Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being so , there is virtually 100% transmission of each Fourier component of the signal with each component suffering a phase shift of β per section , where β is given by equation ( 9.23 ) or ( 9.27 ) . |
| 2 | He returned it to the Society and it was agreed that the arrow would be retained from then on as the Papingo Trophy , with each winner adding a gold or silver medal bearing his name and the year of his success . |
| 3 | In any one day 's activity a selector makes a large number of separate decisions about particular titles , each decision reflecting a range of background circumstances , some of them quite complex . |
| 4 | Many such creatures increase in size by segmentation , each segment containing a batch of similar organs , legs , excretory devices , and reproductive organs , so that each is partially independent of the remainder . |
| 5 | As with purse nets , I prefer to make my own , each long-net having a 2-inch ( 5-centimetre ) knot-to-knot diameter . |
| 6 | Now , to what extent could one move in that direction using a computer , which is a rather precise and definite sort of object that wants to know exactly what it has to do and how it has to do it ? |
| 7 | Following the case of Re Beecham Group Ltd 's Application there seems to be a good chance of any restriction contained in a s.52 agreement being modified or discharged on application ; the Tribunal in that case modifying a restriction contained in a s.52 agreement to allow development , on the basis that the local authority would suffer no injury if the restriction was modified . |
| 8 | Mining remained a craft until the early part of the last war , with each collier taking a boy as a kind of ‘ apprentice ’ into his stall ; and in some instances trying him out later with another boy , both under supervision in an adjacent stall , until they could prove themselves to be master-craftsmen , able to work the stall and be trusted to look after themselves . |
| 9 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 10 | After viability assessment using trypan blue exclusion , the total cell number was determined at 7 , 14 , and 21 days by counting at least three samples from each concentration using a haemocytometer . |
| 11 | Above the mantelpiece was a series of display shelves , each niche holding a shepherdess in Dresden china , or a small bronze . |
| 12 | If , when on a first ever run , the new runner , aged eight , finds himself or herself lined up next to another runner wearing a County vest the beginner begins to realise anything is possible . |
| 13 | As he dwelt particularly on the menace of the French positions on the Left Bank , the Heir to the Throne must have had some difficulty hiding a note of ‘ I-told-so-you-so ’ For Falkenhayn , in his insistence on limiting the attack to one bank only , had stood in an isolation that was hardly splendid . |
| 14 | ‘ You might have some difficulty convincing a judge of that . |
| 15 | Police in Portree say the bodies were discovered earlier this afternoon following a search of the Trotternish ridge by an RAF helicopter . |
| 16 | Some news in brief now — an English High Court judge is this afternoon visiting a farm at the centre of attempts to sue chemicals firm Re-Chem . |
| 17 | But a very few aphids transmitting a virus can cause havoc to sugar beet , for instance . |
| 18 | Whereas Liz , by some immense , visionary effort had invented her own mercy , under cover of obedience , had drawn up a secret map of escape , and had departed , and was now at this instant giving a party for hundreds of guests where champagne flowed . |
| 19 | Other points covered in the elements chapter include the complementary nature of assets and liabilities , how in some cases identifying a liability leads to identification of an asset , as well as the question of offsetting — the circumstances in which it is correct to aggregate debit and credit items to form a single net asset or liability . |
| 20 | Section 47 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 has not criminalised corporal punishment by a teacher ( although in some cases striking a pupil excessively was and still is an offence ) . |
| 21 | Four men-at-arms rode alongside , and bringing up the rear was another monk herding a flock of sheep and goats . |
| 22 | Some schools serving a clientele with reading difficulties selected a distinctly tabloid format . |
| 23 | ‘ I find it almost impossible to imagine any frequenter of this club using a lap-top computer . |
| 24 | Unaware of this , he went on , ‘ Half way , he met another bloke carrying a parcel just the same . |
| 25 | 19 ( 1 ) In all leases whether made before or after the commencement of this Act containing a covenant condition or agreement against assigning , under- letting , charging or party with the possession of a demised premises or any part thereof without licence or consent , such covenant condition or agreement shall , notwithstanding any express provision to the contrary , be deemed to be subject — ( a ) to a proviso to the effect that such licence or consent is not to be unreasonably withheld , but this proviso does not preclude the right of the landlord to require payment of a reasonable sum in respect of any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with such licence or consent ; … |
| 26 | ‘ I somehow do n't see this girl having a baronet for a father … |
| 27 | I was initially concerned about weatherproofing , as tongue and groove timber has no overlap ( unlike shiplap or featheredge ) , and being secondhand had a good few nail holes , but apart from a few boards showing a bit of damp , it has proved satisfactory . |
| 28 | In the saddle Simon Goodman , the man who 's spent every waking hour of the last 2 and a half years creating a machine to recapture the excitement of classic British motorcycling . |
| 29 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
| 30 | However , since she needed to fill her time until his return , what better way than to go to the capital city , and spend some days taking a look round ? |