Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On shrinkable soils , such as clay , this continual extraction of water , followed by the absorption of further supplies from rainfalls , causes a certain amount of movement in the surrounding ground . |
| 2 | This causes a sharp change in leaf orientation from mainly horizontal to mainly vertical . |
| 3 | One answer is to use a finer grid to achieve finer detail ( Walsh et al. 1987 ) , but this causes a corresponding increase in the size of the raster database . |
| 4 | So it is , say I in my simplistic fashion , that the plain , screaming absurdity of the statement that trade-union action causes a general rise in wages and prices escapes scrutiny . |
| 5 | More research will be needed into the problem which causes a progressive degeneration of the elephant 's trunk which in turn means problems with feeding and drinking . |
| 6 | ‘ If you are delayed , for whatever reason , from doing the above , then it causes a knock-on delay throughout the whole system . |
| 7 | In urban areas field officers are well aware that heavy rain causes a substantial run-off of solids from buildings and roads into the nearest stream ; those in mining areas know all about run-off from colliery tips in wet weather . |
| 8 | It causes a flu-like illness with high fever and swollen lymph nodes . |
| 9 | This deposited material is mainly removed by the waves so that at night , when the algae emit carbon dioxide , the ensuing greater acidity of the sea water causes a chemical attack on the rock itself and not merely the redissolving of the finely divided material precipitated during the day . |
| 10 | New evidence also proves that it causes a chemical reaction in the skin , attacking and destroying collagen and elastin — which keep skin supple — and so hastening signs of ageing . |
| 11 | The act of charging any battery causes a chemical reaction inside the cell , restoring battery voltage and capacity , with excess energy being dissipated as heat . |
| 12 | When that disk is in a drive the drive head to read the disk which causes a small fire inside disk drive ha ha ha ha , let the fuckhead try and fix that . |
| 13 | Clearly a zero near the imaginary axis gives a minimum in the frequency spectrum at a pulsatance equal to the imaginary part of the zero point , while a pole close to the imaginary axis causes a similar maximum in the spectrum . |
| 14 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 15 | This causes a great deal of anxiety for the parents of a girl child , for they start immediately after her puberty to worry about her marriage if she is not already married . |
| 16 | They have become impotent — a fact which naturally causes a great deal of anxiety to them and to their wives . |
| 17 | Like a chariot , the Pump Wagon causes a great deal of damage as it charges but the effect is even more extreme due to the destructive power of the crunching roller at the front . |
| 18 | Spiritual and organisational precursors are also fully dealt with , though some may find the inclusions and conclusions rather fanciful — indeed , this subject causes a great deal of disagreement even in official circles . |
| 19 | These procedures should be manag you know part of management consultation , not part of the Dave writes it , if he like says , well that 's what we 'll do for B E S , and then , and then I 'm told , oh , that 's what we do for B E S , I tell staff , and that causes a great deal of unrest in staff . |
| 20 | We now come to a question that causes a great deal of difficulty , particularly to foreign learners ( who can not simply dismiss it as an academic question ) : how can one select the correct syllable or syllables to stress in an English word ? |
| 21 | According to one of them God drives back the waters of the sea by a strong east wind , and causes a mysterious panic in the Egyptian camp . |
| 22 | The Pittsburgh group incorporated a radioactive ‘ label ’ into the coat proteins of vesicular stomatitis virus ( a virus that causes a mild disease in livestock and is much used in interferon research ) . |
| 23 | This can now be explained by the fact that H pylori causes a selective increase in G17 , which is the form of hormone which rises most with eating . |
| 24 | Each shot causes a variable number of hits as described below . |
| 25 | They suggest that this causes a vicious circle for women : the fear of violence leads women to greater dependency upon a known male ; dependency makes the woman particularly vulnerable to attack from this male , because he has no fear of retaliation ; when women go to the police about such attacks nothing is done ; consequently many women consider that the police are unhelpful , and this reinforces women 's fear of violence and dependence upon individual male protectors . |
| 26 | But others have failed to find such quantitative increases , and suspect instead that in the course of translocation , the alene is altered in a way that causes a qualitative change in its product . |
| 27 | This view has been superseded by the concept of the thoracic pump , whereby sternal compression causes a generalised rise in intrathoracic pressure which is selectively transmitted to the arterial circulation because of closure of the venous valves . |
| 28 | They are equally aware that achieving the last few percentage points in performance of ten causes a disproportionate increase in costs . |
| 29 | The interest rate mechanism works as follows : ( a ) a rise in money supply causes money supply to exceed money demand ; interest rates fall ; ( b ) this causes investment to rise ; ( c ) this causes a multiplied rise in national income but ( d ) as national income rises so the transactions demand for money will rise , thus preventing quite such a large fall in interest rates . |
| 30 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |