Example sentences of "[adj] a range [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | General SVQs offer the chance to provide such a range of programmes in Scotland : a good case in point is the new general SVQ in arts and social sciences , which is entirely consistent with the proposals for SCOTCERT . |
| 2 | It may seem extravagant to invoke such a range of processes in order to explain the effects of what is perhaps the simplest of training procedures ; , but in fact the list is as yet incomplete . |
| 3 | But if HRT can achieve such a range of benefits , why are n't women queuing up in droves ? |
| 4 | The next obvious question concerns the reasonableness of such a range of conditions . |
| 5 | Perhaps such a range of activities seemed to endanger his chances of getting a degree but those who thought so had underestimated the strength of his neurotic energy . |
| 6 | … There is no need to presuppose the existence of such a range of duties . |
| 7 | He also included cauliflowers , artichokes and sweet fennel ( as opposed to the herb ) , all of which were fairly recent imports from the Continent , suggesting that with such a range of vegetables ‘ a Country Gentleman and Farmer may have every thing at home , and set out a Table fit for a Prince , without being beholden to the Markets ’ . |
| 8 | Commenting on a considerable drop in sales at a book fair , one experienced bookman wrote about these travel books : ‘ That such a range of books which I find boring beyond belief — I prefer to call them non-books — was due for a shake-out , appeared inevitable to me . ’ |
| 9 | The larvae of ichneumid wasps are parasitic on the developmental stages of insects or spiders , which egg laying females locate by searching narrowly circumscribed micro-habitats ; they are as much niche-specific as host-specific , and it is because there is such a range of niches in a garden that there are so many kinds of adult wasps . |
| 10 | Do you suppose they cater for such a range of sizes |
| 11 | The 166 husbands whose occupations are recorded do not cover quite such a range of trades as the fathers — 64 as opposed to 76 — but that is hardly surprising since they are much more concentrated in a number of particular trades . |
| 12 | Although it is true , as Charles Muscatine has recently pointed out , that it is inappropriate and impossible to seek to classify fabliaux in toto as representing one of the styles of Latin rhetoric recognized in the medieval schools — humilis , medius or gravis : low , middle or high — fabliau authors can call up such a range of styles for good local effect . |
| 13 | However that may be , it is , surely , part of the very meaning of being rational that one tries to organise one 's mental stance towards the world so that it is consistent and comprehensive , consistent in that its elements do not frustrate each other , comprehensive in that it covers one 's stance to as wide as possible a range of phenomena . |
| 14 | Carol will also liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies/groups in the borough to promote as broad a range of services as possible . |
| 15 | We were provided , therefore , with as broad a range of contacts as is possible within one station ( although this breadth does not approach that which comes from survey research ) while still becoming close to one section , as is necessary in ethnographic research . |
| 16 | How specific or broad a range of wastes constitute a waste type is debatable . |
| 17 | Support care involves detecting deviations from the normal ageing process and noting early signs of ill health , while rehabilitation care is designed to restore individuals who have been ill or disabled to as full a range of activities of daily living as possible . |
| 18 | Explain the advantages this type of tree has over balanced trees , and compare and contrast their performance over as full a range of applications as possible . |