Example sentences of "variety of [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile research revealed that 80% of SMEs already used suitable PCs , and over 50% were strongly attracted to the idea of a ‘ single source ’ through which a variety of services could be accessed . |
| 2 | In practice , a wide variety of questions may be used during a sales interview ( DeCormier and Jobber , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | A wide variety of operations may be undertaken , or the ward may specialise in one aspect of surgical care , such as abdominal or chest surgery . |
| 4 | The phrase ‘ community care ’ has been used since the 1960s , but it has never been too narrowly defined and a variety of activities can be numbered as belonging to a community approach to the care of the mentally disordered . |
| 5 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 6 | A variety of approaches should be adopted to build a profile of nurses resident locally . |
| 7 | While the variety of approaches can be extended this must be planned in relation to the outcomes which the teacher has identified through the programme of study and attainment targets . |
| 8 | It is difficult to pinpoint any one category of persons likely to commit this offence as a variety of motives will be involved . |
| 9 | By cross- hatching or making rapid marks in different directions both vertically and diagonally , an almost endless variety of effects can be achieved . |
| 10 | BY CROSS-HATCHING , OR MAKING RAPID MARKS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BOTH VERTICALLY AND DIAGONALLY , AN ALMOST ENDLESS VARIETY OF EFFECTS CAN BE ACHIEVED . |
| 11 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 12 | This means that the likely effect of a variety of circumstances can be tested easily and quickly using a consistent method of calculation by merely adjusting the input information . |
| 13 | In many statistical investigations , information from a variety of sources must be sifted and collated to produce a consistent and logical explanation of some phenomenon . |
| 14 | By judicious use of the more than adequate graphic , a wide variety of sounds can be accessed . |
| 15 | A variety of norms can be seen as expressions of a single value . |
| 16 | To meet the requirement a wide variety of qualifications may be offered : applicants under 21 with UK school qualifications should offer a minimum of three SCE Higher grade passes or two GCE Advanced level passes . |
| 17 | A variety of features can be added by re-programming , including a redesigned display incorporating graphics , icons or almost any foreign language . |
| 18 | Social research is happily so varied in its subjects of study that a wide variety of techniques may be used for many research projects . |
| 19 | A variety of techniques will be used to chart their general beliefs about child development , as well as their specific estimates of what children of given ages might normally be expected to achieve in history . |
| 20 | By cross-hatching , an endless variety of marks can be achieved . |
| 21 | A variety of anions can be used — eg and but the hexafluoroarsenate gives the cleanest reactions . |
| 22 | A wide variety of seeds should be sown this month . |
| 23 | The fact that a greater variety of messages may be broadcast on a vastly greater scale does not alter the fact that the central messages are still and more powerfully those of the capitalist global system . |
| 24 | The piping or icing bags need to be washed and dried with every change of colour icing , although of course if you have a number of bags available this is unnecessary , and a variety of colours can be kept on hand at any one time . |
| 25 | Providing the planting is done correctly , a variety of receptacles can be used : old baking bowls , fruit dishes , even chamberpots . |
| 26 | In this way , a wide variety of practices can be identified and studied . |
| 27 | Finally , as we have noted , pronouns are often used non-deictically ; but the actual variety of uses can be shown to be far greater than one would easily imagine ( Watson , 1975 ; Sacks , 1976 ) . |