Example sentences of "[that] [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iii ) Discussion should bring out examples of words and expressions which tend to undergo very rapid change in use or meaning — eg terms of approbation ( wicked , brill ) ; differences in the use and meanings of words as used by pupils , their parents and grandparents — eg wireless , radio , tranny , receiver ; and new words that have become part of the English vocabulary during the last 50 years or so , eg computer , astronaut , macho . |
| 2 | It is these lamps — the Philips SL and PL , the Thorn 2D and the Toshiba Neo Ball among them — that have stimulated design of lighting fittings . |
| 3 | The parthenogenesis/incompatibility Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited symbionts of insects that have evolved mechanisms of altering mitosis in their insect hosts . |
| 4 | The evidence shows that , when adjusting output during a downturn in the economy , many firms that have taken advantage of regional assistance contract operations at those plants placed in areas that previously had high unemployment choose to close these plants . |
| 5 | Many more of the 226 schools that have taken control of their own affairs in the past three years fear victimisation if they are returned to hostile local authorities . |
| 6 | It is hardly surprising that the studies that have taken account of the social class background of white and black pupils tend to reveal that the dramatic differences produced by simple comparisons tend to diminish , often considerably ( Bagley et al . , |
| 7 | Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | The validity of this approach has been borne out by other studies combining immunocytochemistry with DNA sequencing that have found accumulation of protein to be invariably associated with the presence of a mutant p53 allele . |
| 9 | This percentage is in accordance with other flow cytometric studies in oesophageal cancer that have reported rates of aneuploidy in the range of 57% to 91% . |