Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the unit is arranged in several ranks then only models in base contact can fight ( usually the front rank ) . |
| 2 | We need to legislate on this offence because of an evidential difficulty , which is compounded in several ways . |
| 3 | Assume also that each module is taught by several lecturers ; each lecturer teaches one module ; each student takes several modules ; and each student has only one lecturer for a given module . |
| 4 | This aspect of Medau is taught by several teachers and through Lucy 's video and book Medau : The Art of Energy , released in 1991 , a wider section of the public has become aware of the benefits of Medau movement . |
| 5 | Thrombosis of cerebral vessels is a reported complication when tranexamic acid is given over several days , but not when use is restricted to the period of cardiac surgery . |
| 6 | The cave in which , close to despair , he is said to have won fresh heart after seeing a spider succeed in securing a thread of its web after several failed attempts , is claimed by several localities . |
| 7 | Today , the mill stands on the site of a busy gravel pit , and is surrounded on several sides by large mounds of gravel . |
| 8 | There 'll be no decision on who 's won for several weeks , while the judges tour towns in the 7 other countries taking part . |
| 9 | According to Miller , Galanter & Pribram ( 1960 ) , behaviour is organised on several levels of complexity . |
| 10 | In North America many marshland bird species show polygyny , a condition in which a male is mated to several females who occupy his territory . |
| 11 | Sometimes he is reminded of several things . |
| 12 | Thus it is said in several cases that the plaintiff must have ‘ a right of property in the thing and a right of possession ’ and that unless both these rights concur the action will not lie . |
| 13 | A point which sprang to mind here to complicate the issue surrounds cheese which is made in several places , including the one after which it takes its name . |
| 14 | If we examine the research literature we find life expectancy is related to several factors : |
| 15 | Since the demand for money is related to several variables , according to Friedman and the monetarists , then it may be difficult to measure the precise effect of a change in one of these variables on the demand for money . |
| 16 | The Ponderosa is featured in several books , including the award winning novel Harry 's Game by Gerald Seymour . |
| 17 | The machine implements a parallel distributed shared memory architecture and each node is connected to several others via a multi-stage interconnection network . |
| 18 | The machine implements a parallel distributed shared memory architecture and each node is connected to several others via a multi-stage interconnection network . |
| 19 | The centenary of Ivon Hitchens ' birth is commemorated by several exhibitions of his work . |
| 20 | Intestinal NaCl absorption is regulated by several hormones and neurotransmitters . |
| 21 | ‘ To begin with , it must be borne in mind that Community legislation is drafted in several languages and that the different language versions are all equally authentic . |
| 22 | " Our legislation is copied by several countries but it is not effective because of an institutional weakness and , sometimes , lack of political will " , he declared . |
| 23 | One of them , written by the InstaPlan Corporation of California , has the additional merit that it is sold in several packages starting from the basic planning system . |
| 24 | But this turnover is so extraordinarily slow that each grain could only have been exposed during the last 4600 Ma for a total time much less than a million years thus requiring considerably higher cosmic-ray intensities in the past , which though possible is thought by several scientists to be unlikely . |
| 25 | This is shown in several ways : in growing income , in the great new choir of the cathedral which was begun in Anselm 's lifetime , in the proliferation of precious ornaments , the growth of the library , and the freedom with which the Anglo-Saxon past was incorporated into the liturgical and devotional life of the community . |
| 26 | This remarkable tool , which costs so little , is fashioned with several features other than its point and the flat which locates it in the needle bar . |
| 27 | The results presented above demonstrate that the specificity of the oligonucleotide-protein complexes is mediated by several guanines which methylation inhibits complex formation ( Fig. 4A ) . |
| 28 | This optimism is based on several factors . |
| 29 | The curriculum is based on several models of adolescent health promotion and the protection-motivation theory of behaviour change ( Rogers , 1983 ) . |
| 30 | Chambliss 's evidence is based on several years ' participant observation in Seattle . |