‘the fifth _form_ ’

‘It plans to do this by reducing four of its year groups from three _forms_ per year to two _forms_ by merging the classes.’

‘they both had _form_ ’

‘A month later he was involved in a nightclub fight. And he has _form_ : including spending a night in the cells after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a binge in Wimbledon last year.’

‘Hares lie overnight in ‘ _forms_ ’, which are a kind of above-ground nest.’

‘It was a truck with a projector in the back that they'd back up to the hall, open a flap in the wall and the projector would poke through that. We'd sit on _forms_ watching cowboy movies, I think cowboy movies was all they showed!’

‘The shelter inside was totally dark and one had to grope to find a place to sit on the backless wooden _forms_ .’

‘You fill the _forms_ with stone and concrete, then ‘slip’ the _forms_ up for the next level.’

‘essays in book _form_ ’

‘energy in the _form_ of light’

‘she seemed to be on good _form_ ’

‘I only spoke to Glenn three weeks ago and he was in fine _form_ and looking forward to the future.’

‘an application _form_ ’

‘At the desk Cassie and Sally filled out various _forms_ .’

‘the outward _forms_ of religion’

‘It is true that this general election does still adhere to some of the old _forms_ and conventions of British democracy.’

‘a _form_ of words’

‘The Rev Chris Swift, a parent himself, agonised over a _form_ of words for a situation he hadn't faced before.’

‘A southern taxonomic _form_ is distributed in North America in Pacific drainages from northern Washington north to the Alaska Peninsula.’

‘In the field these two _forms_ looked like distinct taxa, and we wondered if earlier botanists were not correct in recognizing this material as either varietally or specifically distinct.’

‘Passive _form_ oils usually do not leave a dusty layer on the _form_ or the concrete.’

‘After the spread footing pour has set, a concrete pier _form_ is placed on top of the footing.’

‘sponsorship is a _form_ of advertising’

‘Melanoma is a more serious _form_ of skin cancer.’

‘a _form_ is as good as the writer who chooses it’

‘Modern Karakalpak writers have adopted Western literary _forms_ such as novels, short stories, and plays.’

‘an adjectival _form_ ’

‘Some examples of words ending in -ful that have no _forms_ in -less are awful, bashful and deceitful.’

‘an interested bystander studying the _form_ ’

‘With, of course, no previous _form_ to go on, the weight of money tends to offer significant clues to the outcome.’

‘these videos are a triumph of _form_ over content’

‘Still, the film is undeniably distinctive, although this is due to style as much as _form_ .’

‘his eyes scanned her slender _form_ ’

‘Pulling her silk robe more tightly around her naked _form_ , Olivia pads over to her night table to pick up a bottle of body lotion.’

‘an excessive concern for legal _form_ and precedent’

‘Beneath these arguments about legal _form_ lie the wider issues of self-determination.’

‘Epicurus rejected the existence of Platonic _forms_ and an immaterial soul, and he said that the gods have no influence on our lives.’

‘Whitehead sees them as ingredients in an experience and rather similar to Plato's ideal _forms_ .’

‘they are one of the best teams around on current _form_ ’

‘Based on the two teams' current _form_ , today's encounter looks set to be close fought and could go either way.’

‘every distinction in meaning is associated with a distinction in _form_ ’

‘Sentences of this _form_ are called conditionals, and will concern us a good deal in the next chapter.’

‘the _form_ , colour, and texture of the tree’

‘the flowers of this shrub are remarkable both in _form_ and colour’

‘She spoke very precisely, every word _formed_ and enunciated with perfect diction.’

‘I tried to talk but I couldn't quite concentrate on single words or _forming_ complete sentences at the moment.’

‘Mortimer _formed_ up his troops for the march’

‘I immediately ran away from the aircraft to where the rest of the crew had _formed_ up.’

‘the company was _formed_ in 1982’

‘peasants and miners were _formed_ into a militia’

‘to _form_ a judgement he seeks further information’

‘While the idea was still being _formed_ , however, something happened to him.’

‘A number of other terms have been _formed_ in the past two decades using tourism or tourist as one of the elements.’

‘This was _formed_ in the sixteenth century from the verb disable, but the corresponding adjective abled seems not to have been used at that time.’

‘the women would _form_ supportive friendships’

‘Those who did not like me just let me get on with my life, conversely, I _formed_ some very strong friendships, none of which depended upon answers to the homework or lifts in the car.’

‘the precepts which _form_ the basis of the book’

‘He published this method in 1919, and it also _formed_ the basis of his seminal paper on the scattering of plane electric waves by spheres.’

‘a thick mist was _forming_ all around’

‘He smiled slowly to himself, the plan _forming_ gradually in his mind.’

‘her body was slight and flawlessly _formed_ ’

‘Superbly _formed_ and highly expressive, these extraordinary buildings emerge from the most basic of materials, earth and water, and in the harshest of conditions.’

‘the role of the news media in _forming_ public opinion’

‘This leads us to another point in the importance of the legends and folklore in _forming_ and shaping a nation's character.’

‘ _form_ the dough into balls’

‘his features _formed_ into a smile of pleasure’