Example sentences of "total [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A useful feature of such dynamic spectra is the isosbestic point , which is a point where the total absorbance does not change with time , although the absorbances at points on either side do change as the concentrations of reagents and products evolve . |
| 2 | A new film Give My Regards to Broad Street achieved extra significance on 30 September when all pleas for a reprieve were rejected , and the North London mausoleum closed its doors to passengers and awaited total demolition . |
| 3 | There were two lawful ways to demolish the listed chapel — one was to have the building de-listed and the second was to obtain listed building consent for its total demolition which involved seeking representations from six conservation bodies . |
| 4 | Well , I mean to say , I 've got total admiration for the way you chaps work . |
| 5 | This obscures the fact that many major contributors — Duke Ellington , Count Basie , Dizzy Gillespie — are the total opposite ; it also ignores the fact that the freak depicted in Bird is not the Charlie Parker I knew and worked with at all . ’ |
| 6 | This is the total opposite to that experienced in the recession of the early 80s when our washroom service suffered badly . |
| 7 | the total opposite of them . |
| 8 | What is more , Marx was not consistent in his account of ideology and while he sometimes seems to be referring to what Mannheim was later to call ‘ total ideology ’ , at other times he seems to be referring to a ‘ particular conception ’ of ideology with its psychologistic basis . |
| 9 | Is it still SWEG policy not to issue a membership list : I am in total sympathy re problem(s) of misuse , but other groups I belong to do have lists e.g. IPR , BAIE , ESBW , EICG . |
| 10 | Such an incident resulted in a total wipeout in one of the author 's tanks containing a pair of Emperor Angels and a shoal of Butterflyfish . |
| 11 | The wife was awarded £10,000 as a lump sum , £103,608 for loss of past maintenance , £203,000 for loss of future maintenance , £6,100 for inadequate property settlement , £2,500 for loss on mortgage payments and £5,000 for mental distress : a total award of £330,238 . |
| 12 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 13 | Thus , if the total award is large enough ( say , reflecting three years ' employment and loss of salary and contract benefits for that length of time ) , an ex gratia payment will not reduce your former employer 's legal liability towards you at all . |
| 14 | The total award made was £54,196 . |
| 15 | To summarize the total award is thus made up in this way there are agreed items as shown on the er schedule of the plaintiff 's submissions which come to three hundred and fifty two thousand , five hundred and ninety six pounds , |
| 16 | In addition , because there is such a lack of water , the total biomass is low . |
| 17 | Although individually insignificant , ants make up for this in sheer numbers and total biomass ; they are among the dominant extant organisms on Earth . |
| 18 | Some arctic species appear to be markedly temperature-sensitive in rate of growth , others less so , though low temperatures generally reduce the total biomass attained by cold-tolerant species in a single season ( Savile , 1972 ) . |
| 19 | This occurs for non-woody monocotyledons of low biomass , where leaves form a constant high proportion of the total biomass . |
| 20 | It was n't the type of climb on which you wanted to be with a total beginner — Robin . |
| 21 | All the others had done some paragliding before — I was the only total beginner . |
| 22 | The marrow regenerates itself rapidly while the patient spends the next three months in a plastic bubble ; 30 per cent can expect total remission . |
| 23 | Total remission is seen in under half of the children but more often only 10–20 per cent completely stop bedwetting . |
| 24 | It was , however , possible to obtain either partial or total remission of one 's time in purgatory through the acquisition of indulgences . |
| 25 | As can be seen , the total sentence can be reduced by as much as 60 per cent if the prisoner is placed directly into Stage 2 after conviction . |
| 26 | Thus the embedding of a label in a total sentence structure ( complete linguistic predication ) indicates that it is less tied to its situational context and more related to its linguistic context . |
| 27 | Thus the embodying of a label in a total sentence structure … indicates that it is less tied to its situational context and more related to its linguistic context ’ ( 1972 , p. 175 ) . |
| 28 | The dreaded Hun provides fireworks displays , force a total reorganisation of the humdrum routine and create the bombed out landscapes where he discovers sex . |
| 29 | The proposals were heavily criticised and eventually , as a Bill legislating for the changes went through the House of Commons , the government bowed to their own back-benchers and produced an amendment introducing a total reorganisation ( Maclure 1988 : 109 ) . |
| 30 | The team is now in place but the total reorganisation task has been expensive and operational efficiency has suffered during the process of change . |