Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberty for Hayek has a specific meaning . |
| 2 | Plan 9 From Outer Space ( 1956 ) with its paper plates for spaceships provides a notoriously extreme example . |
| 3 | Sidney 's Defence of Poetry for instance assumes a hostile critical environment , maintaining that there are important groups who mistrust poetic fictions altogether . |
| 4 | One way of thinking of this result is that variations in g cause simultaneous variations in the actual and the natural level of output : a higher value for g implies a lower natural and actual level of output . |
| 5 | We suggest that baptism for non-believers enables a family reunion to take place . |
| 6 | The issue assumes special significance when conviction for murder carries a mandatory penalty , particularly when that penalty is death . |
| 7 | Do make sure that every job that gets sent out for setting has a full specification and requirements sheet with it . |
| 8 | You could do but I mean , I I the n the amount of money needed for completion sounds a lot but actually it 's probably I think two and a half two hundred and fifty thousand to complete . |
| 9 | It is advisable that the date set for completion involves a group meeting and discussion of possible responses . |
| 10 | Any social debate about AIDS acquires a political dimension with associated prejudice about race , religion , social class and nationality ; in fact , it has become a direct threat to free travel between countries and to open international exchange and communication . |
| 11 | However , Lindstedt cautions that such visual behaviour as peering closely at the work being undertaken by no means offers a complete solution to the problems arising from the need to work at close range . |
| 12 | This call for help provokes a specific urgent reaction and interaction in the listener . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Apple 's Macintosh Application Services software for PowerPC includes a native implementation of the Macintosh Toolkit and allows well-behaved Macintosh applications to run within an X-Window on PowerPC and IBM Rios RISC machines . |
| 14 | I have already explained how debris such as brambles impairs a net 's efficiency . |
| 15 | The charity event known as Trailbusters offers a wide choice of routes from an easy access trail of up to five miles , accessible by wheelchair , to a 14 mile ‘ Tiger Route ’ covering difficult terrain . |
| 16 | However the actual molecular mechanism by which so much energy can be absorbed during fracture varies a great deal between the different kinds of solids . |
| 17 | After a short while , taking paper , glass and metals for recycling becomes a habit . |
| 18 | Producing furniture that is to be used and enjoyed for decades requires a corresponding attention to detail . |
| 19 | A verb such as question denotes a kind of event that our knowledge of the world tells us is typically prompted by something about the questioner ( usually their wanting to find something out ) . |
| 20 | To bring it into a form suitable for testing involves a modest degree of reformulation . |
| 21 | The issue between the Government and the Opposition — if there is an issue on the Bill — is that the hon. Member for Blackburn advocates a policy of patsy , unquestioning inspections of schools by people who are well known to those schools . |
| 22 | The letter ( 16 February ) on behalf of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland gives a reasoned and balanced account of the present legal framework . |
| 23 | An early start for strawberries ensures a full crop the following season , so you should plant out your runners now . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The process of assessment incorporates a number of key elements and involves the assessors ( including users and carers ) in bringing to bear a wide range of observational , communication , interpersonal , cognitive , and analytic skills . |
| 26 | We are living in a remarkable time , when the conflict of opinions renders a firm foundation of knowledge indispensable … |
| 27 | ( The field of Waterloo has a special significance for the regiment ) . |
| 28 | The Fijian traditional communal system of livelihood has a tendency to restrict initiative for commercial expansion and development so that there is a need to modify commercial values to meet with the demands of modern commercialism , This , in a nutshell , is what the Yalavou project sets out 10 do . |
| 29 | However , it is well recognised by conservationists that the modern pace and scale of change poses a threat which is quite unprecendented . |
| 30 | In Fig. 7.1 2/d ) the rate of change of freewheeling current is large and negative when the winding is turned off , but the decay is reversed by the motional voltage and the rate of change reaches a positive maximum . |