Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As lighter shades of tesserae appear nearer when viewed from a distance , so do larger tesserae ; conversely , small tesserae appear more distant , as do darker shades . |
| 2 | In Sweden , five ponds were selected , four of them 60–100m apart and connected by a stream , and another 1.9km away . |
| 3 | Multiple regression analysis showed no increase in the correlation when the villous height/crypt depth ratio and intraepithelial lymphocyte count together where compared with the cellobiose/ mannitol % ( multiple r=0.50 ) . |
| 4 | If the cutting edge digs in then stop immediately and cut from the other direction , or there may be danger of a piece splitting away . |
| 5 | Arpeggios sound best when placed in the middle and upper reaches of the instrument ( but not right at the very top ) . |
| 6 | Officials are particularly strict in the capital , Suva , where arriving yachts must wait at the quarantine buoy , or anchor nearby until visited by the medical officer . |
| 7 | People here get just as excited about the prospect of buying a new bike as they might a new car . |
| 8 | Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively |
| 9 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 10 | On numerous other occasions I saw attempts to mobilize band-wide agreement or co-operation fail utterly when faced with the passive but intractable opposition of individuals to yielding their freedom of action to group consensus . |
| 11 | The first one will keep the rope taut as you move offstage and run round the back and take over from the second helper who has been keeping the ‘ load ’ end taut . |
| 12 | The Group 's oil and gas reserves position more than doubled through the Ultramar acquisition , reaching over 1.1 billion boe of commercial reserves at the end of 1991 . |
| 13 | But they have all but disappeared in the West . |
| 14 | The profit beat City expectations and the shares , which have more than doubled in the past year , rose 5 to 71p . |
| 15 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |