Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if by magic , a stereo disc or tape heard through headphones produces a surround of sound . |
| 2 | By keeping in personnel files a clear record of all known episodes of : absenteeism and poor time-keeping. ii . |
| 3 | The part of this division relating to instruments explains the processes by which primary and secondary legislation is produced and such matters as commencement and extent . |
| 4 | Our current legislation relating to elections restricts the right to vote and to be to British and other commonwealth citizens and citizens of the Irish republic . |
| 5 | The 40% of American murders committed without firearms scars the United States with a non-gun murder rate of 3.48 victims per 100,000 , exceeding the total European rate . |
| 6 | Since there is no suggestion that their perception of their own situations may itself be explicable in holist terms , the two accounts are distinct , but are also complementary ; the conceptual space occupied by agents reflects the constraints under which they labour . |
| 7 | Jazz Chants for Children provides a way of teaching the rhythm , stress , and intonation of American English which will keep children enthralled . |
| 8 | After each paragraph of information , which is introduced by a dash , the sentence written in italics gives the kind of explanation a supervisor would give the new assistant . |
| 9 | The idea is that a race of animals that regularly erupts in plagues gains the benefit of alternately " swamping " and starving its enemies , predators or parasites . |
| 10 | The pattern seen among women suggests the possibility of such an effect , but the low number of cases occurring seven years after start of cimetidine use or longer ( only six ) and the absence of any effect in men speak against the interpretation of the association as being casual . |
| 11 | The realistic answer must be ‘ no ’ , although this does not defeat the argument of Richardson ( 1985 ) among others , that the drastic loss of civic rights suffered by prisoners puts a duty upon the state to compensate by giving them ‘ special rights ’ when incarcerated . |
| 12 | In Chapter 1 it was suggested that Mean Length of Utterance ( MLU ) measured in morphemes provides a useful summary of the normal child 's mastery of grammatical structure . |
| 13 | A chamber open to visitors displays an Early Bronze Age beaker burial , and magnificent views take in the mountains of Arran , the Trossachs , the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth , and the Border hills . |
| 14 | The new package being offered to farmers includes the supply of quality calves reared under contract from ; financial assistance from the Bank ; animal feed ; and marketing of the end product . |
| 15 | A paper produced by officials lists a number of options about how to cope with the influx of gas and says ‘ long-term players ’ are needed to provide ‘ genuine self-sustaining competition ’ . |
| 16 | Firstly , although referral patterns will reflect individual practice , continued use of dilatation and curettage by gynaecologists reinforces the notion for general practitioners and patients that it is appropriate treatment for menstrual irregularity in women under 40 . |
| 17 | The hospital services used by patients includes the time spent in the operating theatre ; medical , nursing and hotel services provided on the ward , services provided in out patient checks and injection endoscopy procedures , units of blood , and prescribed drugs . |
| 18 | Producing furniture that is to be used and enjoyed for decades requires a corresponding attention to detail . |
| 19 | The treatment of the confession as a factor triggering reinvestigation could , in time , import into police practices the fruits of useful research that has been conducted by psychologists and sociologists on the subject . |
| 20 | TOMORROW 'S GARDENS SEASONS GREETINGS Perfect plants for year-round displays SUCCEED WITH HOLLIES Berries every time with our simple guide WIN A COMPLETE SET OF ‘ POWER ’ TOOLS SENSATIONAL NEW SEEDS for 1993 Make a Christmas decoration for your door IDEA-PACKED PAGES OF GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ALL THE FAMILY |
| 21 | The question of how illuminators knew what paintings to put into manuscripts forms the core of Professor Alexander 's book . |
| 22 | The world of business is also aware of the power of sexual scent — that lovely aroma of freshly baked bread you get in stores has the same chemical structure as the smell of human semen . |
| 23 | Turkish researchers have discovered that the juice extracted from radishes has a powerful inhibitory effect on the germination of weed seeds . |
| 24 | Midnight sunlight shining through fogs gives the GISP2 drill tower a halo on summer nights . |
| 25 | Travelling with yaks needs a certain kind of nerve as they can be mean and quarrelsome animals : perhaps that is why Peter Somerville-Large named the two hairy four-foots who allowed him to travel with them through Nepal and Tibet , Mucker and Sod . |
| 26 | Travelling in queues reduces the drag of the water on any one individual , except for the leader . |
| 27 | By contrast , written language found in books has no such contextual support . |
| 28 | Current staffing levels are low in the SG 's and time spent on tours puts a further strain on this situation . |
| 29 | Implicitly the notion of family care provided by daughters assumes a specific model of family life , most notably a stable nuclear family with a non-working female at home able to provide care . |
| 30 | Part-time work to help pay for studies shows a positive attitude , resourcefulness , hard work , discipline and valuable experience of the working world . |