Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We are surprised that Ito is so strongly opposed to a model that accounts for his data and ours , and that allows the cerebellar cortex of the flocculus and/or the ventral paraflocculus to be one of two sites of learning in the VOR .
2 Important structural features for antiulcer activity in flavonoids include the isoprenyl group , the presence of ortho -hydroxyl groups and/or a free hydroxyl in the uncondensed benzene ring .
3 Applicants should be graduates who have experience in water management issues related to agriculture and/or the rural environment in general , including water quality and pollution .
4 ‘ Pay ’ within article 119 of the EEC Treaty did not include a statutory redundancy payment or a statutory payment under section 106 of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 .
5 If so , should it be accounting ROI or the internal rate of return ( IRR ) ?
6 In addition to the audit of a single building or a whole portfolio of buildings there has also been an increase in demand for the ‘ space audit ’ , usually from office tenants .
7 The Supreme Court ruled that the limit on non-economic damages did not violate either the US Constitution 's guarantee of equal protection or the due-process requirement of the Missouri constitution .
8 Emission standards come in a variety of forms , such as the maximum concentration of a substance in a given volume of gaseous effluent or the maximum opacity of a smoke plume .
9 He should not overrate his resources , the goodness of his debts or the probable sale of his merchandise .
10 This overburden may be only a shallow layer of topsoil or a deep layer of modern building rubble , as is the case on some urban sites , and it may be removed by digging with hand tools or by using a mechanical excavator , depending on the site .
11 Officials said that there were no plans to evacuate people from the formerly secret Tomsk-7 military settlement or the nearby city of Tomsk , which has a population of 500,000 .
12 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States .
13 Thus the Profitboss is meticulous in replying to correspondence , whether it be a brief memo from a junior clerk in accounts or a personal letter from a salesman prospecting for business .
14 The giving of often lavish presents to diplomats when they left a court to which they had been accredited , when a treaty was signed between two states or a special embassy of congratulation or condolence was sent , still a widespread practice in the first years of the nineteenth century , fairly soon became unimportant .
15 Much of the comparative analysis of tenure and mobility has been based on US experience where an average worker aged 55 would , for example have worked for 10 different firms compared to only four in Japan .
16 Even the inside of a plastic bag makes me want to vomit , with its musty smell of lumber or the back room of a small shop .
17 Yes , erm , I had in mind that , is there a seconder to that ? my own view is that erm , and that goes for most of the way for dealing with the problem , but I think it would be appropriate for this committee to make it clear that erm , any extension of the maximum aggregate for the current financial year will be met by an appropriate reduction or a corresponding reduction in the expenditure for ninety four ninety five , erm and I 'm not certain that that 's absolutely clear to the public or indeed to all members of
18 For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation .
19 FEW PLACES have such a gentle and equable climate that animals living there never need seek shelter ; and few animals are so well-armed that they do not welcome somewhere to hide from their enemies or a safe nursery for their young .
20 Such methods can help individuals gain greater personal insight , but I doubt that individual insight , personality matching , or even exercises in group dynamics can produce much in the way of organizational change or an overall improvement in leadership effectiveness .
21 He presents his wife with a food processor or the latest wisdom on toilet training or breast feeding .
22 Perhaps this show is reinforced by miming a stumble or a mindless struggle with the door on leaving yet again .
23 One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials .
24 to report to parents , employers or the next stage of education ;
25 The alarm call of the blackbird or the chattering hiss of the squirrel when a cat walks into my garden tell all and sundry that danger stalks near at hand .
26 In practice , because an infinite range of frequencies or an infinite time of testing is never achieved , the interconvertibility of creep , stress-relaxation and dynamic data is not possible and approximations have to be used .
27 The starting-point is not a theoretical insight or a research finding or a recommended line of approach but what the teacher finds problematic , what issues are from her point of view in need of clarification and resolution .
28 Draw patterns on the eggshells with a wax crayon or the pointed end of a candle .
29 We can help you find the cost-effective solution , whether it is one method of funding or the clever combination of different methods .
30 Was there a high level or a low level of class conflict during the inter-war years ?
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