Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phrasal appositions in , for example , [ 22 ] and [ 12 ] involve a violation of a syntactic pattern in much the same way as the epiphora in [ 24 ] , and would on these grounds be classified as a rhetorical device in a classical account . |
| 2 | Freud 's speculations provide a beginning for a social scientific understanding of religion 's beginnings . |
| 3 | It is to be hoped that the results in this paper will both encourage further research into the determinants of international capital flows and provide a stimulus for a wider empirical analysis of the effects of financial market deregulation . |
| 4 | The drafter should bear in mind that many of the terms included in the standard terms will not be enforced in most transactions ; their purpose may be to deter claims from trading partners , to deter litigation , or provide a basis for a negotiated settlement . |
| 5 | This is the first time that strict position-independent , copy number-dependent expression has been shown for a mouse gene in a transgenic mouse model , and these mice now provide a source of a stably-integrated transgene of immunological importance . |
| 6 | Where the row and column classifications provide a breakdown of a single population , expressing the body of the table as percentages of one or other marginal total may be helpful . |
| 7 | Pamper a friend with a natural beauty product by post . |
| 8 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 9 | The sociologist then finds that this general picture ( the theory ) suggests certain ideas which may explain why non-Christians wish to have their babies undergo a ceremony in a religious belief to which they themselves do not subscribe . |
| 10 | ECONOMIC union between the two Germanies last July was supposed to produce an investment boom : western businesses would pour money across the border to make use of skilled workers in the east and grab a share of a growing new market . |
| 11 | Rotating your graph to obtain exactly the right view is a delightfully simple mouse-controlled process ; just grab a corner of a 3-dimensional box which represents your graph , and swing it around until it looks right . |
| 12 | It concludes — you want a quote from a famous person — ‘ In his decision letter of the sixth of September , the Secretary of State for Energy accepted this recommendation , ’ that is , that the figures are quoted in kilogrammes per stations with appropriate error bands specified for the quantities per station |
| 13 | They want a haven for a few days to talk to some neutral listener while they conquer an impending sense of ‘ going round the bend ’ . |
| 14 | Although you want a commitment from a certain person , or to remove the uncertainty from a precarious situation , do n't try too hard to pin things down . |
| 15 | In summary , we report a case of a retroperitoneal pancreatic pseudocyst causing distal bilateral ureteric obstruction and bilateral hydronephrosis . |
| 16 | The Efta states now occupy a position within a free-trade area , but outside Political union . |
| 17 | Laffer argued that with a high tax rate , say a move to a lower one , say , would raise actual income , recorded income and tax revenue . |
| 18 | I attach a copy of a standard contract which I would be grateful if you could sign and return to me with the invoice for your fee . |
| 19 | Each year they grow a quarter of a million roses at Nuneham Courtnay … and try out 350 new seedlings … five new varieties were introduced this year . |
| 20 | mode of argument ( d ) : Place a text in a literary or aesthetic context ( e.g. in a tradition , in the emergence of a new form or style ) . |
| 21 | Now place a sieve over a big bowl . |
| 22 | Even if you go halfway , and just say that the trades council conference could send two delegates , not to put trades council motions , but to give the trades council 's view on important issues because the trades council representatives are representatives of the rank and file , they are the activists , they are the people like you , and I think they deserve a voice on a wider platform . |
| 23 | You put a microcomputer into a primary classroom and it seems to fit . |
| 24 | Newcastle-based consulting engineers Merz and McLellan have helped the Bradford Industrial Museum , housed in a former wool mill , install a tramway along a re-created 19th century street . |
| 25 | These communities currently receive a service from a rural mobile library , and it is intended to enhance the level of service until alternative service provision is made available . |
| 26 | A couple of hours after drafting this , I receive a call from a local health visitor asking advice about a child who has just been diagnosed . |
| 27 | A family service guaranteed to pack the school hall is a mothers ' day assembly particularly if mums , including teachers , receive a gift of a small posy of spring flowers . |
| 28 | Many distributions show a peak in a particular age group mainly associated with taking on a large number of young people when the organisation was started or reorganised , this is not desirable because it leads to excessive competition for promotion at particular stages . |
| 29 | You wait , and look , and catch a face against a shifting background of sooty walls , cables and sudden brickwork . |
| 30 | Later , if you catch a spider of a different kind , you may find that its web-building habits are quite different . |