Example sentences of "and [noun sg] of [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Related to this is Brunner 's objection that he led theology back into a ‘ false objectivism ’ , the complaint we shall later find Reinhold Niebuhr making that he does not take the challenge and struggle of Christian life sufficiently seriously , and the widespread feeling that he seeks to approach theology , and especially christology , ‘ from above ’ , from the side of God , whereas today we must work ‘ from below ’ , from ‘ the man Jesus ’ and ‘ the human situation ’ . |
| 2 | It portrayed Boston society in the year 2000 , with the oppression and inequality of industrial capitalism long gone and with a military-industrial army working in huge monopolies rallying to the banner of nationalism . |
| 3 | Nor will future researchers thank us for leaving them a vast amount of dross which makes the location and comprehension of useful material more difficult . |
| 4 | that most of the present range of home-school links was already to be found in local primary schools well before PNP , and that activity in this field since 1985 has involved the further development and dissemination of existing practice rather than the devising of innovative techniques . |
| 5 | The many pages of detailed argument in this judgment about the plurality and inexactitude of scientific consensus generally , and of epidemiology in particular , will provide the Houdinis in the industry 's public relations sections with a feast of prestigious quotations and one liners . |
| 6 | The application should be submitted through the department in which the candidate wishes to study ( except for the Faculty of Arts , Faculty of Law and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine where applications should be sent to the Faculty Postgraduate Office ) . |
| 7 | Comparison with other advanced countries , where medical care is financed in different ways , and with the trends in this country before the National Health Service , suggests that if the forms of organisation which the National Health Service replaced had continued and developed , the quantity , quality and distribution of medical care here today would not be very substantially different from what it is under the National Health Service . |
| 8 | For the most part , the SGA 1979 and the SGSA 1982 reflect an attempt to re-form the shape and organisation of common law rather than effect a reform of the substantive law . |
| 9 | While scepticism may be present in such societies , it takes a personal , non-cumulative form ; it does not lead to a deliberate rejection and reinterpretation of social dogma so much as to a semi-automatic readjustment of belief . |
| 10 | It would not detract anything from Chaucer 's achievement if the whole plot were derived from some external source : it is generally the case that Chaucer 's skill lies in the handling and shaping of extant material rather than in original composition . |
| 11 | Though this project is principally concerned with the city of Edinburgh its relevance is much wider , to British cities in general and it is expected that it will demonstrate how land-owners , builders , house factors and other interests in property were able to control the pace and pattern of urban development largely to their own ends without recognising the long term consequences for the physical shape and quality of the housing and building stock and its long term impact on modern society in terms of street lay outs , maintenance and repairs , and the availability of open spaces . |
| 12 | Another general constraint that must not be overlooked is , of course , the fact that the scarcity and control of public finance frequently sets limits to policy developments In some cases these limits are quite explicitly set by central government . |
| 13 | The negative social effects of envy ( including , once for all , the fear of being envied ) may be to stultify and prevent all progress , by making variation between individuals and manifestation of individual superiority too dangerous to be persisted in . |
| 14 | The stupendous amount and quality of ecclesiastical music alone is testimony to the importance of this aspect of human life . |
| 15 | This was not a man who was capable of being serious about the devolution of power , and we must seek the reasons for his adoption and promotion of Indirect Rule elsewhere . |
| 16 | Serious study and collecting of antique metalwork only began in Europe during the Renaissance . |
| 17 | The depth and fervour of public response seriously threatens the stability of a new and uncertain government committed to at least a show of support for the US . |
| 18 | In China huge numbers of elderly people practise Tai Chi and it is a joy to watch the grace and beauty of old age still fluid and in motion . |
| 19 | Similarly teams of medical advisers were brought down to William Osborne to inspect and comment on the level and location of medical equipment so that as the boat was built the right equipment was installed in the right place . |
| 20 | Despite restrictions of finance and lack of initial endorsement often from higher echelons of management , the amount of innovative work in under-fives and special needs areas has been significant . |
| 21 | Secondly , the deregulation and expansion of financial activity generally , have been held responsible for a sharp fall in velocity since 1981 . |
| 22 | Elite studies preserved for some time their emphasis on stability and survival of political rule rather than on the visible exercise of power . |
| 23 | These should be selected by the ward sister and school of nursing librarian so that the particular specialities of the ward are covered . |
| 24 | They have company director , Barry Legg , a former member of Westminster City Council and currently co-founder and treasurer of Conservative Way Forward , a group of Tories dedicated to preserving Margaret Thatcher 's ideas and policies . |
| 25 | The conduct and finance of foreign trade together with the settlement of export and import debts is a very complicated business . |