Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In applications such as drawing packages where the pressure applied to the pen determines line thickness or style , the frequency of the returned signal is changed by the pen nib compressing the integral coil as pressure is increased . |
| 2 | For stepping rates where the phase is only excited for a time similar to the winding time constant , however , the wave form [ Fig.5 .2(b) ] is considerably distorted by the nearly exponential rise and decay of the phase current . |
| 3 | There is something very special about climbing hills where the sea plays a major part in the surrounding scenery . |
| 4 | The remedies available generally in relation to the provision or non-provision of services and the machinery for resolving disputes where a child is accommodated by a local authority are discussed in Chapter 20 . |
| 5 | Sir Denis will be able to have his round of golf from now on without the hassle of sneaking clubs out the side exit of Number 10 . |
| 6 | Secondly , their process of anchoring changes fundamentally the nature of common sense . |
| 7 | No , forget the history in guidebooks completely , leave history to the writers of climbing epics where no one cares if the facts are bent to make a good story — or do they ? |
| 8 | Investment should increase capacity up to the point at which the once-and-for-all cost of a new plant equals the present value of operating profits when the efficient pricing structure is in operation . |
| 9 | Facilitating the acquisition of skill is a matter of providing situations where the skill can be practised with adequate , sometimes enhanced , feedback so that there can be learning from mistakes . |
| 10 | Is the problem of losing weight just a question of vanity for most of us or a medical necessity ? |
| 11 | I experimented for a while with rudders on drifters , working on the principles of sailing crafts where the vane ( sail ) is set at an angle to the rudder ( submerged stem section ) so that although the wind would blow the vane at the same angle the offset rudder would make the float cut across the surface carrying it out into the lake even though the wind blew along the bank . |
| 12 | I think the sendmail mailer is capable of dealing wth all the addressing necessary . |
| 13 | It has been operating for a year now , with the aim of showing researchers both the benefits of massively parallel computers and how to use them . |
| 14 | The Falangists were also displeased , partly because they were opposed to the principle of monarchy , and partly because , in stating specifically that the ideological basis of the regime would be provided by an amalgam of political forces , the Law of Succession choked off their hopes of making Spain exclusively a Falangist state . |
| 15 | It will be seen , however , that although the Rules required that if the notice related to and was prejudicial to a person other than a member , a copy of the notice must be served upon him , such a person not only did not have any prior opportunity of making representations why the notice should not be issued , but was not given , under the Rules , the right to apply to set it aside , nor any right to appeal against the notice . |
| 16 | We can hardly resist the conclusion that the parish officers only had recourse to the policy of subsidizing wages wherever the attraction of urban industry made itself felt too weakly , leaving a pool of surplus manpower and substandard wages . |
| 17 | More changes in 1981 were designed to facilitate further the procedures so that they could be used by the general public , making arbitration the normal method of settling disputes where the amount of the claim was less than £500 , amending the ‘ no costs ’ rule and amending the terms of reference for the conduct of arbitration . |
| 18 | You might have an animated kangaroo as a cursor , the sound of a horse when you open up your word processor , and the sound of bursting bubbles when the screen saver comes on , for example . |
| 19 | You might have an animated kangaroo as a cursor , the sound of a horse when you open up your word processor , and the sound of bursting bubbles when the screen saver comes on , for example . |
| 20 | Even more dramatic were differences in perception between parents and staff about informing parents where a child needs help . |
| 21 | anything he can find that he knows he should n't be doing like pulling things out the freezer and then the fridge and and pulling the cooker door down and |
| 22 | This was frequently influenced by the fact that easily available building materials like turf or heather thatch were not long-lasting , or by a short-term need for housing in particular places , such as mining areas where the demand disappeared when the coal seam ran out . |
| 23 | To use criminal statistics wisely necessitates some prior work in getting to know the difference between indictable and non-indictable offences and also some legal history so that one does not suddenly discover an enormous decrease in a crime such as stealing cars when the new offence of ‘ take and drive away ’ is introduced . |
| 24 | She was just pushing down the lid and trying to close the catches with fumbling fingers when the door swung open . |
| 25 | For a very frail person , coming in to assist with eating tea once a week might be a family contribution . |
| 26 | Beyond the river , the plain married into wandering uplands where the low Lennox hills banded the horizon , a ridge thrusting eastwards above forest and hamlet to merge with the west Lothian hills and the Pentlands , and to end far to the left , where sea and sky met , with the crag , small and dear , of Dunedin . |
| 27 | A common situation where such an obligation of confidence is likely to arise is in subcontracting arrangements where the prime contractor supplies detailed information relating to the products which are to be built to his subcontractor . |
| 28 | Basic to the Skinnerian theory of habit formation ( Skinner 1948 and 1957 ) reinforcement is essential if habits are to be strengthened and Politzer affirms that the skill of a teacher lies not in punishing and correcting wrong responses , but in producing situations where the student is induced to respond correctly . |
| 29 | Magistrates heard he had already been banned for life from keeping animals when an RSPCA inspection revealed he still had more . |
| 30 | Given that the nerves and muscles of the leg in walking show essentially no electrical activity while it is off the ground , McMahon concluded that the swinging leg must operate purely under the influence of gravity , as does a falling object . |