Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] various [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve interactive computer terminals allow visitors to take an ‘ electronic walk ’ through Pompeii 's forum , theatres , amphitheatre , villas and baths , seeing them from various perspectives . |
| 2 | The present research involves making extensive video recordings in the homes of eight carefully selected families and submitting them to various forms of analysis . |
| 3 | These individual ‘ building blocks ’ are called phonemes , or in some instances allophones , and by using them in various combinations any word can be constructed . |
| 4 | More often , two or more rhythms are used to give not only a more varied rhythmic interest but also a bigger canvas by using first one rhythm , then another , or by using them in various combinations and expansions . |
| 5 | He observed that here there was no need to grow trees from seed ; one could buy them in various sizes , ‘ cultivated and clipped ’ at a moderate price on account of many competitive tradesmen . |
| 6 | It is necessary to attract and select staff , to train them , to provide them with various services and with potentiality for advancement as their skills increase with experience . |
| 7 | Considering each of the quadrants in turn and relating them to various types of work , we arrive at the following conclusions . |
| 8 | I referred him to various people who knew his father , including one or two working in the Eastern European section of MI6 at the time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You can translate it in various ways . |
| 10 | Then they tried it with various kinds of depression , even psychoses . |
| 11 | Flaubert 's Dictionary offers a course in irony : from entry to entry , you can see him applying it in various thicknesses , like a cross-Channel painter darkening the sky with another wash . |
| 12 | When it has grown strong and healthy , you can display it in various ways . |
| 13 | They catch them and pickle them or pin them on cards ; they put them in various sorts of cages and study their responses to different environments and different stimuli … |
| 14 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 15 | Towns vary widely , although it is possible to group them in various types . |
| 16 | He 's absolutely fanatical about them — full of stories about their characters and sounding me about various treatments . |
| 17 | There are several people who will probably need to help you with various parts of the work from the very beginning to completion ; Environmental Health Officers , Builders , Architects or Surveyors , Building Control Officers and Occupational Therapists . |
| 18 | The strategy adopted was to begin with the best analysed corpus available when we started work ( Alvar Ellegard 's 128,000 word analysed subset of the Brown Corpus of American English ) , convert it into a format that could be used in practice , and improve and extend it in various ways . |
| 19 | Nearly all of these are modern chemicals we have thoughtlessly introduced into our cats ' environment to help us in various ways . |
| 20 | Rod Hale and Grant Parrott both sustained injuries which incapacitated them in various ways . |
| 21 | Different types of barrows and trucks lead children to use them in various ways . |
| 22 | ‘ The rudiments of newsletter writing and production are presented in a very personal manner , and as simply as possible , to guide you through various levels of journalistic skill . |
| 23 | Tell us about various reasons , not just study of value of the great of the greatest value there . |
| 24 | Various people were due to address them at various moments , in particular Winston . |
| 25 | Gradually children will come to understand them in various contexts and so use them in their own play . |
| 26 | So Suger persuaded Louis to begin the task — not completed till the reign of Philip Augustus — of extricating himself from the bonds of homage which bound him to various bishops in the realm . |
| 27 | Bill McGuire 's studies will take him to various volcanos around the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans . |
| 28 | Q I know that stock is going missing from the stock room and I 've tried to prove who 's doing it by various means without success . |
| 29 | We met her under various guises throughout the islands : with the Bugis pirates in the Moluccas , where we cast offerings into her whirlpool ; and amongst the tribesfolk of Sumba who rely on her signal in the form of the one night each year when Sumba 's beaches briefly swarm with red sea-worm — to initiate their deadly war-sport between lance-throwing armies of mounted warriors . |
| 30 | In our one-day workshop , stencil expert Helen Morris , who runs a successful stencil loan service and shop , will teach you how to cut stencils and then apply them to various materials such as walls , fabrics and furniture , using stencil paint , spray paint and crayons . |