Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task was to design wall charts using three species to illustrate the dramatic effect changes in water colour has on the fauna and flora of aquatic environments of ponds and lakes and a river system , to the extent that the presence or absence of particular plants or animals gives a good indication of pollution levels . |
| 2 | It was originally inspired by a French invention , the Groupement d'Intérét Economique , allowing an association of companies wishing to pool resources such as staff or offices to pursue a particular activity without affecting their individual independence , or creating separate limited liability or a new profit centre . |
| 3 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 4 | Sometimes fish need to be separated at very little notice and unfortunately not every hobbyist has the space or funds to facilitate a spare tank . |
| 5 | And Hangar Straight , where cars reach a terrifying l95 miles an hour , is a permanent reminder of the circuit 's former role as a military airfield . |
| 6 | A relativist will deny that there is a unique category , ‘ science ’ , that is intrinsically superior to other forms of knowledge , although it may well be that individuals or communities place a high value on what is usually referred to as science . |
| 7 | Screening assessments are normally carried out using tests which enable teachers or therapists to obtain a broad-spectrum view of the child 's language abilities . |
| 8 | Following another violent incident police were called to the White Hart pub , Boreham , where officers found a 20-year old man lying on the floor with a knife still embedded in his back . |
| 9 | Most LDCs ' governments with reasonable oil potential or prospects establish a state-owned oil corporation either to operate independently , or to enter into joint ventures with major international oil corporations , e.g. Exxon , Royal Dutch/Shell . |
| 10 | David Paul & Partners charges a flat fee for its conveyancing services , no matter what the value of the property , or how long the process takes . |
| 11 | David Paul & Partners charges a flat fee for its conveyancing services , no matter what the value of the property or how long the process takes . |
| 12 | One starts with communities of monks or canons or clerics serving a wide area from their church , until aristocrats founded small churches , served by one priest , on their estates , probably from a mixture of religious , social , and economic motives . |
| 13 | Textile works that use surface or bore-hole water generally have several lodges or reservoirs to give a uniform stock for use . |
| 14 | With the Government in attendance in morning dress , he presides over investitures , the opening of Parliament , the Queen 's birthday parade , Remembrance Sunday and two local festivities — the peppercorn ceremony ( where freemasons pay a symbolic peppercorn for the use of the state house ) and a bizarre ceremony in which the Maritime Museum pays its annual rent of one cannonball . |
| 15 | Besides factories it could be used as a device in which managers could survey workers , or teachers keep a close but invisible eye on their pupils . |
| 16 | Thus in our ‘ suicide ’ drama the adolescents , instead of being in role as members of the family concerned , could have been neighbours or reporters getting a good story . |
| 17 | This occurs for non-woody monocotyledons of low biomass , where leaves form a constant high proportion of the total biomass . |
| 18 | Although there were some police flats 200 yards away , he was unaware of any person or premises representing a likely IRA target . |
| 19 | A & Instruments launched a new range of high performance , top pan balances — the HX Series — offering fast weighing response , high accuracy and fully automatic calibration . |
| 20 | A striking instance of the effect of trade is to be seen in West Africa , where cowries played a key role in cultural life , even though absent from local seas . |
| 21 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 22 | Where employees have a rooted substantive knowledge of what they are doing , rather than one which is simply a certified mastery of some abstract occupational or analytical techniques , then the institutional conditions appear to be most appropriate for such an achievement . |
| 23 | It is claimed that the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ will ensure that states retain a large measure of independence because federalism means decentralisation . |
| 24 | First , writers such as Badie and Birnbaum ( 1983 ) or Moore ( 1967 ) operating from a broad historical perspective suggest that states have a distinct character resulting from long-term processes of political development . |
| 25 | Additionally the right qualification ensures that employers have a good idea of an individual 's capabilities . |
| 26 | Furthermore , it assumes that monopolies have a single or unitary interest which the state can follow without question . |
| 27 | And , in view of her theory that anorexics have a poor sense of their own size , weight and proportions in general , it may be interesting to examine more closely the status of the eldest child and more specifically the eldest daughter . |
| 28 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |
| 29 | It is perhaps for this reason that a Code of Practice was issued by the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1981 which requires that authorities produce a minimum number of specified unit cost statistics . |
| 30 | An important point to emerge from one of the studies reviewed is that policies vary a good deal in the effect they will have on trade patterns and terms of trade — and thus on both the overall loss of global welfare and the regional distribution of that loss . |