Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significant positive correlation of β-thromboglobulin to platelet malondialdehyde formation suggests that the enhanced platelet-release reaction may be in part linked to increased platelet prostaglandin synthesis in diabetic subjects ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , possibly leading to generation of unstable endoperoxides and thromboxanes which are powerful inducers of platelet aggregation and release reaction ( Hamberg et al , 1975 ) . |
| 2 | Platelet aggregation , or platelet-platelet stickiness , can be regarded as a special case of platelet adhesion and follows adhesion of platelets to injured surfaces . |
| 3 | Depressed and disappointed , she went to the square of kitchen window and looked out on to the pool , which glittered in the moonlight , now flowing with the precious and expensive liquid which should have filled their most urgent needs . |
| 4 | It cooked and washed the dishes afterwards and preferred pubs to cafés , and its fiction cheerfully describes a world of kitchen squalor and bedsit intimacies . |
| 5 | Maxim took a handful of kitchen paper and began to dismantle and dry the revolver . |
| 6 | On receipt of Change Review and Change Request Forms from the Director , Information Systems the Change Coordinator will : |
| 7 | He discovered that she had an IQ of genius level and announced that she needed firm discipline and intellectual stimulation . |
| 8 | Now read on and discover the world of PC shareware and keep watching Practical PC next month for an entirely new selection . |
| 9 | Rao warned that " hard decisions " would have to be implemented to manage the balance of payment situation and to curb inflation . |
| 10 | If you could just pick up a load of scrap iron and shove it on the bill under metalwork you would n't be turning up your nose at the subject . |
| 11 | In her study of Maurice Sendak , Selma G. Lanes ( 1981 , p.47 ) speaks of three kinds of story illustration and gives Sendak 's evaluation of them : ‘ From his earliest books on , the artist always rated interpretive [ sic ] illustrations , pictures that expand a given text and add a new richness of meaning to it , above both narrative illustration which simply mirrors the author 's words , and mere graphic decoration ’ . |
| 12 | As so often happens , the passage of time showed an increasing number of disadvantages of the treatment , including a greater frequency of heart disease and strokes in men receiving oestrogens . |
| 13 | Oren et al reported that 10 of their 76 patients died despite home monitoring of heart rate and breathing movements . |
| 14 | This research should provide valuable information on an important aspect of driver behaviour and contribute to the continuing development of measures designed to improve road safety . |
| 15 | This is intended to both inform theories of driver behaviour and to provide a realistic applied test of and extension to theories about emotional arousal and memory which have been developed in other areas . |
| 16 | If the librarian can broaden his focus of user education and let it become information user education and not simply library user education , then there is the possibility for significant change . |
| 17 | The mill is of brick construction and consists of three floors and a basement . |
| 18 | The old loco shed stood gaunt , derelict and roofless , amidst the mounds of brick rubble and refuse surrounding it . |
| 19 | It is true that it squirts a scaldingly hot mixture of hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone at enemies . |
| 20 | Other topics include evaluation of the whole spectrum of immunoassay technology and tackling the sorts of questions that non-biologists and the regulatory authorities would ask ( because most of these assays need to be fully validated ) . |
| 21 | In other words , party leaders in the UK are selected from experienced national politicians whose competence and party loyalty have been regularly tried and tested , who have been subject to a careful process of peer review and have come to the fore not as a result of their electoral appeal , but because they have won the confidence of the people with whom they would have to work in government . |
| 22 | The combined forces of the two firms ' IT departments boast a strong mixture of computer experience and accounting knowledge , and they 're planning to provide standard spreadsheets for use throughout the company . |
| 23 | ‘ Almost all of the countries that replied to the questionnaire appeared to have legal rules which were at least adequate to permit the use of computer evidence and to permit the court to make the evaluation necessary to determine the proper weight to be given to the data ’ ( A/CN.9/265 , p.21 ) . |
| 24 | The law has developed , somewhat slowly it might be claimed , to take account of computer technology and to protect ideas and innovation concerning the technology . |
| 25 | It was further recognised that project-related work in the library also brought benefits in terms of teacher/pupil interaction and support : you have the opportunity to get closer to them as well … to help them better because you can go round small groups and talk at length while others are getting on with something that you know they are interested in . |
| 26 | Butter three slices of rye bread and cut each one into quarters . |
| 27 | She took the cup of tea-bag Indian and allowed him to settle himself at the large deal table covered with music scores . |
| 28 | The coronation oath of Edgar is recorded for 973 : he swore first " that God 's Church and all Christian people of my realm shall enjoy true peace ; second , that I forbid to all ranks of men robbery and all wrongful deeds ; third , that I urge and command justice and mercy in all judgements " — pious words , perhaps , but solemn and binding , and made at the bidding of Archbishop Dunstan and laid on the altar at Bath . |
| 29 | This heading comprises the vast majority of commercial contracts , where the parties have presumably an equality of bargaining power and have freely entered into properly negotiated contracts . |
| 30 | What happens then is that faith runs up against an awkward question or a scornful dismissal , and suddenly everything that had seemed so unmistakably certain , meaningful , true , collapses like a balloon leaving the remnants of faith limp and deflated . |