Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] range [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also a book-binding shop and a Braille Unit , which transfers a wide range of books into braille for the blind , and which really does serve a useful purpose . |
| 2 | Furthermore , sometimes the government expressly delegates public administrative functions to non-governmental bodies : for example , under the Financial Services Act 1986 the Securities and Investments Board exercises a wide range of regulatory functions delegated to it by the Secretary of State ; the Board of Deputies of British Jews plays an important role in policing certain Sunday Trading laws ; the Wood Green Animal Shelter in North London runs the government 's computerized register of fighting dogs ; and the Rowntree Trust ( a private charitable organization ) administers the Family Fund ( a public fund to assist families of severely handicapped children ) . |
| 3 | This offence , with a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , covers a wide range of conduct , from a stolen kiss on the cheek to forced fellatio ( oral sex ) . |
| 4 | This packed little book covers a wide range of aspects of polymers , not just their chemistry . |
| 5 | Non-verbal or visual behaviour covers a wide range of different aspects including : |
| 6 | Chapter and Verse covers a wide range of unsimplified texts ranging from Shakespeare , Ben Jonson , and Dickens to Roger McGough , Muriel Spark , and John Steinbeck . |
| 7 | It uses outside speakers from the Social Security office , the Job Centre , and the Citizens ' Advice Bureau and covers a wide range of current affairs and other topics in a relaxed and friendly way . |
| 8 | covers a wide range of civil and criminal jurisdiction . |
| 9 | The standard setting process and the financing of the ASB is overseen by the Financial Reporting Council ( FRC ) , which covers a wide range of constituency interests . |
| 10 | The term ‘ electronic organ ’ covers a wide range of instruments , some of which are clearly inappropriate for music in church . |
| 11 | This covers a wide range of worship songs , but only a small amount of hymnody . |
| 12 | One difficulty , however , is that this offence covers a wide range of situations from killings just short of murder to carelessly causing death . |
| 13 | The Geographical Techniques course is in two parts , the first of which covers a wide range of methods , including the collection of data and techniques for analysing geographical material as well as theoretical aspects of the subject . |
| 14 | The assessment concentrates on minimising potential releases of chemicals to air , water and land , and also covers a wide range of factors such as noise , traffic , visual impact and other possible effects on the local community and landscape . |
| 15 | The term covers a vast range of reasons for not attending school , including phobias , parental pressure and the absence of realistic incentives for fourth-year leavers . |
| 16 | The work of his modern American successor in this field , George Peter Murdock , covers a wider range of kinship data and is generally more ambitious in scope in its systematic search for the determinants of different systems of kinship terminology . |
| 17 | Becher et al put forward the following strengths and weaknesses of visitation ( which covers a wider range of activities than inspection ) as an accountability procedure : |
| 18 | Tool using thus covers a broad range of activities throughout the animal kingdom , from the mindless and mechanical to the considered and imaginative . |
| 19 | It is possible to devise a scheme representing ( maybe , caricaturing ) various institutional structures ; an example is given in table 3.1.1 This deliberately covers a broad range of six types of structure , across five different possible constraints , in summary form . |
| 20 | Thus , the jury should be instructed that the term ‘ consent ’ covers a whole range of situations from actual desire to reluctant acquiescence , and that the dividing line between real consent and mere submission must be drawn by the jury by applying its knowledge of human nature to the facts of the case . |
| 21 | The obsessive compulsive neuroses such as obsessive washing and the various phobias will require medical assessment but may receive particular help from Emotions Anonymous , which also covers a whole range of other emotional disorders that may be significantly disturbing to the life of the sufferer and be beyond personal control . |
| 22 | I shall look into the matter that my hon. Friend has raised , because it covers a whole range of issues — resettlements and redundancy arrangements — and we are anxious that the fairest arrangements should be made . |
| 23 | No , I mean , I wrote down here what tone of voice — English obsession with newspaper class , which is what I was talking about format which you covered , and I said that I felt that in the States that seems to an outsider only the New York Times , but even that sort of , as you say , covers a whole range of non-quality , from a British point of view non-quality , press . |
| 24 | Based in London , the pair play acoustic music which blends a wide range of influences , including soulful blues , bluegrass , jazz , trad reels and even Vivaldi . |
| 25 | For example , migrants from Pakistan — both women and men — appear to retain a strong sense of obligation to give support to all relatives within their biraderi ( sometimes spelled biradari ) which contains a wide range of kin and can represent a network of mutual aid extending across continents ( Anwar , 1985 ) . |
| 26 | The latest tomb to be found is situated some 250m west of the first at the base of an adobe truncated pyramid called Huaca Loro and contains a wide range of funerary offerings weighing in all around 1.2 tons . |
| 27 | This is a new multi-vitamin , multi-mineral supplement which contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals at levels very close to those provided by a healthy diet . |
| 28 | The fact that Culpitt 's attempt to link these somewhat disparate themes is rather unsuccessful should not , however , dissuade potential readers from consulting this book , which contains a wide range of relevant and topical material which many social work practitioners will find invaluable in the current climate of ‘ managerialism ’ . |
| 29 | Even Canterbury Cathedral , the citadel of English Christianity , contains a marvellous range of mermaids , demons , snarling beasts and old gods . |
| 30 | In the neotropical Lecythidaceae for example all species have large circumscissile capsules , but such uniformity disguises a wide range of variation in the texture of the mesocarp , degree of dehiscence , and development of the aril into a fleshy or winged structure , with the result that different species are dispersed by birds , bats , monkeys , rodents , wind , water and possibly fish . |