Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Where appropriate differences between cases when found and in 1989 , and between cases and controls , were compared by Student 's t test and a 2×2 contingency table for χ 2 with Yates 's correction .
2 He had got himself a bar cloth and a bunch of paperclips and looked like he meant business .
3 Accordingly , particulars were interpreted as complexes of qualities and regarded as being essentially of the same logical type as single qualities ; with the implication that any significant statement about either is necessarily significant , although , it is conceded , " probably not true " , 8 about the other .
4 There we identified and discussed in detail a number of factors critical to the quality and impact of any such course : the clarity and appropriateness of the messages conveyed ; the degree of match between messages as intended and as received ; the appropriateness of the methods used to convey the messages in question .
5 Outdoor lighting should not cause any glare and even low-power lights should be fitted with diffusers or placed so they bounce their light off trees , shrubs or walls .
6 Its history was revealed in the sections cut by the machines hacking out the sphagnum peat to be packed in bags and sold because people are conditioned to prefer heathers in gardens to those in their natural habitat .
7 Safety campaigns aimed solely at pedestrians are not sufficient in view of the fact that a substantial proportion of pedestrians are struck by vehicles and killed or injured , not on the road but on the pavement .
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