them , and provide the first steps towards training and employment . |
6 | These results underscore the importance of the telomeric repeat nucleotide sequence for efficient recognition as functional telomeric DNA in vivo and provide the first step toward the development of an artificial chromosome cloning system for filamentous fungi . |
7 | From the outlet , fit the first bracket 1m along , against the string line ( allowing for the thickness of the gutter ) and fit the first length of guttering to the outlet and the supporting bracket . |
8 | We 're holding an arm-wrestling and spinach-risotto evening at the Cock and Pullet in Poplar and we 'd very much like you to do a twenty-five minute cabaret and cut the first slice of a twelve-metre onion quiche , baked by MOLES , you know , Mothers of Optometrists Lesbians , Esperantists and Social Security Clerks . ’ |
9 | They emanate from a time about 300,000 years after the Big Bang and show the first signs of fluctuations in the density of matter in space . |
10 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
11 | Then we drive hell for leather to the airport and catch the next plane to Nice . ’ |
12 | On the following evening , her plan laid , Joan again found an excuse to retire early and put the first part of the scheme into action . |
13 | This week Interex , Hewlett-Packard Co 's user group , will be having its annual meeting in sultry New Orleans and HP is expected to take it into its confidence and announce the first implementation of the PA-RISC 7100 chip in a new single-processor non-Unix business system dubbed the HP 3000 Series 987 . |
14 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
15 | To illustrate the way word-processors use embedded symbols , type a paragraph of text and indent the first line with a single tab . |
16 | Obviously , the thing to do is to backwind to the point where the eating of the banana comes to an end and begin the next shot from there . |
17 | to join the triangles to the shelf cover , place the right sides together and pine the first triangle to the centre of the shelf cover . |
18 | The warriors , their spears resting on their shoulders , take very small steps and chant in time , breathy snorts — ‘ Hooh , hooh , hooh ’ — as they circle the girls and pass the second line of warriors , moving in the opposite direction . |
19 | We rendezvous every morning near Blackfriars Bridge and get the first jobs over the radio . |
20 | If it is , follow the route down the tree to the ‘ b ’ node , and get the next letter from the graph of data . |
21 | I turn over Summerchild 's elegant minute and uncover the next document on the file . |
22 | For example , in Namibia , UNTAG not only had to ensure that the ceasefire was observed ; it also went on to tackle a programme of repatriation , and oversee the first elections for the new state . |
23 | Mountain View , California-based portable communications devices developer Eo Inc duly announced its partnership with AT&T Co , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Marubeni Corp to design , build and market the first generation of what it is calling personal communicators . |
24 | They take the book of Revelation more literally and believe the second coming of Christ is imminent . |
25 | He or she must also make any capital contribution , which is normally payable forthwith , and pay the first instalment of any contribution from income , so that the whole sum will be paid off within 12 months . |
26 | But not many people did see it and he was left with a clutch of good notices , a prospect of the West End which would say no , most times , to the sort of plays he was right for and a generous offer from Anthony Quayle to come back to Shakespeare in Stratford and tackle the next range of roles . |
27 | Yet someone had come in by that door , very softly , and was now motionless just within it , hesitating to advance into the choir and interrupt the second office of the day . |
28 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
29 | Rites intended to heal the rift in the Imajica , and reconcile the Fifth Dominion with the other four , had gone disastrously awry . |
30 | And start the 21st Century with a substantial cash sum , which is yours to spend any way you wish — on improvements to your home , a new car , a special holiday . |