Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in rats subjected to stress did bFGF ( given subcutaneously in a large dose ) cause a small but significant attenuation of the mucosal lesions and this was accompanied by increased gastric blood flow suggesting that the maintenance of gastric circulation in stressed rats could explain this protection . |
| 2 | Yet years on how come that it is Cecil who is regarded mostly as a flawed but well meaning sweety-pie and Miss Keays as someone who has all the charisma of an old battleaxe ? |
| 3 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 4 | It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area . |
| 5 | The fibres of a healing tendon are initially arranged microscopically in a criss-cross pattern with little strength associated with this scar tissue . |
| 6 | At the end of the incubation period , the gel piece is transferred into a new plastic tray containing 300 ml of freshly made DMS-stop buffer ( 0.5 M β-mercaptoethanol , 150 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.3 , 5 mM EDTA ) and shaken vigorously on a rocking platform for 10' at 37°C ( at this temperature DMS is rapidly hydrolysed accelerating its inactivation ) . |
| 7 | In recent years , employment prospects have been excellent and geographers have been placed successfully in a wide range of employment in research , industry , commerce , government , and the professions , either entering directly or by using their first degrees as a foundation for further qualifications . |
| 8 | By the same token , back payments of income support were to be limited only to a three-year period starting in April 1988 . |
| 9 | Yachts wishing to use the canal are limited only by a maximum mast height of 80ft ( 24.5m ) . |
| 10 | It is better to regard the system of county government as a body of professional people placed together in a large office at County Hall , who can call upon the representatives from all places throughout the area which they administer . |
| 11 | In the words of the circular issued by the Ministry of Health ( 1961 ) : ‘ Attempted suicide is in the future to be regarded entirely as a medical and social problem … . |
| 12 | The casual and amateurish character of much British diplomacy in particular , even in the eighteenth centry , is reflected in the fact that when an appointment , especially a relatively minor one , fell vacant without any suitable new holder of it being immediately available , it was sometimes filled merely by a casual volunteer . |
| 13 | Design ( colour , shape , and form ) and minimalism of ingredients were the identifying marks of the new fashion , epitomized by the archetypal and exquisite composition of three pink slices of duck breast laid on a discreet puddle of clear burgundy coloured sauce , fanned by four mange-touts : and one thimbleful of puréed carrot placed thoughtfully beside a similar amount of finely diced kohlrabi ; all on a highly polished hexagonal plate ( preferably black ) . |
| 14 | All , however , can be gathered together under a common theme : that concerned with the genetics of psychosis . |
| 15 | Instead of just inspecting records within the Input range you can define n output range so that all the records found as a result of the search are gathered together into a separate table . |
| 16 | Eliot recognized that this was not simply the last poem in his sequence but also its culmination , in which the themes and textures of the preceding three parts would be gathered together in a final statement . |
| 17 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |
| 18 | She obeyed , shivering , for the basement was heated only by a miserly , inefficient little oil stove . |
| 19 | The quarters were pressed together in a compressed air jig , and then placed on a bench and the panels , mouldings and windows fitted to them . |
| 20 | The carriage doors were all made so as to be interchangeable , the doors being first of all pressed together in a compressed-air jig , and then panelled up . |
| 21 | If the concentration of the polymer solution is increased a crystalline polyhedral structure emerges composed of lamellae joined together along a common plane . |
| 22 | letters which are joined together as a single unit of type such as oe and fi . |
| 23 | And at the moment , all five of them have joined together on a single campaign , which is about trade . |
| 24 | The complex carbohydrates , which are found in vegetables , cereals and to a lesser degree in fruits , are composed of numerous sugar units joined together in a complex way . |
| 25 | Yet , between the upper strata of the landed aristocracy and the wealthiest members of the industrial and commercial society there were many links ; and gradually these two elements came to be joined together in a single ruling group … |
| 26 | When the digitizing is complete the computer displays a wire-frame model — hundreds of rectangular planes joined together in a last-like shape . |
| 27 | The award is given annually to a deaf person of outstanding merit in leadership , citizenship and general achievement . |
| 28 | Three species of arctic residents , Lapland longspurs , snow buntings and rock ptarmigan , are joined annually by a dozen species of long-distance migrants — red-throated divers ( loons ) Gavia stellata , arctic terns Sterna paradisaea , oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis , common and king eider Somateria mollissima and S . |
| 29 | The author was once involved in the takeover of a small company where costing was undertaken manually in a large ledger . |
| 30 | The list given here is intended only as a general guide . |