Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At every point in those historic struggles which founded the Protestant and radical traditions in Europe , and which severed radicalism from the body of the Catholic Church , the struggle was as much for personal gain or for political or economic dominance as it was for any pure-hearted vision of goodness . |
| 2 | The man who accepts authority is thus said to surrender his private or individual judgment because he does not insist that reasons be given that he can grasp and that satisfy him , as a condition of his obedience . |
| 3 | These deep structural problems are cultural and political as well as economic , and will require far more than the odd adjustment to monetary or fiscal policy if we are to begin to solve them . |
| 4 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 5 | Tony Knight , director of the strategic management programme at Henley Management College , points out that Japanese workers can afford to be more altruistic than western employees because they generally operate under a policy of life-long employment with one company . |
| 6 | The tropical forests can provide a home for such a specialized and diverse fauna because they undergo very little seasonal change . |
| 7 | They agonised over how their children would feel in unfamiliar and hostile surroundings as they , too , were interrogated . |
| 8 | He calculated that he would be able to meet all his daily and official duties if he devoted his entire time to them , and abandoned any attempt at his own writing , but this he was determined not to do . |
| 9 | In November 1978 , DATEC issued further proposals in which it affirmed its philosophy that colleges should have the maximum opportunity to develop courses which they consider to be most appropriate to educational , commercial and professional needs as they are able to identify and define them . |
| 10 | They can be big business and it is is more for their commercial and promotional appeal than their scenic , that the SRU yesterday launched , in conjunction with Umbro International , Scotland 's World Cup sevens jersey . |
| 11 | They can be big business and it is is more for their commercial and promotional appeal than their scenic , that the SRU yesterday launched , in conjunction with Umbro International , Scotland 's World Cup sevens jersey . |
| 12 | ( Indeed , a handwriting recognition system has been developed which is better at distinguishing between a hand-printed v and u than humans ( Suen & Shillman , 1977 ) ) The types of knowledge humans use include lexical , syntactic , semantic and pragmatic information although none of these are used in isolation . |
| 13 | Yet paradoxically in 1956 it was the British government which chose to embark upon a high-risk and impulsive policy once it believed that fundamental national interests were at stake . |
| 14 | He had done the same for old and sick people when he lived in the Borinage , so it was nothing new . |
| 15 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 16 | Robyn remembered his free and easy hand as he had poured her wine . |
| 17 | They want to be in a free and democratic Iraq where they can vote for their leaders and have a democratically accountable Parliament . |
| 18 | It is really urgent that massive international support is built for SWAPO at this crucial time on the basis that there will be no free and fair elections unless there is : Total withdrawal of all South African military forces Complete disbandment of Koevoet , the SWATF and all other local South African-controlled military forces . |
| 19 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 20 | Rather than starting from the position that these poets write out of a different social and economic experience than their polite contemporaries , Southey focuses on their lack of formal education . |
| 21 | What should be said is that there is still a most definite need for research in some neglected , technical areas , but more particularly in integrating the social and economic factors as they occur in a local situation . |
| 22 | The exception is an instructive one , because the Irish priests lived at much the same social and economic level as their flock ; they held their communities together and sustained their faith in a way that only Dissenting ministers in Wales and remoter parts of England were able to do . |
| 23 | And with it such social and political change as they shall not understand . |
| 24 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 25 | South Africa is in a state of social and political flux as it enters a new non-racial era — yet it is still the favoured venue to host the 1995 World Cup . |
| 26 | In most fields , however , you can not speak of separate British and American histories as they share so much in materials and design and craftsmanship . |
| 27 | ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps because Western Christianity tended to express the faith in more rational and conceptual terms , mysticism never became as normative in popular and official piety as it did in other traditions . |
| 29 | The effect of the Polish Corridor was to send the East Prussian economy into an abrupt and dizzying nosedive as it lost its traditional markets for beef , grain , timber , fur , sugar-beet and alcohol . |
| 30 | Fostering for disabled children can be a satisfactory alternative , but studies in Britain and the USA demonstrate the need for very careful and supportive work if it is to succeed . |