Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun] [prep] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one side of the partition one places a source of light of a particular color ( that is , of a particular wavelength ) . |
| 2 | The quality — or modality — of the experience depends less upon the quality of energy reaching the nervous system than upon which parts of the sensory system are activated : stimulation of the retinal receptors causes an experience of light ; stimulation of the receptors in the inner ear gives rise to the experience of sound ; and so on . |
| 3 | Sometimes , he sees a blade of light in the darkness and thinks : ‘ There is Crevecoeur ! |
| 4 | If he sees a gleam of light , it is in the clubs — some of them anyway — who tackle the tourists before they play Wales . |
| 5 | I paint so thinly , as though my work were unlit stained glass that requires a flood of light from beyond and behind to illuminate and enliven it , and there is no beyond and behind . |
| 6 | Light : Requires a lot of light with strong intensity . |
| 7 | It would be an interminable occupation were it not for the fact that what one learns about the landscape of one town often throws a flash of light upon a topographical puzzle in another . |
| 8 | Wind seems a species of light . |
| 9 | Imagine a space capsule in free fall near the Earth : inside it an astronaut strapped to one wall shines a beam of light horizontally at the opposite wall . |