Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 This makes it difficult to place students in ‘ responsible line management roles which make up a valuable part of their training as chartered accountants in business ’ .
2 It can be useful practice to read through the first sentences of paragraphs which make up a published essay , to see how much work — of summary and of signposting — is being done by these " topic sentences " .
3 Every three months they draw up a list of new jobs .
4 This is illustrated in the notes which make up a musical tune .
5 The pixels which make up an image on a digitized computer screen are like building blocks which can be coloured and combined in any way the operator 's computer , competence and ingenuity allow .
6 Of the three elements which make up an opera — the music , the words and the drama — the third arises from the first two realised by the performance of the singing actors , with the collaboration of the musicians and within the ambience of the set and the costumes .
7 Third , an option should be created whereby , if the directors themselves set out a full enough statement of their responsibilities , it would obviate entirely the requirement to describe directors ' responsibilities in the auditors ' report .
8 There are dangers for voluntary organisations who take on an increased responsibility for service provision .
9 Whilst they only fill a tenth of seats they bring in a lot more income , in Virgin 's case almost half .
10 There are caves which seem to We went into the caverns and erm saw the petrified caves where they , the water drip on objects and however many years they build up a stone coating .
11 The primary , but not exclusive , focus is on Scottish IT firms which make up a localised sample that could be comprehensively surveyed .
12 There are children and families who take up a great deal of teacher time and attention .
13 Can I put the Home Secretary back on the right road by telling him that the reason why morale in the Northumbria police force is low and why chief constables generally despair is not because the right hon. Gentleman suddenly makes a generous offer of help in a crisis , but because all chief constables , including the new chief constable of Northumbria , want consistency of funding so that they can be sure that they will get the officers and resources they require over a number of years ?
14 Two of many examples of nomic correlates , although the matter is in several ways complex , are provided by the interdependent variation of the pressure of a gas and its volume and temperature , according to the Boyle-Charles law for ideal gases , and the orbits of the two stars which make up a double star , which are held close together by mutual gravitational attraction .
15 the various formats which make up a style sheet- paragraph settings , margins and columns , page layouts , hyphernation and justification , widow and orphan control and automatic section numbering .
16 Robert Meister in his book Hypochondria writes : ‘ Those physicians who shrug off a suffering patient because they regard his condition as psychosomatic or hypochondriacal are not acting as professional healers …
17 Freud considers the example of girls who crowd around a singer , or pianist , who could easily be jealous of one another .
18 In a survey of school-children , we might expect that the answers they give in an interview held in the headmaster 's study will be different from those they give at home , or out of doors .
19 Consequently , the National Certificate Modules which make up a general SVQ may not relate directly to functions performed in employment , although they are relevant to the needs of employment .
20 But now , with the Government having heavily modified the MMC's recommendations so brewers have to drop the tie from only half of the outlets they own over a 2,000-pub limit , Whitbread has decided to stick with brewing .
21 The wide scope of these sections which spell out a variety of pedagogical , recreational , preventive , advisory , and supportive social work tasks is indicative of the Act 's intention to reduce stigma , stimulate early intervention and motivate and enhance the capacities of ‘ natural carers ’ .
22 It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody .
23 In this way the various inter-relationships between all the many factors which make up an individual 's life can be seen as contributing to that individual 's health , or ill-health .
24 Hot air , or ‘ heat ’ guns are almost a disposable tool amongst tradesmen who carry out a lot of paint stripping and decoration .
25 Reassembling , say , all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database .
26 Language is richly composed of many references which set up a commonality of theme between different parts of text or speech .
27 And there 's no telling quite what they will do … some nights they put on a full stage show , other times there may be a game or a sing song to join in with … but whatever the day , whatever the time there 's one thing you wo n't be at Tropicana , and that 's bored !
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