Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most significant breakthrough in this respect was the decision to implement a common tariff on imports from January 1991 , in order to facilitate the eventual removal of all barriers to intra-community trade . |
| 2 | Through his stimulus , the art of pictorial narrative experienced a major revival in twelfth-century England . |
| 3 | This is because increasing the proportion of left handers in the overall population by shifting the criterion to the right takes in a larger segment of the RS — distribution , but this segment constitutes a changing proportion of the number of individuals to the left of this criterion ( i.e. the left handers ) . |
| 4 | He turned , his blond hair gleaming a liquid gold beneath an ancient wall-lamp . |
| 5 | Mermaids have been sighted there and a ghost haunts a derelict bothy near the loch . |
| 6 | MacGregor 's bowerbird builds a complex bower of the ‘ maypole ’ type . |
| 7 | 16.14 In chapter 7 we say that literature plays an important role in improving abilities in speaking and listening , and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 8 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 9 | Under the former ‘ rate support grant ’ ( RSG ) arrangement , as a local authority increased its expenditure , government grant met a constant percentage of the additional expenditure . |
| 10 | Amused speculation on whether the new vicar could really be casting lustful glances at the choir-mistress produced an effective antidote to the emotional tension a few minutes earlier . |
| 11 | Because the scale is logarithmic , each whole number increment represents a tenfold change in acidity ; thus , solutions of pH 6 , 5 and 4 contain 1 , 10 and 100 microequivalents of acidity ( Hsup+ ; ) per litre respectively ( abbreviated u eq/l ) as illustrated in figure 4.2 . |
| 12 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 13 | We also saw in both tests the law change allowing a quick throw-in from touch . |
| 14 | The case produced a significant impact at the time , and has been restrictively construed . |
| 15 | That woman upstairs , ’ Aunt Lou 's walking stick made an aggressive stab at the ceiling . |
| 16 | What can be done to give even a tenth of our people the opportunity to acquire a small stake in the land , and to replace the missing bottom rungs in the farming ladder ? |
| 17 | On the face of it , this offers a potential bidder the opportunity to acquire a complete portfolio of assets at a discount to their value by taking over the trust by buying up all its shares . |
| 18 | The key to a good use is that it brings people to the building who value it for its beauty and appreciate and enjoy its surroundings — not simply people who regard it as an opportunity to acquire a large amount of cheap floor space . |
| 19 | Such candid consumerism made a refreshing change after the squeamish English double stand over money . |
| 20 | The sudden appearance of glucose in the bloodstream and the corresponding rise in blood glucose level evokes a quick response from the pancreas and results in a brief state of apparent overabundance . |
| 21 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 22 | The result was that the ’ collocational overlap ’ technique made a significant contribution toward the identification of the correct words from the alternative candidates . |
| 23 | The Corporation Road building offers a wide range of options for the unemployed , including woodwork , motor vehicle engineering and needlecraft . |
| 24 | Restructuring grant represents a specific commitment by the Government to the work force . |
| 25 | Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well . |
| 26 | Investigation by the writer revealed a likely site for this machine on the western bank of Muckle Gill , just above the ford ( shown on the O.S. map ) about 40 yds. upstream from the gill head , and by the side of the workings on what we now call Benson 's Lode . |
| 27 | This meeting welcomes the decision of the CLE to conduct a comprehensive review of its admissions and assessments procedures . |
| 28 | This meeting welcomes the decision of the CLE to conduct a comprehensive review of its admission and assessments procedures with the involvement of the CRE . |
| 29 | Workers at British Aerospace fear a proposed deal with Indonesia could threaten more jobs at Prestwick . |
| 30 | Phonetics and Phonology : — An extension of the core course to include a detailed consideration of two of the following topics : Allophones and allophonic transcription , with reference to dialectal varieties of English ; further work on supra-segmental features ; the nature of orthography ; introduction to acoustic phonetics . |