Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Announcing storm-damaged figures and government plundering of its profits that left nothing over for investment , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom yesterday said that following its move to set up its cellular operations as a separate company as a first step to privatisation , it was also considering privatising the unit it has created to look after large customers . |
| 2 | The company has also been asked to consider spinning cellular operations into a separate company . |
| 3 | Fomalont and Sramek ( 1976 ) used radio-telescopes on a 35 km baseline at Green Bank , West Virginia , to study radio-sources close to the Sun at frequencies of 2.7 and 8.1 GHz . |
| 4 | In his first pleasure at being admitted to this inner circle of learning he had compared it to Dante 's Paradiso , in which the saints and patriarchs and virgins sat in orderly ranks in a circular formation , a huge rose , and also the leaves of a huge volume , once scattered through the universe , now gathered . |
| 5 | Having won in Bratislava on Monday with an impressive 17.18 metres , the Commonwealth silver medallist is laying strong foundations for a serious medal bid in Spain . |
| 6 | Advanced RISC Machines Ltd , Cambridge , UK has licensed Apple Computer Inc 's partner on the Newton personal digital assistant , Sharp Corp to manufacture and market its ARM processors and associated products on a worldwide basis . |
| 7 | Perhaps paradoxically , it is argued that the money supply should not be manipulated by the monetary authorities on a short-term basis because the existence of such lags would make the effect of monetary policy uncertain , although powerful . |
| 8 | While this case again emphasizes the links between various aspects of our being , it is also a cautionary tale underlining the possible dangers of a superficial approach to a deep-seated psychological problem . |
| 9 | ( In the past , Rough Trade acts who had achieved major success like say , Aztec Camera , walked into the more solid foundations of a larger company ) . |
| 10 | While France , Italy and the Low Countries were interested in developing common political institutions with a supranational flavour , Britain and its Nordic supporters wanted only the traditional form of intergovernmental collaboration . |
| 11 | We have grown accustomed in political life to arguing about social and political institutions in a certain way : by attacking or defending them on grounds of justice or fairness . |
| 12 | One notable attempt to differentiate between political institutions within a post-colonial state , and account for the relative power of the bureaucracy by reference to the class structure of the colonial legacy , is Meillasoux 's ( 1970 ) study of Mali . |
| 13 | Another possibility is to fit lessons on specific skills into a future winter programme , for example we could go to some of the Community College courses . |
| 14 | In its final statement the Council rejected United States and Israeli proposals for a regional peace conference and reiterated previous demands for a UN-supervised international conference on the Middle East , to be attended by , among others , the PLO and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 15 | An investigation of turbulent resistance in rivers using a sophisticated piece of equipment : Laser Doppler Anemometer ( LDA ) , which will reveal macro and micro scales of turbulent phenomena in a complex river system and will be able to improve flood alleviation schemes . |
| 16 | Clearly , the material may be introduced to resolve a choice between two interpretations and the analysis in the Speech of Lord Browne-Wilkinson is essentially based on there being two possible meanings within a legislative text . |
| 17 | It was one thing in the 1830s and the 1930s to provide luxuries for a minority , but it was quite a different thing to provide non-essential products at a competitive price for the whole population . |
| 18 | Most rugby people in Ireland believe this a retrograde step and it was taken against the expressed wishes of a sizeable majority of the clubs . |
| 19 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 20 | Officially the Left Book Club did not favour any specific proposals for a Liberal-Labour alliance , but in effect its influence was directed towards this end . |
| 21 | It is that , according to the Department of Employment figures , if the Labour party 's economic proposals for a minimum wage were put into effect it would cost some 2 million jobs , of which 50,000 would be in Northern Ireland , where we have a large number of women workers in the clothing , textile and garment industries . |
| 22 | Single bells are fascinating , but triple bells from a single unit are quite remarkable . |
| 23 | Regional strategies in a direct land use planning sense have contributed to urban change in selected areas . |
| 24 | To suppose that it can is an assumption long ago undermined by Hume , that one can infer from ‘ is ’ to ‘ ought ’ from purely descriptive premisses to a prescriptive conclusion . |
| 25 | The PLO , of course , saw its often murderous operations as a sacred duty ; they were fighting the occupying power that had taken away the land of the Palestinians . |
| 26 | Most of the private houses within a short distance of the Montpellier were let at up to ten guineas per week during August . |
| 27 | In the second , successful production of applied geological maps with a Geographic Information System have been produced successfully : this is an essential step towards the digital geological spatial model . |
| 28 | To focus upon income derived from protectionist policies as a major source of finance , is not compatible with the role of the EC as a significant participant in the world trading system . |
| 29 | But , following an impressive career with Chelsea and Leicester , Steve returned to Selhurst Park in October 1978 , when Terry Venables paid £40,000 to add Steve 's experience to the precocious skills of a young team seeking to put Palace back into Division One . |
| 30 | Differences on European defence policy [ see pp. 37931 ; 38022 ; 38155 ; 38216 ; 38295 ; 38313 ] emerged over Franco-German plans for a European force based in Strasbourg [ see p. 38554 ] , although responses were sufficiently guarded as to suggest a reluctance to revive transatlantic splits in NATO . |