Example sentences of "part [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to be a link between these phenomena and the distribution of irregularities in atmospheric pressure and sea surface temperature across a large part of the southern hemisphere at low latitudes.The abnormally high pressures over Australia during the latest drought are part of a changing pattern called the ‘ southern oscillation ’ , a seesawing of pressure between the Australian region and the central Pacific Ocean . |
| 2 | Some 20 members of Ferriers Barn , Bures , took part in the event , which is part of a major drive to raise £1,000 towards the centre 's annual running costs . |
| 3 | The IMF had in late June 1989 approved a drawing of 9,180,000 special drawing rights ( approximately USdollars 11,460,000 ) under the second annual structural adjustment programme ( ie part of a three-year plan agreed with the IMF in October 1987 ) , with objectives including tax reform , reform of the cotton sector , liberalization of price controls and foreign trade , reduction of the balance-of-payments deficit ( currently some USdollars 64,000,000 ) , the control of inflation within a 5 per cent ceiling , and boosting of real economic growth to 3 per cent . |
| 4 | The incubation is part of a last-ditch attempt to establish a mating programme to save the huge Californian bird , which has dwindled to about 20 birds ( New Scientist , 20 January , p 142 ) . |
| 5 | For example , where particular clients agree that their money may be placed with a particular bank with a view to earning a higher rate of interest but correspondingly accepting a greater risk of default by the bank , those clients ' claims will form part of a separate pool consisting of the assets placed with that bank or ( in the case of a designated fund account ) with a group of such banks . |
| 6 | After two years he moved to Border Television in Carlisle where being part of a small team allowed him to dabble in all areas of production . |
| 7 | This head once formed part of a small figurine carved from mammoth ivory . |
| 8 | She is one of many young researchers involved with the Expedicion Humana 1992 programme run by the Javeriana University in Bogota , which , in turn , is part of a worldwide project supported by the Royal Geographic Society to track down and codify the enormous body of information still existing in traditional native cultures worldwide . |
| 9 | COUNCIL bosses are planning a shake-up of sports centre services including shorter opening hours as part of a long-term move to save cash . |
| 10 | Of this , $200million will come from the US , as previously announced by President Bush , to tide Poland over until it receives $710million from the IMF as part of a long-term programme to restructure its economy . |
| 11 | The visit was part of a European tour undertaken by Nguyen in late May and early June , which also included visits to Belgium , France , Germany and the Netherlands . |
| 12 | They 're part of a European team working on a nuclear fusion project , but claim they 're paid only half as much as their continental colleagues . |
| 13 | Published simultaneously in eight European languages ( as part of a European initiative backed by Frederique Delouche , a banker ) , it is clearly intended to serve a purpose . |
| 14 | He encouraged the police to step up the number of arrests for homosexual offences , as part of a political manoeuvre to allay American fears , fuelled by the Burgess and Maclean episode , that there were people susceptible to blackmail occupying high positions in Britain . |
| 15 | The popular appeal of the Alliance , attempted as part of a hegemonic strategy to mobilise support by neutralising antagonistic class relations , exploiting discontent with , inter alia , the intrusion of ‘ extreme ’ political forms , and incorporating working-class demands for social reform . |
| 16 | The photographs are required to form part of a static fashion show that will include a 10-set period dress display , comprising both photographs and mannequins . |
| 17 | Jeremy 's flat is in the same expensive suburb for whites as her own , part of a concrete block overlooking orchidhouse and swimming-pool . |
| 18 | Inevitably this takes the researcher beyond the press release , the statistical return , or the ‘ folk explanation ’ and into an interpretive framework , perhaps to seek how these presentations are used ( often unconsciously ) as part of a well-constructed formula to replicate positions of power and support the ideology and practices of the institution . |
| 19 | This change is part of a concerted effort to raise our profile with our international customers . |
| 20 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 21 | They 're part of a black museum kept by Chief Inspector Doug Davidson at his office in Wheatley . |
| 22 | The official honours went to Laurel Garrard driving a Daf for Marathon Haulage , part of a three-truck convoy carrying textile plant from Nottingham to Greece on the 02.30 departure of the European Endeavour to Zeebrugge . |
| 23 | Thomson-CSF SA says its Syseca unit won a contract worth several million dollars to provide a turnkey system to send messages between 29 European civil aviation agencies : the contract , awarded by Eurocontrol , which oversees air traffic control across Europe , calls for installing the system by end-1993 , and the contract is part of a vast programme to link up Europe 's air traffic control systems — the present fragmentation is one of the key causes of the air travel delays ; the Central Flow Management Unit system will be based on Syseca 's Aermac product , and will collect flight plans from the World Civil Aviation Network , the SITA airline network SITA and from air traffic control centres ; it will be installed at two central sites , at Haren , Belgium and Bretigny-sur-Orge , France , using Stratus Computer Inc fault-tolerant systems connected via an X25 packet-switched network . |
| 24 | An air attack now on Saddam 's convoy or his bunker would be very difficult unless it were part of a general air-strike to punish his refusal to follow UN Security Council resolutions . |
| 25 | The temptation is to see this as part of a general dynamic conditioned by similar wartime experiences , party organisations and social structures ; but historically the areas contrasted strongly , and West Ham lay outside the influence of Morrison 's London Labour Party ( p 29 below ) . |
| 26 | Such recognition , which will come , should be part of a general agreement to resolve the whole situation . |
| 27 | The sense of being part of a general flux had been lost for years . |
| 28 | However , Shbeilat and Qarrash were both released on Nov. 15 as part of a general amnesty to mark King Hussein 's birthday . |
| 29 | Furthermore , in February 1711 , as part of a general move to increase revenue , it was decided to sell the " Commons and Waste Grounds " of Stockport , sufficient to yield about £60 a year ; of this , one sixth was to be paid to the Mayor towards defrayment of the costs of his office , and another sixth to the Schoolmaster , while the remaining two thirds were devoted to the poor of the town . |
| 30 | Under these amendments the Public Security Corps would become part of a civilian ministry following the end of hostilities ; Supreme Court of Justice members would need to be elected by two-thirds of the Legislative Assembly ; and funding from the state budget for the judiciary would be guaranteed . |