Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Moralists are , by definition , inclined to deal in absolutes and to be uncomfortable with pragmatic accommodation , but political leadership in the United States requires bargaining skills and , ‘ calls for actions such as compromise , renunciation , face saving of oneself , which are morally ambiguous or even downright immoral to people with morally rigorous standards .
2 Yes indeed erm the the general M O U states that er work share will be proportionate to the off date that each nation takes .
3 A sun hat will keep you cool but they 're difficult to pack , the Neal Street East shop , Neal Street , London WC2 have large brimmed , cotton , coolie hats that fold up into themselves ( around £3 )
4 Extreme fluctuations in climate are more likely to have a detectable effect on man 's settlement patterns than gradual changes .
5 The county and urban district were discussing settlement patterns and William Leech Ltd. , a large Newcastle developer builder , was ‘ taking an interest ’ in housing land in the area .
6 Although much recent work ( Maos , 1983 , 47 ) confirms that ‘ the efficiency of services is higher in concentrated settlement patterns and can be further improved by the transfer of service functions from lower to higher ranking centres ’ , some recent work has called for less emphasis to be placed on the economic evaluation of service provision .
7 ‘ Oh , he 's OK ; his ideas certainly seem to be more in tune with OBEX policies than Graham Rowell 's ever were . ’
8 Free route maps and leaflets are widely available from tourist information offices , Forestry Commission centres and cycle hire firms throughout the area .
9 And for those with their own horses , Bridle Rides ( Tel : 0865 880 176 ) provide accommodation and meals , along with route maps and notes of the local flora and fauna .
10 He found there was no real difference between Santiago marginals and those in higher strata in a cultural way , that is , they shared the same values and aspirations , but the squatters were unable to realise these because of structural features .
11 But the normally accepted context of human error lies with those people directly concerned with the operation of aircraft including refuelling crews , aircraft loaders , flight operations personnel and air traffic controllers as well as the flight crews themselves and , most particularly , the pilots .
12 The Countryside Commission , which replaced the National Parks Commission in 1968 , established the National Parks Policies Review Committee to examine the policies in operation , and their 1977 Sandford Report stated the aims of national park policies as being the preservation and enhancement of natural beauty , and the provision of access and facilities for enjoyment by the public .
13 Begin with the most common offenders : milk , milk products and chocolate , cutting out beef at the same time as this can sometimes cross-react with milk .
14 While this was partly due to a steep reduction in beef stocks and improved exports of cereals , milk products and olive oil , it was also attributable to a change in accounting practices ( see pp. 35534 ; 35915 for earlier measures ) .
15 A questionnaire was also used to record dietary intake of milk products and fat and the presence or absence of intolerance to milk or milk products ( symptoms of nausea , abdominal bloating , abdominal cramps , or diarrhoea ) after wach subject had been enrolled into the study .
16 Basically a tour around London Airport this film shows various aspects of the airport 's services , passenger check-in desks that look very uncrowded , airport police and their various duties around the airport , repair and maintenance facilities and air traffic control and radar services .
17 Now airlines , as everyone knows , are very keen on their corporate identity — on the liveries that cover their planes and refuelling trucks , on the trays of food they bring you , on their lounges and their check-in desks and on the way their staff look and behave .
18 Both a master dictionary ( or repository ) and data dictionary store meta data , definitions of data and processing , though the repository — a marketing term invented by IBM — includes the ability to store CASE objects as well as simpler definitions from 4GL or database dictionaries .
19 All located on two lane roads when no bike has .
20 It is not so much the Western origin of new component technologies as their gestation in the West 's civilian sectors which must pose the most vexing questions for Soviet policy makers and their orthodoxies .
21 ‘ When you get something like this you always get souvenir hunters but the ship itself is the property of the Receiver of Wreck and it is theft to take anything from it .
22 Older cars were used because of the fear of souvenir hunters and vandalism , which did in fact occur when the cars stopped outside Thornton Heath depôt .
23 However , the only unauthorised visitors appear to have been souvenir hunters and men foraging among the stores .
24 He said a Labour government would call a halt to road and rail improvements until a logical system had been devised .
25 Doctors hope vaccination will repeat the success of measles and whooping cough immunisation programmes and eradicate deaths from Hib ( haemophilus influenzae type B ) meningitis which currently claims 65 young lives every year .
26 New trade routes may be traced by the spread of metalworking skills and the import of rare and exotic materials such as gemstones and ivory for jewellery .
27 Bheki is a new South African firm set up to operate as an authorised value-added reseller of DEC products and systems , and is backed by majority black organisations .
28 Bheki is a new South African firm set up to operate as an authorised value-added reseller of DEC products and systems , and is backed by majority black organisations .
29 WELCOME into the fold … retailers from America learned some decorative napkin skills when they visited Barlaston .
30 Acknowledging that it would appear unjust to pay higher allowances out of taxation to the middle classes , she argued that it would only be possible if the higher allowances were paid for by the income groups or occupations which benefitted from them .
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