Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 By applying such a low EM field to a cell in order to excite it and then observing how long it takes to discharge , it is possible to determine when a cell has become transformed from a normal state to a cancerous condition .
2 Introducing the variable , it is seen that when this second contribution is but when it is To summarise , the foregoing analysis has established that the complete Fourier spectrum of a unit step function comprises a delta function centred on zero frequency that provides the mean direct level of one-half and a continuous spectrum of sinewaves with amplitude that provides the unit step about the mean .
3 Margaret Somerville ( McGill ) , fresh from the human rights conference in Vienna , displayed a cartoon — a solid brick wall with a paper thin door of human rights .
4 As a direct result of these projects discussions were held with management level representatives of a large number of local companies , ranging from a multi-national electronics firm to a local laundry service .
5 Jessy lives in a low income area of a town in Zambia .
6 Nevertheless , the low sea level would have killed existing corals , which do not survive above low tide level as a rule , so that there ought to be discontinuities in the reefs , and , if those who believe in progressively lower interglacial sea levels are correct , the reefs should exhibit a terraced or stepped form .
7 Note that Lord Blackburn was convinced that prompt part payment of a debt is in fact a benefit to the creditor but he abandoned the opinion that it is for that reason consideration for the creditor 's promise not to claim the balance .
8 AND you 'll be chauffeur-driven to and from Birmingham to play a tournament of WWF Wrestlemania-Super Nintendo Version on a Super Nintendo entertainment system .
9 While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors .
10 The irony of black power is that just as whites once used skin colour as a source of privilege , so blacks now use it as a source of entitlement .
11 in 1989 , gives a total interaction time of a large fraction of a second , allowing the possibility of a linewidth some two orders of magnitude smaller than in the conventional arrangement .
12 Penetration in many instances is not related to a property of the organism itself , in most instances it 's re related to some form of injury in which the organism is moved from it 's normal skin location to a deep tissue location .
13 He pushed the opened paper violently across the table and I read that a brace of brawling jockeys had climaxed the prestigious award dinner with a bloody punch-up .
14 Steve Belkin , 32 , is technical support manager for a City software house .
15 I enquired , with more dignity than a bandy-legged clog dancer at a Star Trek convention .
16 an offset printing plate with a specially treated surface to reduce wear during printing .
17 The couple were spotted doing a raunchy snake dance in a nightclub after Peta attended a riotous party he threw .
18 And suddenly he was visited by a brief vision of a young man hurrying down a narrow woodland path on a dark night , in drizzling rain , a dun-coloured cloak on him , its hood drawn close over his head .
19 A pleasant basement bistro with a delicious French menu .
20 It seems unbelievable that this particular aircraft has graced the British and European airshow scene for a whole decade , during which time the warbird movement in Europe has quite literally ‘ taken-off ’ .
21 At one stage Charles introduced a halfbred polled Galloway bull from a red Galloway cow .
22 Using the Economic Opportunity Act as a base , Johnson appointed the Peace Corps Director , Sargent Shriver , as head of the Office of Economic Opportunity ( OEO ) with a budget of $1 billion .
23 It would be expected that if there was no right field advantage for a stimulus then the RFA would be aproximately 0.5 as the values for the left and right visual field would be about the same .
24 He had transformed a fragmented , factious resistance movement into a monolithic , Gaullist one .
25 Our nucleus of myself , Chris and Alex , along with Marius , had been augmented by an Australian martial arts expert who had fled Australia after half-killing a nineteen-stone truck driver in a fight .
26 To compare the effectiveness of a mobile screening unit with a non-mydriatic polaroid camera in detecting diabetic retinopathy in rural and urban areas .
27 In May 1978 the County Council began carrying out a technical feasibility study on a section of state forest in the Boggeragh Mountains between Rylane and Nadd , in the townland of Annagannihy .
28 According to Howden 's chief executive , Konrad Johnsen , the merger will create a strong fan group with a broad product and market spread , and considerable profits growth potential .
29 Such are the nematocysts of sea anemones : cells containing a coiled spring filament with a harpoon on the end .
30 In the opinion of many Bohm had jumped out of an indeterminate frying pan into a crackling non-local fire .
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