Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ When hormone levels in the blood rise , due to anger or aggression , the device releases an artificial chemical which neutralizes other bodily fluids like adrenalin , ’ Dexter explained .
2 The analysis for parameter values near point X is much harder , involving elements of all the other analyses mentioned so far , but it is at least possible to confirm that Fig. 6.2 is qualitatively correct { 11 } .
3 Any part of the cost of a development which is attributable to plant and machinery will generally qualify for a 25% annual allowance if it is used for the purchaser 's trade or leased by the purchaser to another for the purpose of the other 's trade .
4 Tei and Owen provide no breakdown of their data in terms of the angular separation between adapting and test stimuli on their " different " trials so it is net possible to see whether adaptation is effective over a greater range of orientations in the LVF compared to the RVF .
5 Following the subject breakdown into the seven categories suggested by the SERC IT Directorate , it is possible to see whether employment chances were better or worse than the average , depending on IT course content .
6 Henry did not have to see his thin anxious face , his nervous nibble at his lower lip or the furtive glance to left and right to know that number 47 was performing the ritual known as Is the Mitsubishi Scratched Yet ?
7 It will be interesting to see whether Unix International follows suit .
8 It will be interesting to see whether Unix International follows suit .
9 It will be interesting to see whether Mains can bring a new dimension to All Black play .
10 It would be interesting to see if DNA supercoiling can stabilize the open complexes formed at other B.subtilis promoters known to form unstable complexes , such as the tms and citB promoters .
11 Legend publishers two C J Cherryh titles : The Goblin Mirror ( £4.99 ) Faery in the Shadow ( £8.99 ) ; it will be interesting to see if Legend can revive this established author , whose sales have recently flagged .
12 It would be interesting to see if ethanol stimulates release of histamine from mast cells in culture .
13 It will be interesting to see if nature 's solution to this problem bears any resemblance to man 's .
14 But the Secretary of State was not prepared to wait until research demonstrated , if it could , that common schools were better than a divided system ; such divisions were , in his view , matters of value rather than of fact and related to a vision of the nature of a social democracy .
15 It would be wrong to claim that Darwinism had no impact on the study of what would now be called ecological relationships , but the impact was indirect .
16 It is wrong to contend that divorce legislation ‘ defines ’ all marriages as being dissoluble .
17 Delicate arrangements are required to maintain the controlled gas leak and these are prone to wear and maintenance problems .
18 Fears have been expressed that the release of any genetically engineered microorganism could get out of control and become harmful to plant or animal health .
19 It is heartening to know that road casualties present no substantial threat to the toads at this particular lake .
20 The Social Fund replaced the previous system of additional and urgent needs allowances and grants , which had been an area of supplementary benefit responsive to demand and welfare rights pressure .
21 If you did a survey of women of the age which people can work at , who would be willing to work if work were available , you 'd have er completely different figures .
22 The Tomato Marketers might be interested to know that back in the twenties , when grapefruit was making its way in France , so highly reputed an establishment as the old Café de Paris listed that novelty in the special corner of the menu normally reserved for caviare alone .
23 It is obviously very prone to bias and reactivity effects ; it can easily be subverted by stacking samples ; and the credibility of the report depends completely upon the creditability of the practitioner .
24 He had always been slightly prone to drink and gambling .
25 Since it was to act against hope , it was wrong to assume that defeat was an explicit sign of divine condemnation of a cause from which there could be no recovery .
26 Self also believes it is wrong to assume that bureau chiefs generally control a monopoly .
27 It would be wrong to assume that trade unions have had no effect on these matters .
28 While it would be wrong to deny that Goldsmith is nostalgic , Sambrook 's argument certainly points toward a more generous assessment of his work .
29 Editor , — John R Hampton may be right to lament the decline in doctors ' abilities to elicit and interpret physical signs , but I believe that he is wrong to conclude that training in the setting of general practice will sound the deathknell of these skills .
30 Meanwhile , the CYL was holding its Twelfth National Congress in Beijing , but most students were more interested in social get-togethers than League policies .
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