Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that represents in some way erm about three to one . |
| 2 | The eruption of highly viscous lava , such as that formed by the degassing of rhyolite or andesite , can create large domes which may reach a height of several hundred metres and a width of several kilometres . |
| 3 | Those rules are therefore designed to preclude , in so far as is possible and from the outset , the possibility of a situation arising such as that referred to in article 27(3) , that is to say the non-recognition of a judgment on account of its irreconcilability with a judgment given in a dispute between the same parties in the state in which recognition is sought . |
| 4 | They tempted the women by treats and presents , and when that failed by psychological means . |
| 5 | The six competitors sat at the tea tables , together but strangely separate — each gazing at her hands or off into the distance , and never at one another . |
| 6 | Dressed in a sea-blue gown with matching head-dress , each studded with small mother-of-pearls , she looked so beautiful ! |
| 7 | Also drawn in charcoal were two other features of religious importance : a group of five-pointed stars and a mystical two-line formula , each consisting of all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet — the ultimate anagram which , when rearranged , could quite literally be used to express all human knowledge and all experience . |
| 8 | By next month the committee will have created three separate national squads consisting of two senior ( A and B ) , an over-21 development squad and a national under-21 squad , each consisting of more than 50 players . |
| 9 | BISCUITS , petit fours , little cakes and cocktail canapes look good arranged in rows , each consisting of one variety . |
| 10 | Directions has sixty units , each consisting of two pages . |
| 11 | It sold InfoNow units at $60,000 per unit , each consisting of 20,000 shares of common stock and 20,000 Class C warrants , each of the latter entitling the holder to buy one share of common at $6 by December 30 1997 . |
| 12 | Interactive Inc , Humboldt , South Dakota has filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 1.0m units , each consisting of one common share and a warrant for a second one ; net proceeds will be used to expand the company 's marketing and sales , develop new products , repay debt , and for working capital ; no target price given . |
| 13 | Mrs Li reckons that in each of her township 's 90 ‘ teams ’ ( each consisting of about 300 people ) two or three families have incomes like hers . |
| 14 | Three mental tests were developed , each consisting of 20 questions . |
| 15 | The animal kingdom was divided into five ( not four ) types , each consisting of five classes . |
| 16 | A plant of noble proportions producing numerous stems each consisting of a large shiny green leaf and a leafy bract from which a spike of soft blue flowers emerges . |
| 17 | The Supreme Soviet was bicameral , consisting of the Council of the Union and the Council of the Nationalities , each consisting of 750 deputies elected for five years . |
| 18 | Dunkin thought that two groups of headlines ‘ each consisting of two sets would be required only if four formes were constantly in use ’ ( p.301 ) , i.e. if The Fairy Queen had been printed on two presses ( two formes per press , working simultaneously : one forme in use ; the other standing by ) or , conceivably , printed on four presses ( the presses doing only one side of a sheet each ) . |
| 19 | On the basis of these standards , SCOTVEC is creating a new series of awards in training and assessing , each consisting of a single unit . |
| 20 | It was decided to have 250 sets , each consisting of four postcards , printed . |
| 21 | Seven portfolios were constructed , each consisting of 40 randomly selected securities . |
| 22 | If it was a complex curve , starting lazy and getting tight , say , Flynn made up a set of templates , each consisting of a plank and three nails to mark the tangent and the offset sighting lines . |
| 23 | After determination that sc infusion of caerulein resulted in induction of acute pancreatitis four separate groups of rats , each consisting of six to eight animals were given ( i ) sc infusion of caerulein alone ; ( ii ) ip injection of platelet activating factor ( 50 µg/kg ) , ( iii ) TCV-309 ip ( 50 µg/kg ) and then 30 minutes later sc infusion of caerulein for five hours , and ( iv ) TCV-309 ip ( 50 µg/kg ) and then 30 minutes later platelet activating factor ( 50 µg/kg ip ) and then 30 minutes later sc infusion of saline for five hours . |
| 24 | Several groups , each consisting of eight to 10 rats with gastric ulcers , were used in two series , A and B. In series A , group I rats were treated with vehicle ( saline , 1 ml given by intragastric route three times daily ) only ( control ) ; group II rats were given intragastric bFGF ( 3 , 30 , or 300 µg/kg/day in three equal doses , each dose dissolved in 1 ml of saline ) , group III rats were given bFGF by intraperitoneal injection ( 3 , 30 , or 300 µg/kg/day in three equal doses ) , group IV rats were treated with intragastric sucralfate ( added to drinking water ; 400 mg/kg/day ) ; group V rats were treated with a combination of intragastric bFGF ( 30 µg/kg/day in three equal doses ) plus sucralfate ; group VI rats were treated with intraperitoneal bFGF ( 30 µ/kg/day; in three equal doses ) ; and for comparison group VII rats were treated with omeprazole ( 60 mg/kg/day into the peritoneum in two equal doses each dissolved in 1 ml of saline ) . |
| 25 | The Β 1 subfamily comprises at least eight related complexes , each consisting of a Β 1 chain with a distinct α chain companion . |
| 26 | To take one example , at the beginning of the project seven committees were established , each consisting of about six people , to investigate one of a range of competing architectural possibilities . |
| 27 | The sentence has 28 characters in it , so let us assume that the monkey has a series of discrete " tries ' , each consisting of 28 bashes at the keyboard . |
| 28 | In summary , to compare t treatments , we require a number of blocks each consisting of t experimental units ; for one reason or another the units within each block are expected to behave reasonably similarly in the absence of any treatment , e.g. t mice from the same litter , t plots in the same area of a field . |
| 29 | This poem is in two equal stanzas , each consisting of seven lines . |
| 30 | But they have been infected by the dreaded Lousepedoodle , that flies in ever-decreasing circles through the Gunpat of the Cludge — a deadly virus — dear me , yes ! — isolated by the purple Avvago and maturing in the grey-green forests of the Okey Pokey . |