Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As well as the set OPEN of known nodes which might lead to goals , and whose children have yet to be explored , the algorithm keeps a set called CLOSED of other known nodes whose children have been constructed .
2 The algorithm keeps a set of several strings .
3 Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others .
4 The algorithm scans the sequence of top symbols of parses , and looks for pairs M , P which crop up together unexpectedly often .
5 To do that , at each step , the algorithm constructs a planning sub-task .
6 Thus , the algorithm searches a space in which each node is a pair : ( N , LOp )
7 Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief .
8 Havis himself did most of the cockpit shots , and these are skilfully intercut into air-to-air shots of Concorde , including a beautiful head-on one ( used several times ) of the Great White Dart skimming the cloud-tops leaving a vortex of white in its high-speed wake .
9 Luxembourg and United States courts have addressed the matter , and the judgments reveal the reality of these fears .
10 The porter made a face .
11 The porter took the lamp away with him
12 The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar .
13 The porter stops a couple of paces on and says , ‘ Paul . ’
14 She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock .
15 The porter has a kilt poking out from under his jacket , and Macduff is stuck with wearing a raincoat on top of his dinner suit for the whole show .
16 The porter holds the car door as if restraining a very strong , young Galapagos tortoise from doing what it pleases .
17 The porter caught the coin and nodded .
18 Corbett filled the wine cup , drank some himself and then forced the goblet between his servant 's lips , snarling at the porter to bring a blanket .
19 He had found the porter visiting the superintendent nurse in her room , a form of social exchange that was strictly forbidden .
20 When the porter entered the room the stranger melted into thin air .
21 For example , each activity on a construction programme is priced by estimators and its tinting is reflected in the sequencing of the activities forming the construction bar chart or network .
22 All the activities have a number : do them in that order .
23 But the defence said the accident would n't have happened if Gloucestershire 's Robin Phelps had checked the locking pins before trying to move the gangry on .
24 Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made .
25 Mr Nichol demanded : ‘ Who leaked this report before we in the defence had a chance to see it ? ’
26 The report ended with the defence telling the jury it would be very dangerous to record a conviction on the uncorroborated evidence of the girl .
27 Again the defence got the blame , though I think myself if the forwards are n't putting away the chances we 'll never get anywhere .
28 Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the appropriate means of achieving fairness to an accused with regard to disclosure to the defence of material in the prosecution 's possession was a matter to be determined by the particular legislature , executive and judiciary concerned ; that although the Jamaican practice , particularly in relation to inconsistent previous statements , would normally be an acceptable means of achieving such fairness it did not extend to every situation in which fairness required the prosecution to make material available to the defence ; that where the prosecution intended a witness 's evidence to be based on his statement to the police and to deviate significantly from his deposition , the prosecution was under a duty to supply the defence with a copy of the statement before the trial ; and that , therefore , since the deceased 's husband and sister had given evidence inconsistent with their statements , and important testimony had been adduced from them which had not been foreshadowed in their depositions , the failure to disclose their statements to the defence constituted a material irregularity ( post , pp. 161H — 162A , B , B–C , 165C–E ) .
29 Counsel for the defence presents the case for the accused .
30 Counsel for the defence addressed the jury and the judge summed up .
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