Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Something about the tide unleashes upon one the suspicion that Mr Tim is not , himself , as it were , English .
2 Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself .
3 As thoughts turn to booking a place in the holiday sun , Money Guardian looks at both the costs and savings of taking a break .
4 Comparison with the original ring-of-two current stabiliser of Peter Williams ( WW September 1966 ) reveals that V Lakshminarayanan has over simplified the circuit to such an extent that it no longer works as a current stabiliser ( EW + WW July 1991 ) .
5 Each time a measurement is made the program checks that a strip around the reference strip has at most a small number of ON pixels in it .
6 The property of a partnership belongs to all the partners in common , since the partnership itself has no legal personality .
7 Ann stands for all the women of common-sense , warm affection , and practical piety that Edward repeatedly attempted to sketch realistically or to record in dream-like settings in his essays and sketches .
8 The mixing of geographical information from different map scales and sources is a key aspect of GIS functionality , but it does raise the question as to what effects the combination of different levels of data uncertainty has on both the output maps and on the data derived from spatial query and analysis .
9 It is possible to write a general solution , in terms of the applied torque , the relevant longitudinal shear modulus G , the twist per unit length , and a form factor F , thus F depends on both the shape of the specimen , and on the symmetry it possesses ; for isotropic or transversely isotropic materials ( such as hexagonal symmetry ) , some examples of the value of F are :
10 Coun Mrs Harker said : ‘ I would very much like to see more speed limits on all the roads coming into West Auckland .
11 He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets .
12 The introduction of Lafayette increases to five the number of patterned Axminster ranges in the Stoddard Templeton portfolio .
13 If the roof blows off such a lavatory , of course one will expect to be annoyed .
14 Strategic planning guidance exists in all the metropolitan districts , including Tyne and Wear .
15 The banking department deals with all the other banking business , is classified as part of the banking sector , and falls within the UK monetary sector .
16 It now belongs to Lord Bolton and has a grand little tearoom where I have slaked the dust absorbed on summer cycling trips on many an occasion .
17 The navy 's main force consists of half a dozen inshore patrol craft .
18 The guaranteed two per cent bonus applies on all the interest rate tiers , so small savers are rewarded with the same bonus rate as the bigger savers .
19 Despite the fresco 's disintegration , the condition of the grotto is not disastrous , and it appears that the Soprintendenza hopes to instal a marble copy of Giambologna 's Venus-like figure when the restoration is complete .
20 The freshening dominates in such a way as to suppress convective water mass formation .
21 The research focuses on both the organisation of individual estates and life in the planting community .
22 The second exception is where an agent receives a commission or discount from a third party and it is the usual practice of the business in which the agent operates for such a commission or discount to be paid .
23 The latest tragedy brings to five the total of fishermen lost from the village in a week .
24 That he evidently supposes that a 43-year-old woman , hitherto miserably infertile , could make cod claims on such an issue tells you rather less about Walter than it does about Graham Swannell 's flimsy and opportunistic approach to characterisation .
25 The Economic Advisory Section in the Corporate Planning Department works for all the Post Office Businesses , analysing commercial issues .
26 However , while the journalist , or the politician for that matter , tends only to select things which are in accord with some preconceived view or set of values , sociologists try to go beyond this by using clearly defined theoretical concepts , representative samples and writing research reports in such a way that they can be examined , tested and , perhaps , modified by others .
27 The abduction brings to 19 the number of Westerners missing and believed kidnapped in Lebanon
28 What is a fair procedure in relation to any particular decision depends upon all the circumstances , including the subject matter of the decision , its importance to the person particularly affected and the interests of the public in general .
29 Diffusion of responsibility occurs to such a degree in Japan that outright blame is not easily assigned .
30 The social worker whose aim is to effect change in response to some cry for help , will try to ensure that the change occurs in such a way that it is manageable for the system as a whole .
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