Example sentences of "a single [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest atom , hydrogen , consists of a single electron encircling the nucleus which has a single positive charge ; the positively charged particle that comprises the hydrogen nucleus is called the ‘ proton ’ . |
| 2 | The ‘ signal ’ to look for , then , to observe a W , is a single electron carrying lots of energy . |
| 3 | Previously , only trade in new horn was banned but , with a single horn fetching as much as £30,000 , Chinese dealers have been buying up big game trophies for export to the Far East . |
| 4 | It wore a goat 's mask , with a single horn growing from the forehead . |
| 5 | A single parent living with her four children on this Sunderland estate had kept a large bedroom window covered with plastic sheeting for nearly a year ; the council had n't fixed it and she did n't have the wherewithal to do it herself . |
| 6 | A single parent living with her parents gets supplementary benefit of £5.25 child benefit . |
| 7 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 8 | Small areas are best paved in a single colour using a simple design to avoid being over fussy . |
| 9 | It can perform flow injection analysis ( FIA ) and segmented continuous flow analysis ( SFA ) independently or can combine the techniques on a single test allowing automatic sample pretreatment such as dilution , concentration and/or filtration on-line , The Super Cartridge is a two part heater consisting of a spool of polymeric tubing which droops over a cone-shaped heater . |
| 10 | A single GP working alone , for example , covers Soho , and this is why many clients choose to use the accident and emergency department of University College Hospital and Barts as their primary point of contact with the health-care professions . |
| 11 | Paul from Tamworth says er I 'm a single man looking after my children and I do n't get a penny from my ex-wife . |
| 12 | ‘ Now Bathsheba , ’ he said , laughing , ‘ you know very well that I had to be very careful , as a single man working for you , a good-looking young woman . |
| 13 | Bricks are especially useful , as they can be used laid flat , with two courses ( including mortar joints ) giving a height of 150mm ( 6″ ) ; on edge , with a single course giving a height of 112mm ( 4½″ ) ; or in various combinations of these . |
| 14 | In the case of , say , a single person living in a suburb , however , a wide variety of types of social life is possible , including a strong concentration upon work-based friendship . |
| 15 | Make sure you have something to read ; a single person doing nothing but drink and smoke looks suspicious . ’ ) |
| 16 | Lord Tyrrell , the former diplomat , who became BBFC President in 1935 , notoriously declared that ‘ we may take pride in observing that there is not a single film showing in London today which deals with any of the burning questions of the day . ’ |
| 17 | In the main part of these Lectures , we work with the ‘ orthodox ’ Solow ( 1956 ) model , in which malleable capital is used to produce a single output according to an aggregate production function , with a higher ratio of capital to labour being associated with a lower competitive rate of profit . |
| 18 | This compares with up to 8 minutes CPU time for processing a single sentence using ANLT ( see Table 3.3 ) . |
| 19 | This sense of purpose and of confinement to " legitimate " objectives is briefy conveyed in a single sentence describing events at Malmesbury : " They seized all the corn ; sold it at 5s [ 25p ] a bushel , and gave the money to the right owners . " |
| 20 | Nine of these stemmed from incidents outside the holding centres , including five from a single incident involving plastic handcuffs . |
| 21 | The unity of a civil society , what makes us all one people , is the fact that we 're subject to a single government according to Hobbes . |
| 22 | I recently used pattern 1235 Tech 183 to knit a single motif using a wool and acrylic main yarn and a shiny contrast yarn . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , a single girl staying in places with a man like that . ’ |
| 24 | Somebody wants a single bed moving , somebody might want a chest of drawers moving , somebody wants some packages so there were there 's quite a lot of of work of that nature wanted . |
| 25 | But if you wanted a single bed moving , then the cheapest way would be just to have one man , he comes we charge you for the time we take , with a minimum of an hour 's charge . |
| 26 | Provided a mains transformer has a single primary winding there should be no difficulty in wiring up this section of the supply . |
| 27 | All this happens without a single bird appearing to twitch a muscle . |
| 28 | ( 4.7 ) unc The sequential composition of a pair of assignments to different lists of variables may be reduced to a single assignment using this law with 3.2 and 3.3 . |
| 29 | Soaring boldly in lonely isolation , Ben Hope conforms to the general conception of a mountain , steep slopes on all sides tapering to a single peak dominating a wide landscape . |
| 30 | Where the item is presented as two components there should be , in addition , a single sub-total showing the profit or loss on disposal ’ . |