Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most satisfactory , for the rubbery , high-temperature part of the curve , is that of Ferry & Tobolsky whose method is to multiply each J(t) value by the ratio where are the reference temperature and density at that temperature and T , — the same quantities for data being modified . |
| 2 | Single parents know as much about endurance as couples who live a lie for the sake of the children . |
| 3 | The reasons for incorporating men in systems are to do with properties such as flexibility and adaptability which by their nature are not specifiable in numerical terms . |
| 4 | With the more aggressive species such as labiatum or bifasciatum it may prove necessary to insert a clear divider into the tank , as the male can turn on the female for no apparent reason . |
| 5 | Replacements such as furniture and curtains which I picked up in auction sales we kept in what we called the dry store . |
| 6 | Patients likely to be labelled as bed blockers consistently display problems such as incontinence and dementia which are likely to present considerable nursing care problems ( Victor 1990b ) . |
| 7 | This should not be particularly surprising since the main element has been price support for commodities such as grain and sugar which are produced principally in the more favoured farming areas . |
| 8 | In recent years there has been a move to teach young people in residential care practical skills such as cooking and budgeting which they will need when they leave care . |
| 9 | Those that did rally were special situations , such as Cable & Wireless which jumped 7p to 649p after a 7% profits rise at half-way . |
| 10 | Thiemens told a January meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Boston that similar isotope effects may exist for other diatomic gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen which , like oxygen , have one isotope much more abundant than others . |
| 11 | Distrust of the motives of the National government prevented the Labour Party and the Left from supporting measures such as rearmament and conscription which were the logical outcome of the failure of " appeasement . |
| 12 | Some bodies have a responsibility for particular occupational areas , eg the Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board , whilst others have a generic remit in areas such as management and training which are important across all sectors . |
| 13 | This , however , may have been nothing more than the fact that nuclear energy constituted a clearly defined and nascent policy sector , and one which , since unlike other policy areas such as coal or agriculture there were hardly any national interests or groups to consider , could quite easily be separated from the rest of national policy making . |
| 14 | Her novels include blockbusters such as Daddy and Palomino which were made into TV mini-series . |
| 15 | The dry-cleaning process involves a cocktail of chemicals such as ammonia and benzene which should n't be inhaled . |
| 16 | Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings . |
| 17 | It is not altogether improbable that the moveables of the gentry were often undervalued thanks to some lingering influence of fourteenth-century tax rules , which exempted articles such as jewellery and armour which dignified their rank . |
| 18 | Today 's chefs have very properly outlawed that preliminary blanching which spelled ruin to so many vegetables — of course there are still those such as celeriac and turnips which may need it — and one of their most fiercely held tenets concerns the brief cooking of fish , in particular of the fragile scallop . |
| 19 | Steam distillation is used to purify liquids such as nitrobenzene and phenylamine which have high boiling points . |
| 20 | If your organisation is a " high tech " company and works in areas such as microbiology or electronics it will be useful to have a trained scientist who can translate what the company is doing into terms which most people can understand . |
| 21 | Mrs Belgrove , a 32-year-old agricultural graduate , started by hacking down trees and giant weeds , under which were plants such as sedum and aquilegia which had been hidden since before the First World War . |
| 22 | That makes sense : a growing proportion of income is spent on services , such as health and education which generate less waste per dollar spent . |
| 23 | Sunset industries in Western economies include the old heavy industries such as steel and shipbuilding which are now suffering from massive excess capacity as these industries have been undercut by more efficient producers in the Pacific basin . |
| 24 | I have never actually used these for help or advice myself , as I was aware of my infection before they were formed and had by then come to terms with it . |