Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads with wiglike hair are frequent in various eastern arts and surely served as a model , but the Greek geometry is entirely absent from them . |
| 2 | Mandibles of lagomorphs are almost never found in pellets of the species investigated here , even in the largest eagle owl pellets , presumably because lagomorph skulls are too large to be swallowed whole , but fragments of skull and jaw are present in mammalian scats . |
| 3 | — during life the size , shape and position of the heart are subject to considerable variations ; |
| 4 | The Buid are sub-moral in Christian eyes because of their refusal to ‘ properly ’ acknowledge their debts . |
| 5 | Through their transistor radios , the Buid are aware of various gira ( Spanish guerra , ‘ war ’ ) being fought in different parts of the world . |
| 6 | At best constructivism is a developmental theory about what kinds of organism-environment interaction are necessary for certain kind of understanding . |
| 7 | In the dithyramb , but only in the dithyramb , the chorus are oblivious of everyday existence : in their ecstatic state they identify entirely with their proto-dramatic part . |
| 8 | The core skills included in SCOTVEC 's framework are fundamental to effective practice and continued learning . |
| 9 | As a result much of the energies of the NUAAW are devoted to organizational problems . |
| 10 | results for an award are consistent between different centres ; |
| 11 | MEMBERS of the European Parliament are furious with Prime Minister John Major after being landed with a £171 million debating chamber white elephant . |
| 12 | Application form and job description are available from Baptist Church House , |
| 13 | Nevertheless , it is unlikely that homoacetogenesis is amajor route of disposal of H 2 in the human colon since molar ratios of acetate , propionate , and butyrate are similar in methanogenic and non-methanogenic people . |
| 14 | Where these latter principles of differentiation are coterminous with certain aspects of the division of labour ( and with each other ) , the chances of formation of a politically pertinent collectivity within the ‘ division of labour grid ’ may be increased ( e.g. ‘ working class ’ catholics in the west of Scotland as a traditional Labour Party support-base ) ; where they cut across the division of labour the chances may be diminished ( the difficulty of developing ‘ class ’ politics in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 15 | Wolfgang 's letters home to his mother and sister are full of childish prattle about the places they visited and the people they met , such as the remarkable singer Lucrezia Aguiari — ‘ La Bastardella ’ — who could dispatch incredibly high notes with effortless ease . |
| 16 | Gastropods of this kind are typical of Ordovician and Silurian strata , where there are a number of genera and many species of comparable form . |
| 17 | It can be seen that problems of this kind are inseparable from major developments in cultural means of production , and especially the major reproductive technologies . |
| 18 | In the remainder of this section we will examine the following issues : which bodies are subject to judicial review ; what sorts of decision are subject to judicial review ; who can apply to have a decision judicially reviewed ; what remedies are available to an applicant for judicial review ; and the procedures for seeking judicial review . |
| 19 | Stories of drink and debauchery are legion with Scottish football . |
| 20 | By establishing the practice of job rotation workers become generalists so that their skills and experience are specific to particular firms and therefore less transferable . |
| 21 | To suggest that enquiry methods of teaching are important at teenage level is in no way a devaluation of the role of the teacher . |
| 22 | This is because all possible fictions of scientific progress are virtual in present-day technology which has taken over the function of ‘ productive ’ simulation . |
| 23 | Levels of investment are important to economic growth , and it is often considered a ‘ good thing ’ to stimulate growth by inducing a higher level of investment . |
| 24 | Projections for the future are subject to great uncertainty because of the factors involved in energy forecasts and because of uncertainty in the willingness of the public to accept the potential risks associated with increased use of nuclear energy . |
| 25 | Twenty three of the ‘ 300 measures ’ in the National Front 's new programme are devoted to environmental matters . |
| 26 | Basal gastrin and pepsinogen-I , and pepsinogen-II concentrations were not influenced by sex or age and were similar in patients with duodenal ulcers and in H pylori infected volunteers without symptoms , suggesting that hypergastrinaemia and hyperpepsinogaenemia are secondary to active H pylori infection . |
| 27 | Similar patterns of digestion are present on rooted and unrooted vole teeth in category 3 , and there is also extensive digestion on insectivore teeth ( Fig. 3.18 J-L ) . |
| 28 | When catering , cleaning and grounds maintenance are subject to competitive tender the education department will need a ‘ consultant ’ to advise what standards to specify in the tender documents and how to monitor the service provided . |
| 29 | The issues considered by the research are relevant to practical questions but are chiefly theoretical , dealing with the relative use of verbal , spatial and motor representations of movement in both working memory and long term memory . |
| 30 | Dried flowers and potpourri are irresistible to small hands but could prove dangerous if sucked or swallowed , so our advice would be to move them out of harm 's way or to do without . |