Example sentences of "[noun pl] and forms [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Not only is this format the simplest and earliest means of storing numeric data in the computer , it is also used for store addresses and forms the basis for encoding the individual subportions of more complicated arithmetic data-types , such as the fraction and exponent of the floating-point format described in 2.2 . |
2 | The trigger for this new genre of ‘ science mysticism ’ has been the extraordinary success of Stephen Hawking 's best-seller A Brief History of Time — which has sold three million copies and forms the basis of a forthcoming documentary about Hawking by film producer Stephen Spielberg — aided by the popular surreal case studies by psychiatrist Oliver Sacks . |
3 | The warp describes the strands of material that run lengthways from the top to the bottom of a rug and form the fringes at the ends ; the weft runs widthways and forms the selvedges , or sides . |
4 | It goes back more than 200 years and forms an enormous resource for those studying the history of the Commonwealth . |
5 | It should be emphasized that much information gained from petrofabric research can be used to back up field studies and forms an aid to provenance studies , including facies analysis and construction of depositional models ; these applications are commonly lost amongst an ever-growing number of papers solely on aspects of diagenesis . |
6 | It has fast and slow flowing sections and forms a natural habitat for a variety of wildf |
7 | This buries the pellets near to the roots and forms a protective mound of earth over the grafting wound which , although fully taken , will always be sensitive . |
8 | These cling to rocks , stones , or roots and forms a mat of bright to deep green tufts . |