Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 2 | The Breton later became part originator of the Canadian breed , so that it is possible that the genes of the extinct small Cornish cattle are perpetuated on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 3 | Given free plutonium , the report says that such a plant could generate electricity at 3.1 cents a kilowatt hour ( kWh ) , compared with 3.0 cents a kWh using uranium fuel in a standard reactor . |
| 4 | Freight delivery times to the Continent could be reduced substantially by using rail transport through the Tunnel rather than road haulage to one of the North Sea ports although the degree of benefit is dependent on British Rail 's as yet unannounced charges for its new Continental freight services . |
| 5 | If you are using stocking stitch for the main part , or any double bed pattern knitted using a 1x1 setting , then a 1x1 rib will probably be the one you choose . |
| 6 | The government is formed by the political party enjoying majority support in the House of Commons ; while most ministers are members of the Commons , a number are drawn from the House of Lords , and legislation requires approval by both houses before enactment . |
| 7 | Children may be given tetanus vaccination in the first few weeks of life and its importance is underlined by its inclusion in the primary recommended vaccination schedules which begins at two months . |
| 8 | I joined one of the work-parties and helped rebuild cleits and repair storm damage around the cottages . |
| 9 | The problem is that the company has only limited ISDN capacity at the moment because of the way that it is implemented at telephone exchanges . |
| 10 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 11 | The object is to promote stem growth in the desired direction line , but this will not be achieved if , as sometimes happens , a dormant eye emerges as two or three buds , or as not infrequently occurs on too weakly pruned stems , growth emerges in a completely wrong direction from lower buds . |
| 12 | Increasingly , experts are seeing computer crime as a people rather than a technical problem . |
| 13 | The prevalence of cimetidine use around 1979 — that is , the proportion of the population using cimetidine anytime in the period 1977–81 — was calculated in 10 year age groups using population data of 1 January 1980 , and the prevalence of use of ulcer drugs around 1989 was similarly calculated using population data of 1 January 1990 . |
| 14 | The Commission 's role was understood to include supervising implementation of the peace accord , and organizing national legislative and presidential elections to be held in 1992 . |
| 15 | Next week : probably using powder colour in a subject . |
| 16 | Indomethacin , at doses that are known to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , failed to inhibit chemiluminescence production by the inflamed colonic mucosa ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 17 | In the case of Xenopus oocytes , there is indirect evidence that InsP 3 generated in the surrounding follicle cells in response to angiotensin II diffuses across gap junctions to stimulate calcium release in the oocyte . |
| 18 | Japanese car makers have mostly played an altogether less prominent part in bringing car safety to the forefront of public attention . |
| 19 | The little ship had given remarkably good results and was immediately put into service to carry bulk cargo across the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea . |
| 20 | The rate of heart contractions increases in an attempt to preserve blood flow to the vital organs . |
| 21 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 22 | The Board to see shareholder approval for the creation of preference shares at a special egm on August 27 |
| 23 | Some argued that the shock made industry return in the end to competitiveness , but other economists argued that subsequent growth owed more to spending North Sea oil profits on a consumer boom . |
| 24 | On other evenings they were the scene of boxing programmes or wrestling spectaculars where , as Vogue reported , young and titled women went to see blood flow in the latest thrill of erotic chic . |
| 25 | The Mirror 's pictures made headline news around the world . |
| 26 | The Government provide grant in aid for the British Academy to support postgraduate research in the humanities and social sciences . |
| 27 | The issue , ‘ Who rules Britain ? ’ , began to lose momentum part-way through the campaign and the prospects of Labour correspondingly picked up . |
| 28 | Body brushes should be used on dry skin and can help stimulate the circulation , bringing blood flow to the surface and stimulating the lymph system which rids the body of toxins . |
| 29 | In addition , studies in children and in adults with acute diarrhoea have reported a shift to comparatively more aerobic faecal flora , which could influence SCFA growth in the colon . |
| 30 | There seems little point in wasting research time on the incidence of old age abuse ; as with child abuse , it can lead to a kind of spurious precision , in which figures are cited which will not bear scrutiny for three main reasons . |