Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hire purchase had only relatively recently begun to blur what had been a fairly clear distinction between the highest interest which characterised the debts of the needy and the non-existent or low interest attached to other credit . |
| 2 | The improvements that had taken place relied on the voluntary efforts of enthusiasts or political clout expended on particular initiatives . |
| 3 | All patients had end stage cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment or persistent ischaemia associated with poor left ventricular function . |
| 4 | By political I mean those cases which arise out of controversial legislation or controversial action initiated by public authorities , or which touch important moral or social issues . |
| 5 | Section 56 of the FSA prohibits marketing or dealing ( including , but not restricted to , futures transactions ) in the course or in consequences of an unsolicited call ( i.e. a personal visit or oral communication made without express invitation ) . |
| 6 | It may take the form of skills on which employers depend ; commitments to craft principles which support group autonomy ; a strategic function in the production process ; or professional solidarity supported by peer-group values . |
| 7 | In systems terms , there would also need to be mechanisms for taking control or corrective action based on defined measures of performance , related in this case to the effectiveness of education provision ( ie ensuring that the curriculum delivered meets the defined education requirements ) , and to the accurate provision of resources . |
| 8 | There are numerous responsibilities of greater or lesser significance scattered among local authorities throughout the country . |
| 9 | The issuing of peak flow meters , availability of self management plans , and follow up appointment procedures were other aspects of care where actual practice differed from recommended practice . |
| 10 | For larger areas and for more distant detached portions of parishes , a likely explanation is distant resources of either woodland or seasonal pasture shared with other villages . |
| 11 | Squaring her shoulders and remembering that what lay ahead was , after all , a job interview , she followed Dr Russell up the long flight of steps at the front of the house and through a wooden latticework door on to a cool veranda where outdoor furniture splashed with warm tropical colours was invitingly arranged . |
| 12 | Hence strong electoral performances by a Marxist or fascist party committed to social transformation may well precipitate a terminal crisis for liberal democratic regimes , even if these parties fall short of achieving an absolute majority of votes or parliamentary representation . |
| 13 | Erm there are other cases where there is addit er existing land in office or industrial use owned by National Power where the owner is now asking for the land to be con taken out of industrial use and er transferred to housing . |
| 14 | A brief overview of the scheme 's modular architecture is given , with particular attention to the proposals for the encoding of bibliographic and descriptive information , of textual records as typed and structured objects and of derived or analytic information extracted from textual records in an integrated and well-defined manner . |
| 15 | Pomegranate — an Asian shrub or small tree cultivated in semi-tropical regions for its edible fruit — derives from Latin pomum meaning ‘ apple ’ and grenate meaning ‘ full of seeds ’ . |
| 16 | Now and then , as they rolled , you could see the flanks of the waves , swollen fawn with sand and with mud , or pale green gorged with half-consumed white . |
| 17 | The legislation renders liable to forfeiture any benefit derived from the publication of material concerning the circumstances of the offence , from the publication of material concerning the defendant 's opinions , exploits or life history ( provided that the benefit was attributable in whole or in part to notoriety achieved through commission of the offence ) or any benefit obtained by commercial exploitation in any other way of notoriety achieved through commission of the offence . ) |
| 18 | It would be a tragedy if the use of violence or any confusion introduced by irregular elements on the picket lines were to divide and deflect the support given by responsible trade unionists all over the country aimed at achieving an early and a peaceful solution to this problem . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) . |
| 20 | In the WFS surveys , it refers to the interval between the reported date of birth and the date of interview or other event measured in completed years . |
| 21 | Group members shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges of membership except that they will not receive individual copies of the Annual Report , information leaflets or other matter circulated to individual members . |
| 22 | Group members shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges of membership except that they will not receive individual copies of the Annual Report , information leaflets or other matter circulated to individual members . |
| 23 | This is the second or third closure announced in recent times — it 'll have a major impact . |
| 24 | Our results suggest that diet supplementation with linoleic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid compared with oleic acid enhances the resistance of the duodenal mucosa to acid by potentiation of adaptive cytoprotection . |
| 25 | In our clinic we have constructed a centile graph for percentage ideal or desirable bodyweight based on medium frame size , so that knowing actual weight and height we can derive the percentage ideal bodyweight at a glance without calculation ( Figure 6.2 ) . |
| 26 | John Roper , of the Royal Institute of International Affairs , warned that economic failure combined with growing nationalistic fervour in some East European and Third World countries could lead instead to the emergence of extremely right-wing , authoritarian regimes . |
| 27 | As companies grew larger and their clerical workforce expanded , clerical work was reorganized so that each worker specialized in particular tasks . |
| 28 | Nevertheless there is every reason to believe that some control applied at various stages of industrial exploitation could benefit the trade on a global scale . |
| 29 | Its case was based both on the opportunities that this route offered for regional development in the northern Negev , and on the destructive effects on the environment that any of the other routes entailed . |
| 30 | Let him go away content , satisfied that this solution offered in terrible good faith by Jerome had been accepted without question by all , and that he himself was quite secure . |