Example sentences of "studying [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Taylor , who only has partial sight in one eye , has spent eight years studying eight hours a day to achieve her degree by using a specially adapted tape recorder . |
| 2 | Conventional procedures for studying receptive fields involve presenting small spots of light or dark , or light/dark edges and moving them around until you find the point in the visual field where they affect the response of the cell . |
| 3 | Ritchie hoped that manometry would prove a ‘ safe and reliable method of studying colonic movements ’ and in 1965 Deller and Wangel expressed the view that understanding of intestinal motility may progress if pertinent problems were recognised . |
| 4 | I , too , was studying Spanish ; but soon I had abandoned the classes for foreigners in the university and was studying on my own . |
| 5 | If I do manage to find some spare time I 'll be studying Spanish because you need something to take your mind off the racing . ’ |
| 6 | Fair-skinned Louise spent a year in Gran Canary in 1986 , while studying Spanish at Queen 's University , herself then as a ‘ serious sunworshipper ’ . |
| 7 | Other words , which we will look at in studying connected speech , change their stress pattern according to the context they occur in . |
| 8 | This is not to belittle the role of the superstructure and the importance of studying that side of men 's relations in commodity economy ; but investigation does not begin with the superstructure . |
| 9 | On 4 March he wrote : ‘ [ The breakfasts ] give me a good opportunity of studying that strange little genius who presides over us . |
| 10 | You were going to spend all night studying that book , remember ? ’ |
| 11 | That 's photocopied is n't it ? , are you studying that book ? |
| 12 | Paul are you studying that book in class ? |
| 13 | The Department of Transport is studying possible options for a new ‘ M12 ’ motorway from Chelmsford to the M25 , or for up-grading the existing A12 south of the county town . |
| 14 | When studying possible reforms and changes in the law , will she consider that the decision to open on Sunday is taken not by local supermarket managers but nationally by their boards , and that if there is any change in the law they should be the ones to be prosecuted ? |
| 15 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
| 16 | Anne Keddy Hector , Robert Seyfarth and Michael Raleigh at the Universities of California and Pennsylvania have been studying parental behaviour among captive vervets to see if males ' parental ability affected the females ' choice of mate . |
| 17 | Irena arrived looking stunning , and the entire audience spent the interval walking about studying each others ' clothes . |
| 18 | They stared into the mirror , studying each other 's face . |
| 19 | Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes . |
| 20 | To go crazy with emotion , studying eye-level ants . |
| 21 | The main problem of studying agricultural production is the lack of clear evidence on yields in relation to seed , although at Battle in Sussex , where this can be documented , wheat and barley yields seem to have declined and those of oats increased during the later Middle Ages . |
| 22 | According to Townsend , the data should be invaluable to researchers studying rural areas . |
| 23 | Nick Hennessey , who is studying rural development at Anglia Polytechnic University , was one of ten western students who went to Poland . |
| 24 | Other groups are studying rural development opportunities , farm forestry and other environmentally sensitive farming practices , the economics of low input and organic farming systems , the optimal utilisation of agricultural investment and the creation of expert systems to aid in decision-making for the management of the natural and farmed environment . |
| 25 | The suite of National Certificate Modules listed below provides a means of studying European issues within a sociological , political , historical and geographical context : |
| 26 | It can be used when studying specific paddle strokes such as the low brace , forward paddling and bow rudder but is best used as an average overall measure of the paddlers style . |
| 27 | We are studying specific plans , under the Europol heading , that will be geared specifically against terrorism , mafia activities and drug dealers . |
| 28 | A problem in studying acute renal failure is the lack of a clearly agreed definition . |
| 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 | Funny way to spend your life , though , studying another chap 's versifying . |