Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm keeps a second list , called CLOSED , of nodes which have been expanded and removed from OPEN . |
| 2 | As well as the set OPEN of known nodes which might lead to goals , and whose children have yet to be explored , the algorithm keeps a set called CLOSED of other known nodes whose children have been constructed . |
| 3 | The algorithm keeps a set of several strings . |
| 4 | Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others . |
| 5 | The algorithm has a new variable , S , whose value is such a pair . |
| 6 | To do that , at each step , the algorithm constructs a planning sub-task . |
| 7 | Thus , the algorithm searches a space in which each node is a pair : ( N , LOp ) |
| 8 | The algorithm includes an extra variable called LR , for ’ Last Rule ’ , which is set to the rule which generated the current state N. |
| 9 | Havis himself did most of the cockpit shots , and these are skilfully intercut into air-to-air shots of Concorde , including a beautiful head-on one ( used several times ) of the Great White Dart skimming the cloud-tops leaving a vortex of white in its high-speed wake . |
| 10 | The porter made a face . |
| 11 | The porter stops a couple of paces on and says , ‘ Paul . ’ |
| 12 | The porter has a kilt poking out from under his jacket , and Macduff is stuck with wearing a raincoat on top of his dinner suit for the whole show . |
| 13 | Corbett filled the wine cup , drank some himself and then forced the goblet between his servant 's lips , snarling at the porter to bring a blanket . |
| 14 | Certain types of mental illnesses result in a diminished awareness , so that the sufferers are not able to be completely responsible for carrying out the activities to achieve a safe environment . |
| 15 | All the activities have a number : do them in that order . |
| 16 | In addition , the activities have a variable delay imposed during their execution to minimise the adverse effect on interactive users of LIFESPAN . |
| 17 | Mr Nichol demanded : ‘ Who leaked this report before we in the defence had a chance to see it ? ’ |
| 18 | It was one of those nights for Swindon … player manager Glenn Hoddle pulled a muscle in the kick-in and dropped out at the last minute … and with David Kerslake having gone to Leeds the defence looked a little shaky … |
| 19 | It was one of those nights for Swindon … player manager Glenn Hoddle pulled a muscle in the kick-in and dropped out at the last minute … and with David Kerslake having gone to Leeds the defence looked a little shaky … |
| 20 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the appropriate means of achieving fairness to an accused with regard to disclosure to the defence of material in the prosecution 's possession was a matter to be determined by the particular legislature , executive and judiciary concerned ; that although the Jamaican practice , particularly in relation to inconsistent previous statements , would normally be an acceptable means of achieving such fairness it did not extend to every situation in which fairness required the prosecution to make material available to the defence ; that where the prosecution intended a witness 's evidence to be based on his statement to the police and to deviate significantly from his deposition , the prosecution was under a duty to supply the defence with a copy of the statement before the trial ; and that , therefore , since the deceased 's husband and sister had given evidence inconsistent with their statements , and important testimony had been adduced from them which had not been foreshadowed in their depositions , the failure to disclose their statements to the defence constituted a material irregularity ( post , pp. 161H — 162A , B , B–C , 165C–E ) . |
| 21 | The halves played close in front of the defending centre-half , so the defence formed an ‘ M ’ figuration , retreating under attack to build a tight defensive structure . |
| 22 | Patrick Edgeworth 's Boswell For The Defence has a plot of sorts — the barrister 's defence of Mary Broad , an escapee from the penal colony at Sydney Cove — but , in the end , the form defeats any narrative thrust . |
| 23 | Whilst welcoming the recommendation that the defence has an enforceable right of access to forensic material held by the prosecution , the Law Society is concerned and surprised that it is not proposed that this will extend to unused material generally . |
| 24 | The defence infused a breathless energy into every move ; they bustled the northern cracks into comparative impotence ; they beat back this magnificent fighting line which has been the terror of a dozen clubs as a break-water hurls back the lashing waves . |
| 25 | With the defence ensuring a frustrating afternoon for the league 's leading scorer , Michelle Clark , the rest of the team were able to set up camp in the Wimbledon half . |
| 26 | We regret though that it will not allow the defence to make an early submission of no case to answer in the magistrates ' court . |
| 27 | The defence needs a bit of experience … |
| 28 | Where sexual intercourse takes place before the barrel of a gun , it seems quite appropriate that it should be up to the defence to discharge an evidential burden with respect to consent . |
| 29 | It is similarly arguable that it should be up to the defence to provide a proper foundation of evidence for an assertion that a woman who has been robbed by a man nonetheless subsequently consented to sexual intercourse with him . |
| 30 | The 20-year-old is set to make his home debut at Easter Road against Dundee after helping the defence to keep a clean sheet at Fir Park and Firhill . |