Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the tendency is to concentrate an analysis of the concept of existence or that of truth around the use of predicates such as " exists ( exist ) " and " true " , and their cognates ; the idea being that if it can be shown that such predicates can be paraphrased out of the relevant contexts by employing a different type of idiom , then there is little that remains to be said about the concepts . |
| 2 | This implied the reconstitution of part or all of Germany as an ally against communist expansion . |
| 3 | Not much needs to be said about either , except perhaps to record two aspects : in the first film , a critic said Nicholson 's acting consisted more or less of variations on a grin . |
| 4 | A pump at the store provides the motive power and typically will send slurry through 1000m ( ⅔rds of a mile ) or more of pipe to a nurse tank on the headland . |
| 5 | Where such a significant holding amounts to 20% or more of shares in an undertaking the following must also be stated if material : |
| 6 | Even when there is a grain or more of truth in a criticism , you may not be wholly or , indeed , mainly to blame . |
| 7 | Lyricist Tim Rice , one of the forces behind worldwide musical smashes Chess , Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita , summed up : ‘ You ca n't fool hundreds of thousands , or millions of people at the same time with absolute garbage for record after record . |
| 8 | Among the estate 's residents , the fact that several people have been charged or convicted of offences against the Ks cuts no ice : the estate version is that what took place was no more than a personal vendetta , between Ramesh K and the man who broke his nose . |
| 9 | Early this morning there were ‘ road closed ’ signs at Gubberford bridge and near the bottom of Tithebarn Lane , although by then there was only an inch or two of water across the road . |
| 10 | I was thinking about the relative merits of a bottle or two of Ruddles from the fridge or a glass or two of Sancerre or even , in the circumstances , something stronger , when there was a knock on my door . |
| 11 | It was so pitifully easy for the customers : the temptation so hard to resist , to pick up a bar or two of chocolate from the counter , a packet of tea from the shelf , even a bag of flour , as my aunt came from behind the counter , passed through to the kitchen , down the steps into the old still-room to draw vinegar from the cask , or paraffin from the tank ( its pump rattling up-down , up-down ) , or across the yard for corn or toppings , or up the back stairs for some item kept on the little landing ; so that the shop began to make small profit or none at all . |
| 12 | When I wrote a line or two of Lover at the Gate I felt at ease , buoyantly happy , confident . |
| 13 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 14 | After a day or two of confinement in a darkened room he returned to the hospital and took over his ward again . |
| 15 | Add a drop or two of MEM to the syringe , making the volume up to 1 ml . |
| 16 | At a time when Slow Play is beginning to become more and more of a scourge , it is also worth noting that the golfers needed just two hours and 45 minutes to go round , which included a break for as glass or two of Bollinger at the turn . |
| 17 | But if IBM faces another year or two of turmoil in the United States , its problems will be made all the worse by foreign woes . |
| 18 | As with all other questions relating to the capping or limiting of grants from the Compensation Fund , the results were swayed heavily by the the large number of sole practitioners who replied using the SPG pro forma response , on which the answer here was ‘ no ’ and which went on to propose a cap of 150,000 for both institutional and private clients . |
| 19 | But it is vital that their attitude — and that of society as a whole — is supportive and not conditioned by fear . |
| 20 | The ANC , however , released on Oct. 11 its own separate version of the discussions at the meeting , suggesting that tensions between the two sides remained , particularly over the level of violence and over alleged " double standards " in the government 's treatment of ANC activists and that of members of the far right . |
| 21 | Amongst the offices listed are the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds and that of bailiff of the Manor of Northstead the existence of which is nominal only but ‘ appointment' ’ of a Member of Parliament to which is the traditional manner of resigning a seat . |
| 22 | ( This can be compared with the later debate between the anti-discriminatory lesbian and gay policy and that of homosexuality as an equally valid form of sexuality . ) |
| 23 | He intends to merge the curatorship of the Departments of Prints and Drawings and that of Painting under the Keeper of Paintings . |
| 24 | The grants of Valence and Gallia Ulterior to the Alans , and that of Sapaudia to the Burgundians are not attested elsewhere . |
| 25 | Establishing A-X and B-Y associations will mean , therefore , that the perception of A will be changed in one way and that of B in a different way . |
| 26 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | The party congress in August 1990 amended the party constitution to enable the same person to hold both the post of party chairman and that of President of the Republic , reversing an amendment made in 1985 when Julius Nyerere stepped down as President . |
| 28 | Lakonia proper , the territory of the city of ‘ Lakedaimon ’ , i.e. Sparta , included the large and fertile district between the Parnon mountain range to the east and that of Taygetos to the west . |
| 29 | And we are likely to abandon the sphere of the concrete to the positivists and that of theory to the essentialists , rather than to theorize the relationship of the two at a higher level . |
| 30 | There was nothing complicated and little of interest about the present job . |