Example sentences of "a sequence of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sequence of profiles of nitrate in the unsaturated zone of the Chalk in Cambridgeshire shows downward movement of the concentration peak by about five metres . |
| 2 | A table , chart , or programme , in this sense , is not a tape or a disc but a sequence of Propositions , which is to say abstract objects . |
| 3 | This sums ill the accumulator the contents of a sequence of locations . |
| 4 | Now it is possible to write down a sequence of matrices unc Mr ( r is usually n or n + 1 , depending on the variant employed ) which when used as a chain to premultiply A , condense it to the unit matrix , so that unc which evidently implies unc The numerical procedure is to operate successively on 91 ) ; given A we can write down M1 and we evaluate unc so that ( 1 ) becomes unc Knowing B we can now write down unc and form unc and so on , until R is obtained . |
| 5 | Hence , the set of critical columns will remain the same throughout a sequence of tableaux optimal over degenerate intervals . |
| 6 | When applied to a sequence of tableaux optimal over a degenerate interval , this process can be interpreted as applying the simplex method restricted to the critical columns . |
| 7 | Using the parametric programming procedure of Section 6.3 , we can connect T to T by a sequence of tableaux , each obtained by pivoting from its predecessor . |
| 8 | Sometimes small panels were painted , apparently so that a sequence of tableaux could be shown . |
| 9 | After a brace of Classical Landscapes , there is a sequence of etchings done for Martin 's first commercial publication The Character of Trees ( 1817 ) and a portrait of Sezincot House in the Stour Valley . |
| 10 | The single most important difference between written and spoken language is that spoken language contains many incomplete sentences , and is often simply a sequence of phrases or clauses . |
| 11 | Suddenly , Apanage tweaked a sequence of cords and chains , and the net lifted in a momentary puff of silk before floating down to consume the apparition . |
| 12 | THE history of science is a sequence of conflicts between incompatible theories in which each side vigorously defends its own theory until conclusive evidence persuades a majority to accept one view . |
| 13 | The Stewarts suffered a sequence of disasters which would almost suggest that some evil magician had set a curse upon the entire house . |
| 14 | Thus , the period between 1880 and 1920 was marked by a sequence of strategies to combine under the loose banner of " efficiency " traditions of aristocratic cultural mystique with utilitarian programmes of industrial and social administration . |
| 15 | In the brain , the olfactory system appears to be composed of a sequence of layers of nodes with no obvious geometric structure . ) |
| 16 | In this way , specific dates can be given to a sequence of finds as more information becomes available : if , for example , a cemetery which had been in use for several decades is excavated , the finds from each grave are studied as individual groups to be fitted into an overall sequence . |
| 17 | the goal , if it finds a sequence of rules which produce a goal fail , otherwise . |
| 18 | Would I prefer simply to fit a sequence of exercises into my daily routine ? |
| 19 | In 1987 he exhibited a sequence of paintings and drawings with structural elements in common ( heads and shoulders as Packer defines them ) but with considerable internal variations . |
| 20 | A strategy for player A consists of a sequence of functions , which selects a value for every possible history . |
| 21 | Figure 24.8 shows a sequence of spectra for increasing Rayleigh number measured in a Bénard apparatus . |
| 22 | In America O.C. Marsh discovered a sequence of fossils illustrating the evolution of the modern horse from a more generalized four-toed ancestor . |
| 23 | A capacity to explain temporal shifts , i.e. a sequence of stages and the duration of different stages . |
| 24 | In practical terms , the audit process can be summarised as a sequence of stages ( Fig 13.4 ) although , like the SSM , these should be regarded as guidelines rather than prescriptive , as there may be a need to refer back to earlier activities and make adjustments as the audit progresses . |
| 25 | Landform inheritance ( e.g. Pain , 1978 ) is therefore a concept emphasized by some researchers in environments of this kind , and Ollier ( 1979 , 1981 ) proposes evolutionary geomorphology not as a cyclic approach with a sequence of stages but suggests that the earth 's landscapes as a whole are evolving through time and this is analogous to the concept of an evolving earth as used in some geology books ( e.g. Windley , 1977 ) . |
| 26 | It would seem reasonable , in general , that if a sequence of elements AB can be shown to be a semantic constituent , and one of the parts of the sequence satisfies the recurrent contrast criterion , then the status of semantic constituent should be accorded to the remaining part of the sequence , even if it does not satisfy the recurrent contrast criterion . |
| 27 | Such a sequence of failures is the nightmare of nuclear opponents but a situation on which the nuclear industry sees the remote probability of more than a million to one . |
| 28 | The process of constructing a sequence of plans like this , each a refinement of the one before , is called hierarchical search or stepwise refinement . |
| 29 | The child then becomes relatively independent of his mother and enters a sequence of periods in which his identity is established by the role that custom decrees for his age-group . |
| 30 | One thus gets a sequence of periods : 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , … , ∞ . |