Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new X-terminal offers a large user memory of 30Mb , and fits in with Forefront , Hitachi 's heterogeneous systems integration schema announced in February . |
| 2 | It has been argued that British membership of the EEC imposes a legal not simply a political limitation on Parliament . |
| 3 | Once again , left ventricular function plays a key role . |
| 4 | This is because increasing the proportion of left handers in the overall population by shifting the criterion to the right takes in a larger segment of the RS — distribution , but this segment constitutes a changing proportion of the number of individuals to the left of this criterion ( i.e. the left handers ) . |
| 5 | Beautifully decorated inside and out , the Maria offers a good standard of accommodation and traditional family hospitality at a reasonable price . |
| 6 | Although libertarianism at present constitutes the main driving force for the Federation of Conservative Students , there was no evidence of this ideological philosophy in the branches we studied . |
| 7 | First Response offers a single and double test for the woman more unsure of the dates of her cycle or who wants to double-check her results . |
| 8 | Sheffield United have been trapped by the candid camera too often in the past and Bassett thinks the prying lens is wrong in all sorts of ways . |
| 9 | This response represents the isomorphic struggle to resolve meaning , at the level of metaphor . |
| 10 | Mermaids have been sighted there and a ghost haunts a derelict bothy near the loch . |
| 11 | MacGregor 's bowerbird builds a complex bower of the ‘ maypole ’ type . |
| 12 | 16.14 In chapter 7 we say that literature plays an important role in improving abilities in speaking and listening , and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 13 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 14 | ‘ The death of Marcos offers a momentous opportunity for the Aquino government to rally the people behind the ideals which swept it to power : freedom and democracy , bread and justice . |
| 15 | Because the scale is logarithmic , each whole number increment represents a tenfold change in acidity ; thus , solutions of pH 6 , 5 and 4 contain 1 , 10 and 100 microequivalents of acidity ( Hsup+ ; ) per litre respectively ( abbreviated u eq/l ) as illustrated in figure 4.2 . |
| 16 | But the critics of collectivism face a formidable task because collectivism does seem to fit so well with commonsense ideas about Japan , and the identification of unique cultural values offers a convenient residual ‘ black box ’ which can be used to explain away those aspects of Japanese experience which do n't quite fit with social science models . |
| 17 | The arrangement of the oceans in relation to the continents plays a decisive role in creating and sustaining life on Earth . |
| 18 | In a glass case sits a shrivelled liver , which duplicates the function of an Energy Jewel ( 8 Magic Points ) . |
| 19 | The sudden appearance of glucose in the bloodstream and the corresponding rise in blood glucose level evokes a quick response from the pancreas and results in a brief state of apparent overabundance . |
| 20 | Since the Aberfan disaster in 1966 , the law requires that overburden be separated from other waste , and the dumping technique produces a new shape . |
| 21 | Ward lights the blue touch-paper at York |
| 22 | The National Curriculum represents a middle course — the present government believing that law by itself can not raise standards . |
| 23 | The National Curriculum represents a major intellectual challenge for teachers in the coming years . |
| 24 | Robertson 's text offers an analytical if dry survey of the main trends of the Cardinal 's interests , but there is little revelation of his character : surely Haskell 's great example in Patrons and Painters proved the need for obeisance at the shrine of personality . |
| 25 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 26 | The Corporation Road building offers a wide range of options for the unemployed , including woodwork , motor vehicle engineering and needlecraft . |
| 27 | Only in the last 150 years have a number of these buildings been demolished , but even so it is only in Paris , Chartres and few other instances that an open space in front of the building offers a clear view . |
| 28 | The second and most important divining technique involves an oracular substance ( benge ) which is credited by the Zande with possessing the power of distinguishing between contrary propositions and thus solving human dilemmas . |
| 29 | Restructuring grant represents a specific commitment by the Government to the work force . |
| 30 | Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well . |