Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the various [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Swiftly and with the minimum of noise , they laid the small table with heavy silver tableware and spread out the various dishes .
2 Place these over the red icing and cut out the various sides .
3 Different cells , such as blood cells , nerve cells , and muscle cells , make up the various tissues and organs of the body , but the diversity of cell types is superimposed on a common plan : each cell consists of a nucleus , which is the seat of the chromosomes , the genes , and the genetic material in general ; and which is surrounded by cytoplasm , whose constituents provide the environment in which the genetic potential is actualized .
4 The need in the case of the Oedipus myth to resolve the contradiction between two pieces of knowledge that are in conflict can be comfortably taken as the signified that lies behind the significations that make up the various versions of the myth .
5 I have , therefore , taken advantage of your absence on academic business to give the matter more thought and I feel it might be best if I set out the various considerations involved in written form .
6 Only time and scholarship eventually sort out the various relationships of artists who worked together .
7 Nutrition experts argue over the various merits of ginseng , but its components point to its three main powers : slowing down the ageing process ; giving stamina and endurance , and acting as an aphrodisiac .
8 These are the most experienced operators , directing and managing one or more clients and their PR campaigns , and supervising teams of PR staff who carry out the various projects and activities of each campaign .
9 Although sometimes the terminology will vary , there will always have to be people who carry out the various roles identified in Figure 2 .
10 There is a sequence of hard-edge air-brush paintings which tick off the various stops on the way such as York and Newcastle .
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