Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The secret of good , smooth surface finishes , particularly with polishing by hand , is careful washing and complete removal of abrasive from both specimen and lap before moving on to finer grades . |
| 2 | I believe that such a Home Rule settlement remains the most credible and practicable goal for Labour in Scotland to aim at . |
| 3 | The figure of one in four crimes being reported refers to crime in general , and this ratio of recorded to unrecorded crime varies according to the particular crime . |
| 4 | The demands of running the company today always seem paramount , and have the added advantage that one is working from one 's direct experience and not having to indulge in the extremely difficult and risky business of projecting into the future . |
| 5 | Instead , restaurants can be found representing almost every recognisable country and ethnic community for Mexican to Amish . |
| 6 | Although there was plenty of loutish and rough behaviour in public by groups of juveniles , there was always a counterbalancing influence within male culture . |
| 7 | The agency also cut Tandy Corp 's subordinated debt and preferred stock to triple-B-plus from A-minus and Tandy Employee Share Ownership Plan 's senior notes to A-minus from single-A , affecting about $1,650m of debt . |
| 8 | This suggest that the governance of Ulster is more than just a matter of security and that there are urgent needs for an independent environmental protection agency , subsidies for green farming , and more money in general for the administration of conservation . |
| 9 | The practice has to have its registered office in England and Wales , and be registered under the Companies Act 1985 as an unlimited company having a share capital or as a company limited by shares ; and any change from unlimited to limited status requires the consent of the Councilnot , presumably , to be lightly given . |
| 10 | This would be true for at least two of the examples of ( 18 ) , to which we may add at random : ( 32 ) some delegates who were German frowned the starling which is inquisitive is female It is emphatically not the answer to say , " those which can not become postnominal attributives turn into prenominals instead " , for two reasons : first , as we have already seen , there is a major difference of function between prenominal position and predicative position as occupied by the adjective in the sort of relative clause proposed ; and , second , this still leaves us facing the question of why some relative clauses can apparently be reduced to postnominal adjectives and others can not ( indeed this question , previously passed by , has been in serious need of an answer from those who want to relate prenominal adjectives — or simply attributives in general — to predicative position ) . |
| 11 | Technical consultants and new technology in small to medium firms |
| 12 | That conceives of law in general and criminal law in particular as a socially valid positive moral order . |