Example sentences of "studying [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I , too , was studying Spanish ; but soon I had abandoned the classes for foreigners in the university and was studying on my own . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Fair-skinned Louise spent a year in Gran Canary in 1986 , while studying Spanish at Queen 's University , herself then as a ‘ serious sunworshipper ’ . |
| 6 | Other words , which we will look at in studying connected speech , change their stress pattern according to the context they occur in . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | For that reason , the majority are likely to be studying technical or vocational subjects that equip them with more immediately useful skills . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | To go crazy with emotion , studying eye-level ants . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | According to Townsend , the data should be invaluable to researchers studying rural areas . |
| 14 | Nick Hennessey , who is studying rural development at Anglia Polytechnic University , was one of ten western students who went to Poland . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The suite of National Certificate Modules listed below provides a means of studying European issues within a sociological , political , historical and geographical context : |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We are studying specific plans , under the Europol heading , that will be geared specifically against terrorism , mafia activities and drug dealers . |
| 19 | A problem in studying acute renal failure is the lack of a clearly agreed definition . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But we were told recently by a delegation from the french Senate , studying British methods of scrutiny of Community legislation , that they had great difficulty in obtaining copies of Commission legislative proposals and that it had been necessary for them to establish an office in Brussels to ensure a reliable supply . |
| 22 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 23 | The students of the academy were therefore to begin by arranging and cataloguing the papers of the foreign ministry as well as studying foreign languages and history . |
| 24 | The standing commissions of the Supreme Soviet and their investigatory teams scrutinize draft legislation and report after commissioning research and studying public reactions . |
| 25 | I was advised that before studying psionic medicine it would be appropriate to learn homoeopathy and this I duly did , leaving my post in the genetics department for one in the homoeopathic hospital . |
| 26 | Scholars studying popular culture have paid close attention to crafts , recognizing occupational traditions and customs that have origins in the middle ages . |
| 27 | Anyone wanting to argue the importance of studying popular music has to absorb Adorno in order to go beyond him . |
| 28 | In the end , the overriding motivation for studying synaptic plasticity in the brain is the hope of gaining an understanding of the physical basis of memory in health and disease , and it is the nature of the link between LTP and memory that is likely to provide a major focus for research in the future . |
| 29 | The main differences between specialists studying different types of finds is in the scientific methods of analysis available . |
| 30 | Inevitably , he was studying English and Italian . |