Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The projects chosen for support consider a number of issues which include accountability and social and economic efficiency , public and third part accountability , sectional interests and the general interest , and evidence of the efficacy of concertation in macro-economic policy . |
| 2 | Words such as aardvark use a number of nodes which are not shared with any other words . |
| 3 | In a diagram : Verbs such as try evoke a movement towards the beginning of the infinitive event but do not reach it , whereas verbs like manage take one all the way up to the point of actual realization . |
| 4 | Other Nikiyas — Durante or Guillem — may for instance assume a charming Oriental fluidity in their arms , but only Asylnuratova 's urgency and amplitude of gesture can convey the destructive extremes of Nikiya 's nature . |
| 5 | He also notes that the fact that transcendental meditation changes one 's brain waves does not imply that it is in any way helpful ; he might have added that the brain waves during meditation show a remarkable resemblance to those of someone who is drowsy or even asleep . |
| 6 | This year 's Better Environment Awards for Industry include a new category : for companies with bright ideas on recovering waste . |
| 7 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 8 | ( vi ) After centrifugation insert a rod through the hole in the base of the tube and push the plunger up gently until the chambers emerge and can be removed . |
| 9 | RADICAL DANCE FACTION , DIE CHEERLEADER , SLUNK and AFTER FX play a benefit show for anti-fur campaigners Lynx at London 's Tufnell Park Dome tonight . |
| 10 | The family historian who has traced his ancestors back to nineteenth-century Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire or south Derbyshire will have seen parish registers that time after time give a man 's occupation as FWK . |
| 11 | Sandwich bars are everywhere — for lunch try a ciabatta-bread sandwich , which comes stuffed with ham and mozzarella cheese , plus a cappuccino , for around £3.50 . |
| 12 | People searching for work face a tough task . |
| 13 | If your vagina feels a little dry during intercourse use a lubricant such as KY Jelly to ease the problem of friction and bruising . |
| 14 | These examples of assessment illustrate a variety of purposes , including : |
| 15 | The introduction of the national curriculum and new modes of assessment provide a context for the study . |
| 16 | The gift of genius Find a brilliant inventor to set loose in the laboratory and your problems are solved ; the new products will start to roll off the line immediately . |
| 17 | In one way these three decades of horror provide a parable of how we try to explain evil in humanity . |
| 18 | This has been a very busy year and the committee has been lucky with the commitment of its Vice Chairmen and members who of necessity reflect a microcosm of the Bar from the young criminal practitioner to the experienced commercial silk . |
| 19 | A spelling corrector must of necessity use a lexicon . |
| 20 | Taken together with the other forces already mentioned in this chapter , increased levels of inspection become a potentially counter-productive measure . |
| 21 | Nor did the fact that the defendants had a direct financial interest in securing a sale of Vertigo constitute a breach of fiduciary duty since the contract of agency envisaged that they might have such a conflict of interest . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , of course have a look . |
| 23 | Only if a legal system was eventually brought in would a breach of contract become a criminal breach of the law . |
| 24 | Among other casualties in this process will be plot : ‘ the plot having disappeared , it is no longer necessary to have the events of fiction follow a logical , sequential pattern ( in time and in space ) ’ ( Federman 1975 : 810 ) . |
| 25 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Only with the rise of Khoneini did the politics and spirituality of Islam become a burning issue among strategists , conversationalists , politicians and writers . |
| 28 | Monetarists argue that changes in the supply of money have a crucial effect on the economy . |
| 29 | Candidates for the degree of PhD pursue a research project , under the continuous guidance of a supervisor who is a member of the University staff , or is on the staff of one of the research units or institutions associated with the University , for a period of not less than 36 months if studying full-time , or 48 months if part-time . |
| 30 | Notice that the times of waking become a little later each day and this indicates that the cycle length is greater than 24 hours , about 25 hours in the case shown . |