Example sentences of "[v-ing] a single [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming back , as always , to the Jurassic , one has only to compare the 30 ammonite zones represented in one foot of sediment in Sicily with the 15 000 feet representing a single zone in Oregon , to realise how startlingly different rates of deposition must have been in different places . |
| 2 | On 25 May , Dong suggested demarcation of zones of control , representing a single holding' , on which a ceasefire might be based : or in plain language , partition . |
| 3 | By then Europe was clearly becoming a single State-system . |
| 4 | In this case the approaching waves are each described by three functions either of u or of v satisfying a single equation which is either ( 6.22c ) or ( 6.22b ) . |
| 5 | Anyone contributing a single lecture to a series like this — covering a wide spectrum of disciplines and addressed to a general audience — is bound to feel some anxiety and uncertainty about how their contribution will fit into its larger context . |
| 6 | Above all , as the Commission says , ‘ adopting a single currency rather than having national currencies with irrevocably fixed exchange rates would not only have a symbolic character . |
| 7 | Behind the grandiloquent phrases about being ‘ relegated to the outer darkness ’ or ‘ consigned to the outer tier ’ stands a surprisingly simple political question : should the United Kingdom join France , Germany and Benelux in adopting a Single Currency without delay ? |
| 8 | First , there is the case of currency union , the type of monetary union preferred by the EC , which involves member countries adopting a single currency . |
| 9 | The occurrence of IgG anti-lactoferrin was also confirmed by western blotting , revealing a single reaction band with an antigen of molecular weight about 80000 and corresponding to rabbit anti-human leukocyte lactoferrin ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 10 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 11 | This meant that in some cases people were now cultivating a single furrow on a field . |
| 12 | On the drivechart the decision points , represented by square boxes , each offer a natural group of alternative routes to the teacher , who chooses one by pressing a single key — eg , ‘ 1 ’ selects the inverse problem where the computer provides the ‘ output ’ number from the named function and invites the class to guess the ‘ input ’ number . |
| 13 | High structure is appropriate to , for example , a manufacturing organization producing a simple mechanical device , the design of which is mature and stable , embodying a single technology . |
| 14 | We walked for an hour without passing a single habitation . |
| 15 | Create the framework for high standards by establishing a single Department of education and Training with oversight of all education and training . |
| 16 | ‘ Women are a damned nuisance and I could do without hiring a single female . |
| 17 | Abbey Mill ( c1600 ) consisted of no less than four mills , forming a single range across the Mill Avon , and for a time following this , there were five , although the latter was fairly short-lived . |
| 18 | They comprise from 20–500 individuals , of mixed age groups , forming a single layer . |
| 19 | There are 8–9 highly rugose arm spines proximally , the dorsal most is the longest equal to 3 arm segments ; on proximal joints the arm spines may meet in the midradial line forming a single fan . |
| 20 | On the proximal arm segment the arm spines meet midradially forming a single fan . |
| 21 | Tidal power systems operate by filling a single basin or river estuary at rising tide through sluice gates then emptying it during falling tide through turbines . |
| 22 | It is recommended that a complex SSR is split into a number of smaller SSRs , each addressing a single point so that all the details may be retained by LIFESPAN . |
| 23 | Where possible , it is recommended that a complex SPR is split up into a number of smaller SPRs , each addressing a single point . |
| 24 | The solution was to strengthen the spire from within by inserting a single skin of new brickwork all the way up to the top , and bolting the brick and stone together with stainless steel pins that would be invisible from the ground . |
| 25 | Working from these , and with microorganisms he is culturing in his laboratory to metabolise related compounds from the chlorodioxin group , Chakrabarty is seeking a single culture that can degrade 2,4,5-T to the point where heavily contaminated soil can be returned in a matter of days to healthy soil that can support plant life . |
| 26 | So far we have examined different ways of valuing a single share in the firm . |
| 27 | Anwar had n't compromised in the slightest , not nibbling a biscuit or sipping a glass of water or smoking a single cigarette . |
| 28 | The effects of smoking a single cigarette of the subject 's normal brand were studied on an approximately 50% submaximal plateau of gastric secretion . |
| 29 | In the control group , the median Vg before smoking was 145.8 ml h - 1 ; after smoking a single cigarette gastric secretion fell by 23% to 112.2 ml h - 1 ; this was significant ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 30 | In duodenal ulcer patients the median Vg before smoking was 237.6 ml h - 1 ; after smoking a single cigarette there was a 26% fall in Vg to a median value of 175.2 ml h - 1 ( p<0.02 ) ( Table I ) . |