Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The people are more expansive in their complaining , but their words merely combine elements by now all too familiar . |
| 2 | However , modern computers obviously enable problems of much greater variety and complexity to be tackled . |
| 3 | These procedures address the current problem of designers only having access to either none or all of the data for a CAD part , by introducing strict partitioning within each CAD part file . |
| 4 | Geometric designs gradually gave way to more curvilinear , Persian-style schemes during the period of Ottoman rule ( early 16th to late 18th centuries ) and some of these Ottoman Court carpets are among the finest examples of the period . |
| 5 | However , students of this process have pointed out that these new organizations then face problems about there relationships to older agencies . |
| 6 | Having to work from different angles makes it extremely difficult to maintain an even symmetry throughout the design , and it is therefore not surprising that nomadic rugs sometimes contain motifs of slightly varying sizes ; the fact that so many are perfectly balanced and symmetrical is a glowing testament to the weavers ' skill . |
| 7 | Overtones and combinations sometimes give rise to unusually strong bands in IR or Raman spectra by stealing intensity from a nearby fundamental of the same symmetry . |
| 8 | Eight women said their husbands never passed opinions about how the housework had been done : |
| 9 | Other installations would be demolished , including the gates ' winding gear ( 'A' and ‘ F ’ ) which hauled the caissons aside to allow ships of up to 85,000 tons to enter the 1,148 feet ( 351m ) dock . |
| 10 | The main regions involved are mid-Wales , the Lake District and the remoter areas of the Pennines , the Scottish Highlands and some parts of the South West peninsula , although many lowland areas also lost population until comparatively recently . |
| 11 | Laura travels down to London with her parents today to undergo tests before tomorrow 's 1 pm operation . |
| 12 | The regulations also give details of how the historic rights of inspection of accounts by the public , should be administered . |
| 13 | Like a raider , he had swooped on a series of nightclubs , probably before their owners even had time to fully appreciate what had hit them . |
| 14 | But practitioners usually encounter elders at just those times when crisis has broken down the security of routine . |
| 15 | At the same time , under the guise of socialist rhetoric , the ruling élites ruthlessly manipulated nationalisms from above and perpetuated many of the totalitarian structures of fascism . |
| 16 | The masks were introduced in 1986 : it was argued that since tigers normally attack prey from behind rather than face-to-face , a mask worn on the back of the head should be a deterrent . |
| 17 | Smaller rodents also chew bone for much the same reason , as well as for its calcium or phosphate content , and like porcupines they seem to prefer older bone rather than completely fresh bone . |
| 18 | Commercial free range farms often keep hens in densely packed flocks of up to 4,000 , with access to bare grassland rather than the varied shrubs and trees they prefer . |
| 19 | Since our ancestors presumably sought safety in exactly such spots , his theory would seem to be plausible — assuming that acquired information can be transmitted genetically from adult to offspring , which is unlikely . |
| 20 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
| 21 | Men far outnumber women in further and higher education teaching , especially in senior posts . |
| 22 | In our society , children often reach adolescence at just the time that their mothers are going through the menopause . |
| 23 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 24 | In the first year , students normally take Chemistry with either Biology or with Mathematics and Geology or with Mathematics and Physics , and later Chemistry is studied along with courses selected from options such as Chemical Pharmacology , Soil/Climate/Water , Economics , Geography , Geology , Industrial Management , Meteorology , Oceanography . |
| 25 | On the other hand , while all the 19 Outer London Boroughs also lost population in only two cases ( Brent and Richmond ) did the decreases exceed 10 per cent ( 10.2 per cent and 10.4 per cent respectively ) . |
| 26 | Women currently outlive men by about six years , so that as they retire five years earlier they can expect on average to spend twice as long as men in retirement . |
| 27 | The guerrillas still fire rockets from well inside the security perimeter . |