Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [noun] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you roll a number on the artillery dice then this is the distance in inches the missile veers off target as shown by the arrow on the scatter dice . |
| 2 | If you roll a number on the artillery dice then this is the distance in inches the missile veers off target as shown by the arrow on the scatter dice . |
| 3 | Pearce pauses for reflection when asked to define the qualities which took him to the top with such apparent ease . |
| 4 | Heyward , of whom I have just made mention , writes of Jesus as follows : ‘ Jesus matters only if he was fully , and only , human . ’ |
| 5 | But it no longer seems so queer if one thinks of rationality as starting not in inference from observations but in the testing of spontaneous expectations , just as in our theory of valuation it starts from choice between spontaneous inclinations . |
| 6 | Although private residential homes are typically independent family businesses , if the same happens in Britain as happened in the United States , then large companies may come to occupy a bigger share of the market . |
| 7 | Let the unit step function for which the step occurs at time as depicted in figure 11.4(a) be denoted by U(t) . |
| 8 | However , TBP was not a likely candidate to explain the phenomenon observed here because TBP cofractionates with TFIIIB as evidenced by immunoblotting against α-TBP antibodies ( our unpublished data and 22 ) . |
| 9 | Dodder literally grows in front while dying behind . |
| 10 | Ophiopristis differs from Ophioprium as follows the oral tentacle scales are not markedly different from the oral papillae — those of Ophioprium are much more elongate and slightly separated ; the tentacle pores are smaller and armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales whereas the pores in Ophioprium are open and armed with small thin tentacle scales . |
| 11 | United have splashed out ten thousand pounds on Andy Reece from Bristol Rovers … the first transfer fee paid by Greg Downs … he plays on sunday as does Gerry Harrison whose loan from Bristol City has now been extended to three months … |
| 12 | He refers to symbols as pointing beyond themselves to the Ultimate while at the same time partaking of the nature of that to which they point . |
| 13 | E. McTaggart , in The Nature of Existence , refers to Russell as having led him ‘ to accept the view that the self is known to itself by direct perception ’ . |
| 14 | It is uncertain what weight can be placed on the evidence of a medieval Welsh triad which refers to Eadwine as nurtured in Môn ( Anglesey ) , implying that he had spent some time — perhaps while in exile — on the island , but set into the earliest surviving Welsh tradition is the memory of armed conflict between Eadwine and Cadwallon . |
| 15 | From being someone who simply happened to fail his first driving test , he becomes a person who ‘ always goes to pieces when sitting beside the examiner ’ . |
| 16 | No valves should be fitted in the vent pipe leading to the cold water storage cistern , but it helps for maintenance if servicing valves are fitted in the hot water pipes . |
| 17 | This approach , which had already been followed by several German theologians in the nineteenth century , especially Gottfried Thomasius ( 1802–15 ) , took its cue from Philippians 2:7 , which speaks of Christ as having ‘ emptied himself ’ ( in Greek , ekenosen ) . |
| 18 | It reads in part as follows : |
| 19 | This is produced by an enzyme system which gives off light when exposed to oxygen and is a vastly more efficient process than that used by us to create artificial light . |
| 20 | He explains what this means in practice as follows ( 1968 : 602–3 ) : This assertion , in another conference paper ( of 1960 ) entitled ‘ Poetry of grammar and grammar of poetry ’ , was subsequently corroborated by a series of studies of individual poems in six different European languages , ranging in date from the thirteenth to the twentieth century . |
| 21 | When added to the tapering off of Soviet oil production , the ‘ opportunity cost ’ to the USSR of energy exports to CMEA as opposed to the West has altered appreciably — all the more so once these exports became vital for financing her own grain and equipment imports from the West . |
| 22 | Yet if ‘ the investigation ’ continues after charge as regards some of the Director 's powers , how can it cease as regards others ? |
| 23 | It was clearly not an easy one ; and the small group who made the bond designed to shore up its decision pales into insignificance when set against the numbers involved in the second bond . |
| 24 | The Myc transactivation domain also functions in yeast when fused to heterologous DNA-binding domains ( LexA-Myc ( ref. 22 ) and 1–235Myc-SRF , data not shown ) . |
| 25 | The perceived value of fine work by established makers is rising : one piece remains on exhibition although sold — it has been bought as an investment . |
| 26 | Most d-i-y tiles probably start out with a plain metal straight-edge , but find that it quickly slews off line when scoring a shiny tile surface . |
| 27 | These may be strike-slip faults which occur when solid material suddenly yields under stress as illustrated in Figure 7.8 ( a ) and ( b ) . |