Example sentences of "book [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its extensive introductory articles and detailed references , emphasised by illustrations of comparative gold boxes or designs from major museums and private collections , the book represents a summary of present knowledge about the art of snuff boxes . |
| 2 | This is not to suggest that the book represents a feminist polemic . |
| 3 | His book offers a wealth of pleasurable activities which have been seized upon by teachers as the ‘ five finger exercises ’ of creative drama . |
| 4 | The Alternative Religion of this book offers a possible way to establish that new understanding . |
| 5 | Edited by Richard Evans , who oversees some of the world 's greatest tennis tournaments , the book offers a bird 's eye view of the Tour , not least because of some of the superb colour photography contained within it . |
| 6 | Written by John Parsons , the tennis correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and photographed by Allsport , the book offers a memorable insight into the fortnight , from the disastrously wet first week , to the emergence of a new , ‘ outsider ’ men 's champion and the return of an ‘ old ’ favourite in the women 's event . |
| 7 | The book involves a fundamental theoretical interrogation of the bases of developmental psycholinguistics in the disciplines of psychology , linguistics , philosophy and biology , and an attempt to formulate an integrative theory of representational development . |
| 8 | The book encourages a healthy fear of crevasses mixed with cautious confidence , based on the fundamental principle that in a crevasse accident there is self-rescue or no rescue . |
| 9 | The book contains a number of excellent reviews on a wide range of important topics . |
| 10 | Norman Higham 's book contains a discussion of the various permutations possible , together with some advice from experience . |
| 11 | The book contains a bibliography of works in English , French , German , Danish and Latin , and from a number of national sources , those ( in English ) from Sweden being especially informative . |
| 12 | The minute book contains a list of subscribers ( presumably to the London committee 's funds ) including Lord Rivers and Granville Penn , and three gentlemen were nominated as members — Edward Topham ( 1751–1820 ) proprietor of The World , Peter Benezek and Reuben Smith . |
| 13 | The book contains a comprehensive glossary of the computer terms covered and there is also a complete Answer Book . |
| 14 | The introduction to his book contains a strong denial that he is an atheist , revolutionary or opponent of sovereign rulers . |
| 15 | At any rate anybody who buys The Best of Boulestin should be warned to pay no attention to the announcement on the jacket which informs us that the book contains a selection of the best recipes of a " World-Famous Chef " . |
| 16 | If a book contains a number of chapters or sections , which may even have been written by different authors , of what value to us is the global population mean based on the average over all chapters ? |
| 17 | For example , this book contains a number of chapters : Studying , Passing Examinations , Speaking in Public and others . |
| 18 | The book contains a large number of photographs . |
| 19 | Altogether this book contains a wealth of information and I doubt whether it will be long before physicians are heard expounding the benefit of Liu Ye for tuberculosis , Jia Zhu Tao for its cardiotonic effects , Man Tao Luo as a general anaesthetic , or Yin Chen to treat hepatitis . |
| 20 | This book has a symbiotic relationship with Professor Stone 's earlier volume , The Family , Sex and Marriage in England 1500–1800 , drawing heavily as it does on the idea of the emergence of affective individualism in family relationships and its link to the rise in marital unhappiness during both the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries . |
| 21 | It can carry information because each DNA molecule can have a different sequence of bases , just as every paragraph in this book has a different sequence of letters . |
| 22 | Knutson 's book has a scholarly feel , with a long bibliography . |
| 23 | Despite that , the book has a curiously impersonal flavour , which is a pity . |
| 24 | Even so the book has a lot to offer and is packed with useful data . |
| 25 | Despite minor errors the book has a style and a use of simile which make it a pleasure to read . |
| 26 | The book has a satisfying pattern and a unity one would n't expect in anything covering that span of years and when Simon , at the end , wanted to leave the creeper as it was , the wheel had turned full circle . |
| 27 | This solid , reliable book has a number of features to recommend it as a starting point in the discovery of Picasso , not least the interesting thematic chronological charts which cover topics such as ‘ Stages in the discovery and appropriation of primitivism ’ e.g. ‘ Autumn 1906 , Derain and Matisse return to Paris , each having acquired his first African mask ’ , and ‘ Stages of the revolution in papier colles ’ . |
| 28 | The catch is this : the book has a rated WP of 45 , and when the WP of the character carrying it is reduced sharply ( by magic , etc. ) the book will attempt spirit combat ( see Guardian Spirits in New Monsters for rules ) . |
| 29 | This book has a largely metalinguistic function . |
| 30 | But there 's a surprise too , for each book has a clever pop-up on its last spread which will have babies and toddlers squealing with delight . |