Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not surprising as the algorithm to assign risk is weighted in favour of such cases . |
| 2 | The algorithm passes credit between rules , similarly . |
| 3 | In each learning cycle , the algorithm calculates H , for each of its strings . |
| 4 | The algorithm calculates diff recursively for nodes in successive layers , starting at the top output layer and working back down to the input layer — hence its name , back propagation . |
| 5 | The modification to the algorithm assigns values to each element within the transition window , not just to the final element of the transition . |
| 6 | In his socially approved role as witch-finder , the witch-doctor receives clients , listens carefully to their problems and in the divining sessions points to their probable origin . |
| 7 | In the same fashion , if the witch-doctor offers advice which turns out to be wrong , you write him off as a quack and change your doctor . |
| 8 | There was a minute cabin on the barge , no more than a place for the bargee to take shelter . |
| 9 | He put a thousand-franc note on his bedside table and told the porter to let Modigliani in whenever he wanted . |
| 10 | The porter took care of their horses and Lady Amelia , walking like a ghost before them , led them across to the guest house . |
| 11 | Mr. Bailey requested the porter to call Mr. George Burnham to attend for him and so he did , but not until the child was born . |
| 12 | The porter recognized Gloria and leaned out of his hut . |
| 13 | That is why , in the defence estimates debate on 14 October 1991 , my hon. Friend the Member for Clackmannan ( Mr. O'Neill ) said : ’ We should be careful to preserve the opportunity for as many of our civilians as possible to serve in the volunteer forces . ’ |
| 14 | The defence looked sound , and very similar to the formation played at Coventry . |
| 15 | The defence requires employers to identify the essential functions of the job . |
| 16 | The defence challenged admissibility of the evidence resulting from the undercover operation on the grounds that it should be excluded either at common law or under section 78 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or as being contrary to paragraph 10.1 of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed . ) . |
| 17 | I pick out Moran at 36 because the defence underpins Blackburn 's challenge . |
| 18 | However , if the defendant were prosecuted and the defence conceded lack of consent , the defendant would certainly be acquitted in these circumstances even if the law required his belief in consent to be both honest and reasonable . |
| 19 | Ryder fired some German Very recognition signals but these were the wrong shade of red for that night , and at 0127 the defence opened fire in its full fury . |
| 20 | Over 550 companies attended a series of seminars and one-to-one meetings with Ministry of Defence purchasing staff — including , for the first time , the Defence Works Service which deals with physical projects . |
| 21 | It was partially funded by the US under the Mutual Defence Aid Programme , and , from the Defence costs point of view , was the obvious choice as the common airframe , if the operational requirements of the two Services could be harmonized . |
| 22 | The defence claimed Mrs Armstrong could have taken the poison herself and committed suicide . |
| 23 | The defence described Rennie as ’ a kid who did n't know how to deal with his broken heart . ’ |
| 24 | Where the harm was negligently inflicted the defence gives rise to greater difficulties . |
| 25 | However , virtually without exception during the trial , the judge prevented ( on grounds of irrelevance to the " common criminal charges " in the indictment ) the efforts by the defence to introduce evidence that Noriega was supported by and worked closely with US military and intelligence services . |
| 26 | Moreover , it would have undermined the important principle of consistency in the response to like cases which should underpin any punishment regime . |
| 27 | The response to prey size has been compared for a set of four barn owl pellet samples from England and South Africa ( Fig. 2.1 ) . |
| 28 | The major determinant of the response to soil erosion is the degree of political power of the class(es) or group(s) involved . |
| 29 | If the cash comes from a parent , however , and the income tops £100 a year , it will all be added to the parent 's income . |
| 30 | ‘ The answer is ‘ not much ’ because , in the case of River & Mercantile , only 0.6 p.c. per annum growth is needed over the remaining eight years to pay the income shares 100p . |