Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain other polymers , with loose crosslinked molecular networks , can , in even tinier amounts , convert water to a soft sticky gel that is hardly lubricating at all . |
| 2 | The following chapter considers the various policies which have been proposed to deal with regional imbalances and is then followed by a study of inner cities . |
| 3 | In the case of trends in tobacco smoking ( and by implication of trends in the diseases to which it contributes ) the sum of Australian experience supports the view that centrally coordinated action that is adequately funded and deliberately built on broad based support can speed the fall in smoking prevalence . |
| 4 | As rivals in the individual stakes , though , McColgan starts as the leading British challenger and is strongly fancied to stop American Lynn Jennings claiming a third successive title . |
| 5 | perhaps the loss of social interaction that is normally associated with mealtimes contributes to this . |
| 6 | One of these entered the popular literature and is still repeated by journalists , despite the fact that Hugh McClean , who , in admitting his part in the Shankill UVF killings , is supposed to have said : ‘ I am terribly sorry I ever heard of that man Paisley or decided to follow him ’ , later denied making such a statement to the police . |
| 7 | In the fish Poeciliopsis males of a sexual species contribute to every ‘ unisexual ’ offspring an expressed haploid genome that is then discarded at meiosis . |
| 8 | I have absolutely no conscience about taking this stuff from Ellis , who incidentally has shunted Plutarch off to a luxurious cattery and is still wrestling at getting the hairs out of the carpets . |
| 9 | One physical reason for difficulty which is greatly exaggerated in popular thinking and is even claimed mistakenly as the basis of some sexual dysfunction is that of abnormal size in the sexual organs . |
| 10 | ‘ Even as angels go , these seem a little unconvincing , airborne cherubs which seem like a bad special effect or a funerary monument that 's suddenly taken flight ’ . |
| 11 | Appadurai ( 1986 ) provides a survey of some of the relevant literature , pointing out that in some respects commodities are not necessarily as divorced from wider cultural considerations as is often supposed . |
| 12 | The Hamilton depression rating scale is a reliable instrument that is particularly weighted towards and sensitive to change in somatic symptoms rather than psychological and cognitive factors . |
| 13 | It will be recalled that temperature and cortisol show a daily rhythm that is much influenced by the body clock and this suggests , but does not prove , that humans and other primates are very similar with regard to the site of the body clock . |
| 14 | Recently , there has been a moving together again , but in the 1930s there developed at the University of Chicago a tradition of social research that is now known as the ‘ Chicago School ’ . |
| 15 | It is closely related to the regulation of a particular form of social formation and is intimately linked with political and economic forces , and the consequent social problems which emerge . |
| 16 | Again , we do not have room to delve into the fascinating area of population changes , but it is clearly true that in the Western world there is an older and ageing population that is radically altering the shape of the population curve . |
| 17 | Programmes are now being directed towards preventing relapse in a smoking population that is increasingly composed of people who have tried several times to stop : among smokers surveyed in 1990 , 42% reported having tried to stop in the previous year ( unpublished data , Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer ) . |
| 18 | This protein rapidly hydrolyses p- nitrophenyl phosphate ( pNPP ) , a chromogenic molecule that is structurally related to phosphotyrosine ( Fig. 3 b ) . |
| 19 | Muriel is a born teacher and is greatly appreciated by the staff and pupils of the schools in which she teaches PE . |
| 20 | These divisions within the labour movement made it a less influential force on the side of social reform than is often thought . |
| 21 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 22 | Hot water from the boiler passes through the hot cylinder , and heats up stored water that is then fed to the hot taps . |
| 23 | A look at this shy and distinctive creature which has lived in Britain for thousands of years and featured in many favourite stories but is rarely seen in its natural habitat . |
| 24 | Central South has two of the best circuits and most of the best drivers … our guide to the track is Gary Chapman from Chinnor … he races for the Shenington Club in Oxfordshire … has won three British Championships and is currently leading the race for this year 's crown … |
| 25 | York ham commands a high price and is much sought after , especially at Christmas time . |
| 26 | Once an arm of the Post Office as a government department , telecommunications was first re-located ( 1969 ) in a public corporation and is now experiencing a ‘ liberalisation ’ phase as the present government has introduced an element of competition into the provision of telecommunication services through re-definition of the British Telecom monopoly . |
| 27 | Perhaps those artists mentioned who worked in several ways — like Hartley or Guston or Morris — will be shown in a manner that suggests some of the aesthetic connective tissue that is otherwise ignored , but if they are represented only by their signature work a great deal will be missing . |
| 28 | More generally , family businesses still are more significant in the British economy than is often supposed ( Scott , 1986 ) although participation in a family firm does not necessarily imply pooling living expenses . |
| 29 | He referred to an old paper that is regularly recycled by one of the unions . |
| 30 | It usually bears the median ocellus and is often delimited laterally by the frontogenal sulci and distally by the epistomal or frontoclypeal sulcus ( Fig. 5 ) , associated with which are the anterior tentorial invaginations . |