Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 2 | Until recently we used to laugh behind our hands at the unfortunate women of the Soviet Union , who had to drive buses , work cranes and perform other heavy duties that have been a man 's prerogative since the beginning of time , due to an acute shortage of labour . |
| 3 | In addition , non-government regional commissions , whose members would be drawn from the Roman Catholic church , trade unions and social organizations and include recognized local personalities , would oversee the application of a ceasefire . |
| 4 | The department has sponsored athletic programmes , set up neighbourhood offices and introduced mandatory racial-sensitivity classes . |
| 5 | A knowledge of police systems therefore requires an analysis of both sides of the coin , to explore how anti-structure defines structure and in turn redefines and motivates other anti-structural elements in the system , for anti-structural activity has the potential to make bearable some of the constraints inherent in such a closed world as the police . |
| 6 | The following were among the findings reported at a conference in Anchorage , Alaska : — brain damage in seals similar to that found in people who die from solvent abuse ; this would have disoriented the animals and affected basic physiological functions like breathing ; it is suspected that many seals drowned , but because dead seals sink an accurate assessment of deaths has not been possible ; — the disappearance of a group of killer whales that had lived in the sound , possibly also due to the " solvent abuse effect " ; — deaths among sea otters not only from hypothermia ( because oil stuck to their fur destroyed its insulating properties ) but from emphysema caused by breathing in toxic fumes and from liver and kidney damage caused by ingesting oil ; — failure to breed among many species of birds since the accident , either because of the death rate within colonies at the time ( in the case of guillemots ) or because continued exposure to oil-polluted food sources is preventing reproduction ; — death tolls of up to 40 per cent for eggs laid by salmon , herring and other fish , and deformities and withered muscles among fish that did hatch . |
| 7 | She wore spectacles and had fine auburn hair that was swept back untidily into a bun . |
| 8 | Laws approving the formation of new political parties and outlining new electoral regulations were passed by the National Assembly in July 1989 ( see p. 36834 ) . |
| 9 | Laws approving the formation of new parties and outlining new electoral regulations were passed by the National Assembly in July 1989 [ see p. 36834 ] . |
| 10 | Buyers worked closely with suppliers , both new and established , to identify opportunities and develop exciting new Sainsbury brand products . |
| 11 | I found my feet , staggered a couple of paces and spewed undigested fried chicken over a light-coloured WV Golf . |
| 12 | Inherent in this type of research is the potential to generate new categories or variables and to reconsider existing analytic categories in a fashion that also addresses their validity . |
| 13 | Poisoned wheat is put inside the holder which is designed to let in grey squirrels and exclude other small mammals . |
| 14 | This is not to say that even at this stage Edward 's principal war aim was the throne of France , but rather that the most effective way of bringing pressure to bear on Philip was to subvert the provinces and establish English military bases there . |
| 15 | Lagerfeld demands and gets total creative control not only of the design of the collection , but how it is presented to the world . |
| 16 | IE Displays Ltd , of Rectory Road , Great Bromley , was set up last May and designs and supplies illuminated acrylic advertisement display cases . |
| 17 | Councils can also infill existing built-up areas and revitalise inner urban areas . |
| 18 | The featureless fell top is in the middle of the Lakeland fells and offers spectacular panoramic views . |
| 19 | Nominated care district judges can : ( a ) transfer cases up to the High Court following transfer from the family proceedings court ; ( b ) consider " appeals " against a justices ' clerk 's refusal to transfer a case ; ( c ) make emergency protection orders in proceedings issued in the county court or transferred up from the family proceedings court ; ( d ) give directions and make uncontested public law orders ; ( e ) make some public law orders in contested cases , eg education supervision orders . |
| 20 | The supreme court found guerrilla leaders Hiroko Nagata , 48 , and Hiroshi Sakaguchi , 46 , guilty of torturing to death 12 comrades they had labelled traitors and shooting dead two policemen and a civilian during a ten-day siege . |
| 21 | The car protested as it settled into muddy pools , heaved itself out , scraped through fields of boulders and crossed innumerable rickety bamboo bridges . |
| 22 | As its common name suggests , it was once used to dress wounds and has mild antiseptic properties . |
| 23 | In order to identify any broad trends in the responses and to enable meaningful statistical information to be compiled , it was necessary in the first instance to assign answers to one of a limited number of categories . |
| 24 | They are buildings of the Romanesque or Gothic periods and possess strong Byzantine characteristics . |
| 25 | The declaration concluded that " an international peacekeeping force under UN auspices may be created by the UN Security Council to maintain the ceasefire , control military movements and undertake other confidence-building measures " . |
| 26 | Three more turnstones scooped up sand , pushing with the tops of bills and leaving tiny dark streaks and spattered sand grains which showed where they had dug , excavating for sand hoppers . |
| 27 | Improved finances and international ties resulted in increased imports and attracted strong foreign involvement , predominantly from France , Germany and Italy ( but also including the UK and Japan ) , in major projects to rebuild and expand the war-damaged oil industry and to develop the petrochemical , steel and mineral processing sectors as well as new industries such as car manufacturing . |
| 28 | Local education authorities will need to know about expenditure decisions so that they can monitor the effects and advise other governing bodies addressing the same question later . |
| 29 | The building was besieged by Right-Ons , many wearing dungarees and riding shiny hi-tech bicycles bought on credit in Covent Garden . |
| 30 | The top animals can displace the bottom ones at feeding sites and gain other environmental advantages by virtue of being tougher than their group companions . |