Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most difficult thing for non-Chinese to understand about Chinese herbal medicine is the terminology used to describe symptoms for which various herbs are effective . |
| 2 | Extreme cold is no additional burden ; lichens have survived after experimental plunging into liquid nitrogen at -196°C ( Kappen and Lange , 1972 ) . |
| 3 | Here the amount of uplift computed from the reflectance values may include a considerable fraction which can be attributed to removal of Carboniferous overburden in Hercynian times . |
| 4 | The high speed of magnetic compared to optical media would help to disguise some of DVI 's current limitations and would also facilitate a smooth , seamless multimedia presentation . |
| 5 | Although Maastricht is mainly about monetary union ( with something about the powers of the commission and the European Parliament ) and the more distant prospect of joint working on foreign policy and security , it will also be taken as ( and perhaps mistaken for ) a sign of Europe 's ambitions for itself . |
| 6 | The mechanism of drug resistance is not clear but earlier episodes suggest that a particular combination of events — pre-existing status of the various parasite clones , drug use habits or a particular combination of several drugs , the introduction of new parasites , transmission by mosquitoes — leads to the emergence of resistant isolates in restricted foci . |
| 7 | Despite fine playing from Hurt and Christine Lahti as his wife , Jack 's conversion to a caring attitude seems a shade pat . |
| 8 | Dr Anstry ( April 17 , p 1035 ) raises this concern about our study of intramuscular artemether versus intravenous quinine as treatment for severe paediatric malaria . |
| 9 | These developments could open up new vistas of flexible working for large numbers of employees , who no longer need to be herded together in downtown locations for eight hours a day . |
| 10 | As an author , the name of Ernest Bramah first came to public notice with The Wallet of Kai Lung ( 1900 ) , the first of his collection of stories told by a wandering Chinaman in the manner of the Arabian Nights ' tales and in an elaborate Mandarin style ostensibly of Chinese translated into flowery English language . |
| 11 | The war came first , though anti-Chinese sentiment flared up periodically as the numbers of Chinese engaged in British ports continued to rise to 8,182 in 1914 and 14,224 in 1915 , increased by the diversion to the west of ships normally operating east of Suez . |
| 12 | This common type of defensive splitting between married couples is often seen most clearly in retrospect when for some reason the joint defence is breached . |
| 13 | However , the LFS also showed a higher than average level of temporary working amongst certain highly skilled workers , most notably teachers and nurses . |
| 14 | But the 15 per cent fall in Allied 's pre-tax profits , mostly a result of disastrous dabbling in foreign exchange markets which lost £150 million , leaves the company vulnerable . |
| 15 | There was lots of marvellous playing with sensitive string sound and excellent wind solos , but the whole was too clear an image of Ravel 's subtle settings . |
| 16 | Just kind of feverish compared to other folks . |
| 17 | Later the practice of cremation led to tidier storage of ashy remains in cinerary urns , though still ritually accompanied by pottery beakers and food bowls , animals and birds , and even helpings of fish to succour the departed on their way . |
| 18 | You 'll study like mad revise like mad and come out with a C. |
| 19 | Major research groupings : ( 1 ) GIS and RS including spatial searching on large databases , software development , applied research and parallel processing , ( 2 ) Geomorphology and Soils , including research on ice sheets , tectonics and geomorphology and soil-vegetation relationships in the humid tropics , ( 3 ) Geography of Social and Economic Change , including problems of restructuring and the dynamics of change in both the developed and the developing world . |
| 20 | The ceiling was painted a dark maroon , with tiny pin-points of light set here and there in the plaster to glow like stars in the night sky . |
| 21 | The business was successful , with potential to expand into outside catering , but the work had taken its toll . |
| 22 | Headings range from simple gathers to complicated arrangements of pleats and include the popular French heads — groups of three pleats — single goblet pleats , pinch pleats , pencil pleats , double pleats , gathers and smocks . |
| 23 | Their flock responded with anything from horrified disillusion to vociferous outrage . |
| 24 | At stage IV , diarrhoea was more frequent in infected compared with non-infected patients ( p=0.006 ) ; however , an infective agent was also found in 39 of 82 patients at stage IV without diarrhoea . |
| 25 | Diarrhoea was the only symptom occurring more frequently in infected compared with non-infected patients at stage IV which is in accordance with two previous studies . |
| 26 | People in short do in sober reality recognise a strongly patterning force in the world around them , and both in modern and in Old English have a word to express their recognition . |
| 27 | Their coherence broken and morale likewise , outnumbered and with the rest of the Scots now rallying to exploit the new situation , a tight group at the centre of the company formed their own small wedge and spurred from inactive watching to furious activity — not towards Ramsay 's threat but in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | The claims of those commentators ( for example Meager , 1985 ; LRD , 1987 ) who suggest there has been a growth in temporary working in recent years are given no support whatsoever by these results . |
| 29 | As C. S. Coon has pointed out in regard to the world 's hunting peoples in general compared with urbanized people : |
| 30 | Nor is government policy in general biased towards increasing competition : it often has the reverse effect because policies are brought in for other reasons than promoting allocative efficiency , as discussed later in the chapter . |