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The Bragg scattering 

of random, non-stationary surface gravity waves by

random topography 

on a gently sloping bottom

is investigated.

Embedded prepositional phrases are common. This is another important aspect of

integrating the maximum amount of information in the noun phrase:

(noun phrases in green, prepositions beginning embedded phrases in bold type

in the examples)

[a vole is a small, mouse-like creature]

In 

a field study 

on the behavioural response of grey-sided voles Clethrionomys

rufocanus 

to predator odour

, ear tattoos were used for individual marking of

the voles in the field.

a field study

on the behavioural response

of grey-sided voles Clethrionomys rufocanus

to predator odour

This article demonstrates 

the connection 

between journalism, patriotism, and

the culture 

of public discussion in late Victorian Britain

.

the connection

between journalism, patriotism and the culture

of public discussion 

in late Victorian Britain

Postmodification by non-finite clauses is frequent in academic style:

(noun phrases in green, postmodifying clauses in bold type)

The Latina writers 

interviewed

consider their work to have a legitimate place in

the canon of North American literature.

(compare the finite alternative: The Latina writers who were interviewed …)

[from an article on nutrition, involving giving restricted amounts of food to

laboratory rats]

In previous studies the precise measurement of spontaneous activity was not

possible in 

experiments 

involving the laboratory rat

and, therefore, the 

energy

expended in relation to activity

and its role in adaptation to feed restriction

could not be assessed.

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