Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Vistula delta the Mennonites bred black and white Friesian cattle just as their ancestors in Holland had done , and grew sugar-beet , tomatoes , rye , and a resilient variety of wheat on the rich alluvial soil . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages . |
| 3 | The assistant 's task is to deputize , where necessary , for the account executive ; to run meetings covering minor points of detail ( often follow-up action for major meetings ) , to attend to detail within the agency ; and , in general , to provide a lower level of contact between the client and the agency — on a par with your own assistants or subordinates . |
| 4 | Having admitted that the lower duty on unleaded petrol has helped to promote its use , has the Minister had any discussions with the Treasury about introducing such a lower level of duty for the cleaner diesel fuels which are now available , especially as BP is one of the pioneers in that respect ? |
| 5 | Being asked how he knew this he says that each carucate of land by the custom of the district contains one hundred and four score acres of arable land , which quantity there is not in that Manor . |
| 6 | Marxism 's main flaw is its insistence on economics and the economic category of class as the one fundamental explanatory factor . |
| 7 | The point that my hon. Friend is about to come to is that the advertising directed at young people creates a climate of social acceptability in which children will then not complain about the awful smell of smoke from the other side of a physical barrier — |
| 8 | From the upstairs window of the grey-stone , substantial house at the top of the road there was billowing into the night slow , steady streams of smoke — not thick , or threatening in themselves , but culminating in a heavy , acrid cloud haloing the house , and sending a hideous smell of ruin down the gentle hill to the centre of the town . |
| 9 | I do the odd bit of d-i-y round the home , which I do n't find too difficult , being an engineer by trade . |
| 10 | So , if I pass my er printed overheads for this one an allowance er , is , and you were talking about it really , you were using this as though it were going to be er , your money that you 'd got to spend for doing each one of those activities or each bit of work within the , the project . |
| 11 | But I am sure that , as a reasonable man , he will agree on reflection that the wisest course of action for the Government is to continue to support the secretary-general 's efforts . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ Experience elsewhere has shown that people with head injuries need a concentrated level of service in the early stages . |
| 13 | An obvious method is to advertise but be careful that you aim the right kind Of advertising in the right direction , otherwise it is money badly spent . |
| 14 | Ralph King must be a very active 70 year old to attempt such an ambitious project , namely to cover the broad field of safety in the process industry in one volume without assistance from other experts . |
| 15 | They are advised to choose the compulsory modules for an extra field , not only to encourage breadth of study but also to serve as a foundation for a possible change of field in the future . |
| 16 | Then Kerry began to realise that she had found a strange kind of relief amid the disappointment that knocked her sideways when she first saw Panos . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you follow that trail of paint towards the clearing they talk about ? ’ |
| 18 | That there is a broad division of opinion on the subject of sole practice within different sectors of the profession is difficult to dispute from the comments made in response to the consultation . |
| 19 | — ( 1 ) In subsection ( 3 ) of section 131 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ( community charge benefits ) in paragraph ( a ) the words ’ and is not there shown as undertaking a full-time course of education on the day ’ shall be deleted ; ( 2 ) In subsection ( 5 ) of that section after ’ concerned ’ there shall be inserted : — ’ up to 100 per cent . |
| 20 | It will be divided from the gravel and undergravel filter by a 3″ tall strip of glass across the tank . |
| 21 | Sturge chairman David Coleridge said : ‘ Wise Speke 's performance in the first half year suffered from the depressed level of activity in the Stock Market as a result of political and economic uncertainty prior to the General Election . |
| 22 | You see , paradoxically , C One little one and C One little three in fact give a strong measure of protection to the er character of the conservation areas do they not ? |
| 23 | The nautiloids achieved their widest range of adaptations and greatest variety of form in the Ordovician and Silurian periods , with various coiled forms , straight , pipe-like forms , and curious dumpy species with restricted apertures that may have adopted a sluggish ( possible filter-feeding ) mode of life . |
| 24 | Days before the explosions the water company had been told by local people of the strong smell of gas in the district , but it had not ordered an evacuation . |
| 25 | ‘ There is a strong tide of change in the rural areas . |
| 26 | For a public good-the consumption of which is defined over geographic subsets of the total population and for which the costs of providing each level of output of the good in each jurisdiction are the same for the central government or the respective local government — it will always be more efficient or at least as efficient for local government to provide the Pareto-efficient levels of output for their respective jurisdictions than for central government to provide any specified and uniform level of output across all jurisdictions . |
| 27 | Its foreword contained the kernel of the policy : ‘ The Government accept as one of their prime aims and responsibilities the maintenance of a high and stable level of employment after the war . ’ |
| 28 | The conventional explanation of the coalition 's commitment to provide ‘ a high and stable level of employment after the war ’ is that men in positions of power were convinced the aim could be achieved by a policy of managing effective demand , as advocated by Keynes and his supporters . |
| 29 | The latter was significant because of its opening pledge : " The Government accepts as one of their primary aims and responsibilities the maintenance of a high and stable level of employment after the war . " |
| 30 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |