Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The algorithm implemented with this particular robot could re-learn after its TV cameras were jogged .
2 Extend the algorithm to deal with a general dividend and divisor , and include a test for overflow ( i.e. when the quotient can not be represented in n bits ) .
3 The algorithm chooses for expansion the node having the best actual score so far , together with the best estimated score , h* ( n ) .
4 His analysis was more like the algorithm embodied in one of the later versions of Bacon .
5 Once the order of probes and contigs is established the clones are fitted to the probe order , using the algorithm described in Section 4.3 .
6 The input to the algorithm consists of
7 The algorithm begins with a few small clusters , and it enlarges them and creates new clusters as it is presented with more data .
8 If the algorithm begins with an empty grammar , then this recorded sequence of ’ top symbols ’ is simply the original input text . )
9 However , as Livingstone and Hubel ( 1984 ) point out , they can not be computing colour according to the algorithm derived by Land .
10 How would the algorithm need to be altered if numbers were stored in fractional form ( as in problem 2.2 ) ?
11 The algorithm works by progressively updating a label D[u] assigned to each vertex u until D[u] becomes equal to the shortest path length from s to u .
12 When the algorithm starts with an empty grammar , the only symbols it has are those in the text .
13 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 .
14 This is the algorithm used by all programs that fit clones to the predetermined order of probes .
15 Whilst the algorithm detailed in Appendix D ( flowchart D3 ) was under development , it became clear that this representation was not the best for this particular structure .
16 That is , if the same grammatical tag is found more than once in a position it is necessary only to know that the tag occurs in that position and the best scores associated with that tag .
17 Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready .
18 The porter glanced at his watch ‘ If you hurry sir . ’
19 The porter looked at him drunkenly , then beard the low , mournful howl of the dogs and quickly pushed the bolts home .
20 The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole .
21 ‘ Send them back where they came from , ’ the porter said to no one in particular , following it with an obscenity .
22 ‘ Well , if you put it that way … ’ the porter said with a nervous chuckle .
23 ‘ Listen , ’ he hissed as the porter walked on oblivious to what was happening behind him .
24 The porter pointed to the name printed in the top left-hand corner .
25 The porter crouched beside him , too drunk to offer any succour .
26 He glanced down one passage to no avail , then tried the next , just soon enough to catch the porter emerging from the third door along .
27 The porter arrived with a trolley and they lowered the woman on to it and rushed her into Resuscitation .
28 The allegation of the defence had to be met and properly dealt with , so the matter would be returned to the justices for them to look at the circumstances and come to a proper determination after they had heard further evidence .
29 This was the contention that the court ought not to entertain the action ‘ because to do so would be detrimental to national security ’ , the defence referring to the long-established practice of Secretaries of State not to disclose or discuss the existence of a warrant .
30 Before he took office the Defence estimates for 1957-58 were running at £1,700 million .
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