Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique involves feeding the child orally but allowing the food to pass out through a surgically produced fistula at the side of the neck . |
| 2 | One technique involves helping a person to break down a problem into more manageable subproblems and consider the merits of various possible solutions to each part . |
| 3 | But , if the information is derived from several populations ( e.g. different years ) , the analagous technique involves setting a base year figure to 100 and scaling the figures for succeeding years relative to this . |
| 4 | The snapshot technique involves injecting the animal with a radioactively labelled version of glucose , 2-deoxy-glucose ( 2DG ) , that ‘ sticks ’ in cells . |
| 5 | A more modern technique involves placing the nuts in a metal cylinder , and the cylinder on the fire . |
| 6 | Monitoring involves tracking the evolution of environmental trends , sequences of events , or streams of activities . |
| 7 | The reason is not technical difficulty or avalanches , but the fact that the normal route involves reaching a ridge at 7,000 metres which is no less than four kilometres away from the summit pyramid . |
| 8 | Adding the constraint involves adding a row with no negative pivot , so the down-problem is infeasible . |
| 9 | Here the company offering the contract agrees to offer a replacement car or plane for the period of time in which the vehicle is down for maintenance , repairs etc . |
| 10 | By comparison , following a chain or tag involves reading the link field , finding the key in it , picking up the address and searching for it . |
| 11 | Ergativity involves using the object of a transitive verb as the subject of an intransitive verb : cf. An explosion shook the room and The room shook ( with the explosion ) . |
| 12 | Accordingly , the Buyer agrees to take the goods in their current state , after having satisfied himself by inspection , as to their quality and fitness for the purpose for which the Buyer requires them . |
| 13 | At the very least the seller agrees that the buyer shall become the owner and the buyer agrees to pay the price . |
| 14 | ‘ That flaming midwife hates calling the doctor in but Helen needed him long before he came . ’ |
| 15 | Where an assessment involves interviewing the child about matters which are central to the case the court may stipulate that all interviews be recorded on video tape . |
| 16 | Endometriosis is a fascinating example of how a new diagnostic technique has transformed the understanding of a disease . |
| 17 | In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ . |
| 18 | When a retailer has placed an order with a manufacturer , he enters it on to a stock record card . |
| 19 | How much the retailer has paid the supplier during that month |
| 20 | The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service . |
| 21 | Recently , another retailer has opened a store in the South of England and uses the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE " . |
| 22 | The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've entered every year for the past 15 years and my bike has covered the distance every time — with a few minor running repairs sometimes . |
| 24 | Legislation in the field of child protection has emphasized the role of the local authorities . |
| 25 | THE Sedgefield office of Fairclough Building has won a £900,000 contract to build student accommodation at Durham University , designed by Newcastle architect Faulknerbrowns . |
| 26 | Technological change in agriculture has increased the importance of obtaining the loyalty of the farm worker rather than relying upon a disciplined and authoritarian regime . |
| 27 | The Ministry of Agriculture has announced an inquiry into the practices of the animal foodstuffs industry . |
| 28 | The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a warning against eating fish caught in the River Mersey , because of contamination fears following the long-running leakage of dangerous chemicals from an old waste tip at Widnes , Cheshire . |
| 29 | Now , the United State 's Department of Agriculture has found a way to replace 30% of flour in cake mix with straw . |
| 30 | , The Minister for Agriculture has put an end to scallop fishing in the north-east in an effort to prevent further outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning which has no cure and can be fatal . |