Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly this is an excellent text for giving the first- or second-year undergraduate the all-round flavour of the subject . |
| 2 | In the case of Pradakshina or clockwise movement the right-angled Swastika is used ; for Apradakshina or anticlockwise movement the left-angled Swastika would be applied . |
| 3 | In the case of Pradakshina or clockwise movement the right-angled Swastika is used ; for Apradakshina or anticlockwise movement the left-angled Swastika would be applied . |
| 4 | Because the bus had no radio or mobile telephone the civilian driver had to go to a nearby farmhouse to call the police . |
| 5 | If exposed to either artificial or natural light the solanine level will rise and could cause gastroenteritis , but because of the bitter nature of this substance it is unlikely that sufficient quantities would be ingested to cause illness . |
| 6 | In Non-preventive or non-therapeutic research the experimental subject is simply assisting the research to obtain biological data |
| 7 | In a trial each subject stands to benefit ( though in the event no benefit may arise or there may even be risk of harm ) , but in non-preventive or non-therapeutic research the experimental subject is simply assisting the researcher to obtain biological data — for example , how a particular drug is excreted . |
| 8 | Staff performance is discussed at some length , though since there is no formal training scheme or disciplinary procedure the usual result of any dissatisfaction is that Davenport says he will ‘ speak to ’ the offender . |
| 9 | Designed for use with a microscope or macro lens the new VMS video microscalers , provide fast and accurate line width measurement . |
| 10 | ‘ This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing self-consciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 11 | This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing selfconsciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 12 | When the shares in question are listed on the LSE or other exchange the approximate value of the company can be determined more easily . |
| 13 | One reply to this is that most offences of bad driving have the potential to cause death or serious injury ; and that the North Committee 's proposals undervalue the element of endangerment where no harm occurs rather than over -value the resulting harm where it does occur . |
| 14 | They were able to show that a high proportion of the buildings that still front the main street leading from the church to the market place were retail shops , public houses and other commercial properties whose owners lived on the premises , usually above or behind the shop . |
| 15 | To them it was essentially an effort , on the whole an unsuccessful one , to restrict and if possible reverse the enormous growth of Britain 's maritime strength and overseas possessions . |
| 16 | It was from the late Sir Harry Luke , author of that delightful and civilized book The Tenth Muse ( Putnam , 1954 , and revised edition 1962 ) that I learned of the beauty of mulberry ices . |
| 17 | The parallel with policies inside multi-racial societies for banishing or reducing racial ‘ discrimination ’ or for exorcising by economic and social reorganisation the mutual envy and fear of envy between the races , does not need to be laboured . |
| 18 | God grant that here in this great home of eager thought and enlightened action and generous friendship the bitter cry of outcast London may never be intrusive or uninteresting but that year by year her choicest sons may be arrested by it . |
| 19 | ( b ) finishers case up lavatories. ( c ) inside ceilings painted third and fourth coats of white , and outside body the second coat lead colour and first coat of filling . |
| 20 | Many Rare Breed units require a ‘ visual ’ value which makes the presence of young calves during late Spring and early Summer the prime factor for increasing attendance by the paying public . |
| 21 | In a world of perfect certainty and perfect foresight the traditional view of the term structure is that long-run interest rates are simply averages of future short-term rates , so that : where denotes the ‘ one-period ’ rate , that is the market rate of interest at time t on bonds with one period to maturity ; and denotes the ‘ n-period ’ rate , that is the market interest rate at time t on bonds with n periods to maturity . |
| 22 | The exception to this is in sentences 11–14 where we find the locational reference here and functional reference the same chemical is responsible for … |
| 23 | In sociological and anthropological literature the phatic use of language has been frequently commented on — particularly the conventional use of language to open talk-exchanges and to close them . |
| 24 | ‘ I do not think if we had put down a motion which said we believe in motherhood and sliced bread the Labour Party would have backed us , ’ he said . |
| 25 | We were moored for a minute , then ‘ Let's all get the hell out of here , ’ said the man in the wheelhouse and like lightning the young lad untied the rope and jumped aboard as the boat reversed astern . |
| 26 | Assuming that your machine has a standard sized case and existing motherboard the important calculation to do is the value of what you would keep and what you would throw away . |
| 27 | May I say how much I appreciate the Minister 's approach — that if , and only if , through patience and good will the present peace negotiations succeed , there is hope for an end to terrorism in that part of the world ? |
| 28 | While the wife of Ngo Van Loc served his breakfast and poured coffee the American boy peered anxiously at his father . |
| 29 | Horizontal equity is the equal treatment of equals , and vertical equity the unequal treatment of unequals . |
| 30 | With a combination of ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance the definitive puncture with an 18 G longdwell needle ( Becton-Dickinson ) was performed . |