Example sentences of "[v-ing] of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apparent lack of much volcanic activity over much of Mercurian history probably results from cooling of the outer mantle , because a planet with a large surface area to mass ratio should cool rather rapidly to fairly low temperatures . |
| 2 | He cites five such features of highly automated plants : the finely graded status structures of such organisations , arising from the more even balance than in other industries between skilled , semi-skilled , and unskilled workers ; the relatively smaller size of plants and work units ; the changed role of management ( with the work units taking over quality supervision and the machinery controlling the level of output , management is left with the job of providing advice rather than instructions ) ; there is blurring of the dividing line between manual and non-manual work ; and the greater prosperity and lower proportion of labour costs allows management to offer higher pay levels , a wide range of fringe benefits , and a high level of job security . |
| 3 | Because of blurring of the photographic image caused by focusing difficulties in some subjects , the number of subareas where counting was possible was less than the maximum of 60 . |
| 4 | In fact , finally on the actually opening of the complete phase the er the increase on the six five eight was on the completion at that lower section , was in fact a sixty percent increase from six thousand to nine thousand . |
| 5 | John of Salisbury 's comment that not only the towns but also the fortresses of Gaul feared Henry I of England was revealing of the new situation . |
| 6 | A cops and robbers chase through the docks with our official mini caught him in the act of phoning home , where we arrived just in time to stop his wife disposing of a large bag of goodies . |
| 7 | There was a strength and hardness about their voices that took away the pride he had felt at disposing of the hooded crow so effectively . |
| 8 | In his judgment , Mr Justice Knox suggested that the practice was based on an incorrect interpretation of the law , and that the company disposing of the old asset also had to acquire the new asset . |
| 9 | decommissioning our facilities and disposing of the radioactive waste cost-effectively , consistent with meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements . |
| 10 | The three Portuguese pharmaceutical wholesalers acquired in the first half of 1992 made their first contribution , but disposing of the nappy-making business cost UniChem £2.4 million below the line . |
| 11 | Hence , if stripping of the anal mucosa with encoanal anastomosis is used in older patients , we think that it is more likely to lead to lower anal pressures and faecal leakage after operation than the technically simpler alternative of end to end anastomosis . |
| 12 | In a study of 56 patients randomised to somatostatin or placebo , somatostatin , administered in a dose of 250 µg/hour after contrast media emptying of the pancreatic duct , did not reduce hyperamylasaemia or pancreatitis like pain . |
| 13 | a specially coded hyphen which is only displayed when formatting of the hyphenated word puts it at the end of a line . |
| 14 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of a 28-seat House of Assembly popularly elected every five years , and a 21-seat appointed Senate . |
| 15 | As a constitutional monarch the King appoints the Prime Minister who selects a Council of Ministers responsible to the bicameral National Assembly ( consisting of a 30-member Senate or House of Notables , and an 80-member House of Representatives ) . |
| 16 | Second , there are larger particles about 2 microns diameter largely confined to the main cloud each particle probably consisting of a liquid droplet of rather impure H 2 SO 4 with up to 20% of other substances . |
| 17 | This is that the National Health Service is administered through regional health authorities , consisting of a small body of people appointed by the secretary of state . |
| 18 | Psychotherapy by a programme ( Eliza ) consisting of a small repertoire of reassuring questions and answers , was pronounced a success by the patients on the couch . |
| 19 | We examine a small region of phase space consisting of a small box , B , around the origin and two thin tubes , 5 and T , around part of the two branches of the unstable manifold of the origin ( see Fig. 6.4 ) . |
| 20 | In February 1985 , the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Hailsham ) set up a Review Body on Civil Justice consisting of a small team of officials mostly from the Lord Chancellor 's Department and an advisory committee . |
| 21 | S. Miguel , nearby , is also a fine example both in construction and decoration , but only the western end exists , consisting of a two-storeyed narthex and part of the nave . |
| 22 | This unit , consisting of a talented team of technicians and artists , produced a number of tapes for sale by the BDA 's video service which had been started by Dorothy Miles , one of the most artistic people within the deaf community . |
| 23 | Left behind was a remarkable amount ( some 22 metres ) of soil and occupational refuse consisting of a vast quantity of stone tools , bones and empty shells . |
| 24 | After sonication , the sample was centrifuged at 150000 g for one hour to yield a faintly opalescent supernatant consisting of a homogeneous population of cholesteryl oleate vesicles . |
| 25 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 26 | A popular choice for use on heavier wooden gates is the tee-hinge , consisting of a long strip attached to the gate and hinged to a cross piece which is screwed to the post . |
| 27 | A hybrid system consisting of a centralised computer index , and a variety of microforms used primarily to provide back-up copies of all information Items . |
| 28 | A household consisting of a seventy-year-old man , his sixty-three-year-old wife and a thirteen-year-old grandson was described as poor , as was that of Thomas Stumey , " an ancient man and a cripple " . |
| 29 | 17.64 At age 11 , the same requirements should apply , but with the addition of two short timed tasks , one perhaps consisting of a factual account or description and the other of a short imaginative piece of prose . |
| 30 | In essence it proposes to replace block grant by a new needs grant ( based on a simplified GREA ) and a standard grant ( consisting of a fixed sum per adult ) . |