Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tenrecs look very much like the hedgehogs and have a similar defensive armour , with fine spines that can be erected as the animal rolls into a tight ball . |
| 2 | Close bonds developed between the crew members as they lived and worked together on the 67-foot steel vessel for 24 hours a day , sometimes in life-threatening situations . |
| 3 | A mushroom disguised as an onion bhaji with flaking batter was a mouthwatering morsel , but not really a dish in its own right , more an interlude before the chicken à la British Airways , both accompanied by more Hellmans relatives . |
| 4 | Pebble Island is situated off the north shores of West Falkland , and has a lot to offer the birdwatcher : large colonies of penguins , king cormorants and other cliff- and shore-nesting species including several pairs of the superb red-backed hawk . |
| 5 | With finance coming partly from the Parent-Teacher Association ( PTA ) and partly from capitation , the library was gutted , refurbished and painted during the summer holidays , the labour being provided by teachers , fifth-form and sixth-form pupil librarians , the caretaker and a parent who was a builder . |
| 6 | ‘ Paddock grazing ’ , in which the grassland is divided into small paddocks , grazed hard for a short period and then rested for up to three weeks , is a very good system for the control of parasite worms , the life cycle of which is broken during the rest periods . |
| 7 | • Complex computer-based games have been developed so that scores for manipulative skill , decision-taking , vigilance , etc. can all be calculated as the game proceeds . |
| 8 | Boy looked through the glass of the living room window , or at the glass of the television screen , with the same fierce attention that he had stared through the shop windows . |
| 9 | In addition , over 700 students and trainees in these centres are likely to be registered for the Skillstart awards . |
| 10 | Much of women 's rural work , such as caring for poultry , milking and craftwork within the home is not included , as men are registered as the family breadwinners , as farmers , and women as housewives . |
| 11 | The sunken panels or coffers used by the Romans as decoration were formed between the brick ribs or cut into the solid concrete . |
| 12 | This gives a breakdown of their main holiday-based activities and similar financial details are given for the holiday firms discussed in Table 11.1 . |
| 13 | I have read carefully the reasons given for the record levels of inward investment that has come into the United Kingdom , including Wales . |
| 14 | No financial assistance is given for the revenue costs of a project . |
| 15 | It is therefore extremely important that such a vital ability should at least begin to be taught during the school years . |
| 16 | In order to avoid disruption of visitor 's enjoyment , the work will be completed during the winter months . |
| 17 | He had broken through the picquet lines . |
| 18 | The Collector had the remaining wooden shutters stripped off the Residency windows and dug into the mud of the ramparts to prevent them melting . |
| 19 | The company is cutting its multiprocessing teeth on this technology and the parallelising software it has developed for the clustering systems it now offers . |
| 20 | The company is cutting its multiprocessing teeth on this technology and the parallelising software it has developed for the clustering solutions it now offers . |
| 21 | A group directed by Dr Freddie Bakhtar in the School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering has developed a major new experimental facility to investigate the behaviour of the water droplets formed as the steam condenses — one of the key factors in steam turbine efficiency . |
| 22 | The remaining gas drums were torn apart in a huge blast , and a series of titanic explosions ripped through the fuel tanks in their area , the shock wave breaking loose enormous chunks of rock from the roof . |
| 23 | This was done for all posts in the industry and the data were computerised in a similar manner to that undertaken for the study posts . |
| 24 | A counter ( COUNT ) is incremented as the program cycles around the short loop . |
| 25 | These directives could have been intended for the landscape gardeners , whose services were much in demand at this time and who used roses in their extensive planting schemes to provide unanticipated colour and fragrance for those taking a walk in wilderness greenery . |
| 26 | Yet this is not surprising when one realizes that both were close to the docks and that the iron foundries in their areas were more conveniently situated for the timber yards and wharfs along the north bank . |
| 27 | This is normally placed between the ceiling joists , but it is essential that the space under the water tank(s) is left uninsulated to allow heat to permeate through the ceiling , and that any water pipes and tanks in the roof space are themselves well insulated . |
| 28 | A side hole for balloon pressure measurements was placed between the detection electrodes . |
| 29 | The Tribunal Recommendations , which still require clarification , are now being referred through the Labour Relations Agency . |
| 30 | The exercise was designed to make a student stand in front of class , sing his song and force each syllable out in an elongated manner so that it had a beginning and an end ; this , Landau explained , ought to enable the student to go into neutral , physically and mentally , so that tensions could be released and what was happening inside could be heard through the voice changes . |