Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun sg] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a large and technical economic literature on these issues which I can only summarise here , suggesting where interested readers can continue . |
| 2 | Perhaps Mr. Cowan should resume his more normal incessant political instruction on those matters that puzzle the lesser members of our own contemporary society , who are obviously deemed to lack any ability to think for themselves . |
| 3 | Students will closely monitor their own progress and complete detailed record-keeping on all aspects of the investigation . |
| 4 | The fact of the matter is that it is not , as I have explained to the right hon. Gentleman on many occasions , happening only in this country . |
| 5 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on that record ? |
| 6 | This highlights another paradox of Soviet experience — the fact that the main elements of the growing economic crisis were known to Soviet officials and Western specialists long before they became part of the public political agenda on either side of the iron curtain . |
| 7 | The smallest of the three spotted woodpeckers that have a conspicuous white patch on each wing , a feature at once distinguishing it from the three on p. 197 , while its red crown separates it from adult Great Spotted and Syrian , as well as Three-toed and female Lesser Spotted . |
| 8 | These are laminated with a glossy protective finish on both sides and can be framed or just used as they are as posters ( great for brightening your den ! ) |
| 9 | There is an immense square tower in the centre and a high pitched roof on either side of it . |
| 10 | In these three areas there is a clear development in the various works considered in the previous chapters , and these different studied build on each other . |
| 11 | Miranda Innes ' new book offers sound practical advice on all aspects of decoration from painting walls , treating floors and using fabrics to collecting and displaying a variety of favourite objects like china , paintings or even jelly moulds . |
| 12 | The data presented in Table 2 show that the addition of distamycin produces a very similar increase in T m values for both duplex 1 and duplex 4 i.e. the drug exerts a very similar stabilising effect on both duplexes . |
| 13 | Does he agree that it is desirable that today 's events in Maastricht might lead to future improved co-operation on such matters by the European Community which may , in the end , lead to a reduction in the genocide in that country ? |
| 14 | Peter Christie of Midland Montagu said that he would always take a separate commercial decision on each assignment , according to fees quoted . |
| 15 | Anthony Gannon , of Harewood Road , Harrogate , denies indecent assault and a serious sexual offence on another man . |
| 16 | But before leaving by train for his annual Scottish holiday on that Friday evening , he inquired whether the Prime Minister wished him to change his plans . |
| 17 | I expect the draper made an extra ⅛ penny on each transaction , not a fortune but could lead to one in a lifetime of trading . |
| 18 | Over most of the region the commonest black and white woodpecker , with prominent white patch on each wing and red under tail coverts ; male with black crown and red nape , and juvenile with both crown and nape red . |
| 19 | Old school is a back-to-basics reaction to the sportswear industry 's increasing reliance on pink and pastel , splash and spray , an apparent brainstorm which has forced people who have no desire to look like an explosion in a paint factory to search in discount stores and back-of-beyond sports shops for the design classics of the recent past — nylon Adidas track tops with the simple three-stripe design on each arm , or a pair of shell-toed trainers . |
| 20 | It is a limited ongoing infestation on some parts of council land and railway land adjacent to Main Street . |
| 21 | The department is now laying itself open to serious educational criticism on several grounds : |
| 22 | During the 1960s this tendency within English studies developed a consistent right-wing assault on all forms of cultural and educational egalitarianism . |
| 23 | The latter was to be achieved through the abolition of internal customs duties and the introduction of a joint external tariff on all imports into the three countries , and the unification of excise and other tax rates . |
| 24 | Via the channels of public announcements at times of political decision-making , the bishops seek to enforce official Roman catholic morality on all members of the state . |
| 25 | Estimation of unit costs is always extremely difficult , particularly when the aim is , quite properly , to assess the basic cost of providing a necessary service , rather than the average discretionary expenditure on all service provision . |
| 26 | According to the leading present-day authority on this sector , Professor Supple , it was over the course of the eighteenth century that it assumed its modern form and structure , with agencies and branches , inter-company coordination of premium rates and policy conditions , and averaging of claims . |
| 27 | The Department was intended to promote the study of industrial design for textiles , pottery , etc. , and Cole campaigned against over-elaborate and inappropriate representational decoration on such things . |
| 28 | ‘ That stupid receptionist did n't tell me there was an optional extra day on that tour — they wo n't be back until tomorrow . ’ |
| 29 | In literate urban societies it can provide valuable quantitative information on such topics as education , health , housing , social class , racial attitudes , income distribution , family-structure , the mass media and so on , thus contributing to the identification and understanding of important social issues . |
| 30 | Apparently , the blank white space on that page matched the expression on my face as I envisaged programming the Alpha 2.0 unaided . |