Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fine roots of trees are damaged by the toxicity of aluminium , which , together with nutrient deficiency , causes a stress condition of crown dieback ( leaves or needles at the tree-top turn yellow , then brown , and eventually drop off ) and the eventual death of the tree . |
| 2 | At a meeting yesterday of the Biochemical Society in Southampton University , Prof John Mayer of the Queen 's Medical Centre in Nottingham said his team had shown scrapie causes a protein build-up in the ‘ waste disposal system ’ of brain cells . |
| 3 | In a cyclotron the energy of the particles is deployed into an orderly spiral motion around the axis of the magnetic field and the pumping action of that weak pulsating electric field progressively adds to that energy and causes a pressure build-up at confining surfaces as the particles are driven in spirals of larger radius . |
| 4 | The oil of rhodium possesses peculiar properties : all animals cherish a fondness for it and it exercises a subduing influence over them . |
| 5 | Overall length is 1,476ft and covers a half circle of approximately 72 acres . |
| 6 | Covers a time period of 2.24 minutes in two minute steps . |
| 7 | The research incorporates a case study of the ways in which the overcapacity problem in the petrochemicals and plastics sector has been handled in Britain and West Germany , together with a consideration of what the role of the European Community could and should be in the handling of overcapacity problems . |
| 8 | A small electrician 's screwdriver with an insulated blade is essential for making connections to terminals in plugs and other electrical accessories ; kill two birds with one stone by buying the type that incorporates a mains tester in the handle , so you can test whether terminals are live before working on them . |
| 9 | In their simplest form , they consist of an ion-leachable glass that undergoes a setting reaction with aqueous solutions of polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 10 | Outside my line of vision lies a picture gallery of all her dead female relations of the Gittel line . |
| 11 | Behind Ford 's change programmes lies a marketing strategy of product diversity , based on more precise definitions of market segments , more speciality model derivatives , and an acceleration of the model replacement cycle . |
| 12 | To one side stands a part roll of fibreglass insulation . |
| 13 | ICL — which also wants a Sun port for its own purposes — will initially have the product to itself , but other ports will follow , and other TP monitors , such as Top End and Encina , are also being considered ‘ although we pretty much have our hands full at the moment ’ , says Nierenberg . |
| 14 | And it appears that his wife has a cousin in Edinburgh who wants a nursery governess for her little boy … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Technological capability is of great interest to the customer but above all he wants a quality product at what is perceived to be value for money . |
| 16 | He wants a world beater in his side so how about Nigel Mansell as a driving force in his next squad . |
| 17 | The social security committee wants a time limit of six months on the recovery process . |
| 18 | Now the parents of one of the children are demanding stricter controls on childcare agencies and a labour MP wants a registration scheme for nannies . |
| 19 | Our Wolfenstein extras disk contains a map editor for designing your own Wolfenstein Castle . |
| 20 | Our Wolfenstein extras disk contains a map editor for designing your own Wolfenstein Castle . |
| 21 | The exchanger contains a modifier site on its intracellular face which is activated by H + ions . |
| 22 | This contains a software interface for personal computers and can also link to devices such as synthesisers or video recorders . |
| 23 | Thus the 1985 Five-Year Plan contains a one-million-dollar proposal for the development of the Hill Tracts . |
| 24 | These two suggestions , far from being enlightened liberation of all children , are actually oppression of a deeply damaging kind to at least some , and Harris 's suggestion contains a capacity criterion in disguise . |
| 25 | In this analysis , the different deoP2 promoters are cloned on a high copy number plasmid ( pUC13 ) and then introduced into a CytR + strain that contains a gene fusion between the cAMP-CRP/CytR regulated cdd promoter and lacZ on the chromosome . |
| 26 | There is considerable circumstantial evidence that the Galactic Centre contains a point mass of 10 6 M and ; . |
| 27 | No. 17 is a somewhat similar division but it contains a Tweddle press for shaping steel panel plates , and also deals with steel flooring , vestibule steel-work , and other miscellaneous work , while repairs are also undertaken here . |
| 28 | The Law Commission recommended codifying the law of confidence and its report , Breach of Confidence ( 1980 , Cmnd. 8388 ) , contains a draft breach of confidence Bill . |
| 29 | Go along the rocks , descending the path which goes through a broken wall and joins a farm track opposite some farm buildings . |
| 30 | Mr Riley joined the corporate advisory department and is now an assistant director ; he heads a transaction team of 10 and is involved with recruitment . |