Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [art] [noun] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should distinguish here between expropriation , which suggests that little or no compensation is paid ; nationalization and forced divestment , which leave the question open ; and indigenization , which suggests that foreign personnel and control are changed to indigenous personnel and control . |
| 2 | Little or no lather is obtained , nor is any effective work done by the soap or detergent until all the hardness has turned to insoluble scum . |
| 3 | In spite of such conferences and the dedication of a number of musicians , little or no provision is made for the liturgical and musical formation of Roman Catholic musicians and clergy . |
| 4 | During turns little or no rudder is required to maintain balance , the elevators , rudder and ailerons are excellent and well harmonised and one would be very hard to please if the little bird failed to impress . |
| 5 | Quencher centres : where even the excited state of the centre is close to a radiationless transition level , so little or no luminescence is emitted . |
| 6 | The bookfund is divided into separate allocations for each service point and little or no control is exercised over the way these amounts are spent . |
| 7 | Little or no account is taken of alterations in product policy to suit the conditions of non-domestic markets . |
| 8 | Little or no account is taken of such corporate entities as manufacturers ' associations , the City of London and the educational system ; or of the whole range of institutions which sustain the British social system . |
| 9 | Unlike the true rambler types with only one flush of bloom , the climbers group contains varieties that flower more or less continuously , and others that make two or more bursts or displays with periods between , during which little or no bloom is carried . |
| 10 | According to that theory , temporary working is likely to be more prevalent in occupations where skills are general rather than specific and in occupations where little or no training is required . |
| 11 | Little or no material is removed during the final stages ; the surface is being improved and so time is not critical . |
| 12 | Already 10 farmers have established circuits like this and the number is growing all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly . ’ |
| 14 | Linen is changed weekly and the villa is cleaned twice a week . |
| 15 | Linen is changed weekly and the villa is cleaned twice a week . |
| 16 | ‘ The auditorium will seat around 800 and the idea is to give more people a chance to enjoy the spectacle of the Dudley Stationary Open Veterans ’ Week , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The term différance could be seen as a conflation of Jakobson 's distinction between the paradigmatic and the syntagmatic , but in Derrida 's argument these are inseparable and the conflation is given great importance and power . |
| 18 | The major differences between speech and writing derive from the fact that one is essentially transitory and the other is designed to be permanent . |
| 19 | The jack rail is quite light and the action is stopped on the front rail . |
| 20 | The body pattern is golden brown and the fish is marked with chocolate coloured spots which may vary considerably between individuals . |
| 21 | As Richard 's reign did not begin until 1377 , this is obviously wrong and the discrepancy is thought to have arisen when the charter was either copied incorrectly or misplaced and written from memory . |
| 22 | " Into a saucepan you pour 2 decilitres ( approximately 7 fluid oz. ) of white wine , you add a large clove of garlic , chopped , and you boil the wine until it is reduced by half and the garlic is cooked . |
| 23 | Admission is free and no booking is required . |
| 24 | If you go down to my secret chamber and look in one of the coffers you will find a crushed flower , a faded rose , more black than yellow now , but if I smell it and close my eyes ( like I did last night ) , then I am back again in Ralemberg 's garden and my blood runs free and the air is filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers . |
| 25 | This aim is most likely to be satisfied , in a way that will come nearest to meeting the varying needs of the students , if the distinction between the theoretical and the practical is built firmly into the curriculum , replacing , in the curricular structure , the distinction between arts and sciences . |
| 26 | These colourful yarns , known as heather effects , are already popular and the demand is expected to increase . |
| 27 | In a letter to shareholders , chairman and chief executive Stephen Levy outlined how the company had responded — senior management positions have been consolidated , staff had been reduced by around 300 and the company is pinning its hopes on , among other things , its Emerald Asynchronous Transfer Mode switch . |
| 28 | Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc . |
| 29 | So one killing , mystically interpreted either as the result of witchcraft , or of its antithesis vengeance-magic , cancels another and the slate is wiped clean . |
| 30 | Thus , for example , criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is established where the defendant engages in sexual penetration with another and the actor is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon . |