Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tricon defines short term as being implemented this summer , medium term as within six months and long term as within one year . |
| 2 | Then the landing window fell out in a rain of sparks and blackened timber and from the road came the terrifying , metallic clamour of the fire-engine bell . |
| 3 | The research will contribute substantively and theoretically to several areas within sociology and social policy , including studies of science and medicine , of social movements and cultural change and of the formation and implementation of public policies for science . |
| 4 | We in Europe are all increasingly interdependent , and our sovereignty depends not on empty phrases and petty posturing but on recognition of that interdependent relationship and the part that we play in it . |
| 5 | For various reasons the size of a public library 's bookfund is more often the result of circumstances and local politics than of reasoned calculation . |
| 6 | Clear words were a matter of practical rather than juridical significance ; they were not the essential constitutive element in trusts but invaluable evidence as to the intentions at law of the settlor . |
| 7 | These meadows were divided by hedges and barbed wire and in them great red cattle were grazing . |
| 8 | Show minority interests , on the face of the consolidated balance sheet as a separate heading , either after accruals and deferred income or after capital and reserves . |
| 9 | Twenty minutes later , wearing her grey flannel trousers and mole-coloured jersey and with her hair casually tied back in a velvet ribbon , Julia walked into the salon , only to be brought up short by the sight of David staring blankly at a yellow form in his right hand , a tumbler of whisky ignored and tilting in his left . |
| 10 | They found this unsatisfactory because ‘ it did not direct attention to governmental manipulation of transnational relations … [ and they have ] grown progressively more interested in the interaction between governments and transnational society and in transnational coalitions among subunits of governments ’ ( Keohane and Nye , 1973 , p vjj ) .2 |
| 11 | A hotel as famous for its colonial traditions and gracious lifestyle as for its modern amenities . |
| 12 | In the first instance the archaeological evidence is richly reinforced by written sources and modern usage and in the last two by the testimony of European explorers and colonists . |
| 13 | Fantasy cake making relies not only on decorating techniques and artistic effort but on successful baking in the first place . |
| 14 | Where this is the case it is interesting to note that the Access to Personal Files ( Social Services ) Regulations 1989 require local authorities to disclose as much information as they can by omitting names and sensitive information or by other means . |
| 15 | Each of London 's districts possessed its own distinctive character , an individuality that marked it off from its neighbours either by topographical features and architectural appearance or by social and occupational structure . |
| 16 | You might see brightly coloured clothes or long hair but at least you do n't see the same shoes , the same jeans or the same jackets by the same designer . |
| 17 | Then , the winter salon did not smell of lilies and expensive leather but of stale , fat , stinking human bodies and animal ordure . |
| 18 | This order is given on the condition that ( without prejudice to the generality of Condition 7.1 ) you will indemnify us against all loss , actions , costs , claims , demands , expenses and liabilities whatsoever ( if any ) which we may incur either at common law or by statute ( other than as a result of any default or neglect of ourselves or of any person for whom we are responsible ) in respect of personal injury to , or the death of , any such employees , agents , sub-contractors or other representative while on our premises whether or not such persons are ( at the time when such personal injury or deaths are caused ) acting in the course of their employment . |