Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father was a farmer with advanced agricultural views who lived until the age of 88 , so that his son , who farmed with him , had ample time and restless energy to travel the country and buy pigs , sheep , horses and cattle with the aim of deliberately improving them . |
| 2 | Thus in the European feudal societies it was not the conflict between lord and peasant which was decisive in bringing about change ( only in the twentieth century has it been possible to organize peasants in effective revolutionary movements ) , but the emergence and growth in those societies of an alien incompatible element — the bourgeoisie . |
| 3 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 4 | The LTTE has also been responsible for massacres , both of Sinhalese and Moslem civilians , since June 1990 and against rival Tamil political groups who , in some cases , have now aligned themselves with the government 's forces . |
| 5 | This choice will be subject to prevailing economic conditions which have a profound impact on the availability and viability of sites suitable for development . |
| 6 | In response to the prevailing economic conditions it has withdrawn from peripheral businesses and has focused on the core activities represented by its silver products . |
| 7 | If children have had a long period without normal feeding experiences they find difficulty in accepting oral food , chewing , and swallowing . |
| 8 | As a revolutionary writer Nizan was confronted by what he perceived as a series of particularly acute technical problems which had their origin in the specific historical situation of post-First World War France . |
| 9 | He egged on — and his interior minister armed — the Serb politicians of Croatia and Bosnia , small-town professional men who fancied a chance of fame as Serb patriots . |
| 10 | I wish to call attention to the need for regional government in England , and I beg to move , ’ That this House deplores the excessive centralisation of government in the United Kingdom since 1979 and the failure to decentralise and devolve power to the nations and regions of the United Kingdom ; notes that this is in direct contrast to the general trend towards decentralisation evidence elsewhere in Europe ; furthermore deplores the severe cuts in the regional assistance budget since 1979 together with the failure to enact dynamic and effective regional economic policies which would have promoted balanced economic growth and prosperity ; expresses alarm at the regional divisions which continue to characterise the United Kingdom economy ; and considers that the creation of a regional tier of government in the English regions as well as national devolution to Scotland and Wales is now vital to the United Kingdom 's future economic and political well-being . |
| 11 | Such a result would be so illogical , and so much out of tune with the extensive inquisitorial powers which are undeniably created by the Act , that Mr. Collins accepted that this could not be the meaning of section 2 . |
| 12 | In these films the sort of sticky emotional conflicts which the production system seemed determined to cleanse from its films fight their way back into the movies . |
| 13 | He told John Colville , one of the junior private secretaries he inherited from Churchill , ‘ that in his most optimistic dreams he had reckoned that there might , with luck , be a Conservative majority of only some forty seats ’ . |
| 14 | However , as Lennie ( 1980 ) points out , that does not mean that these cells respond more rapidly to visual stimuli than the other classes , since the latency of response to visual input is determined largely by events in the retina At low spatial frequencies they are linear but as the spatial frequency is increased non-linear properties emerge . |
| 15 | In his speech , the Minister referred to the Corporation 's ‘ year of fulfilment ’ and included the TBC 's activities in his review of Information Services as a whole , pointing to their ‘ valuable work … in the publicising and classifying of the momentous political changes which have taken place ’ . |
| 16 | The species involved are characteristically tall perennial monocots which tend to form pure stands on the edge of water bodies . |
| 17 | A major step forward , he said , was the introduction of cellular working systems which involves groups of five people taking responsibility for two production lines . |
| 18 | It was not only industry that gave advanced European nations their character , but the way in which industrialisation took place , developing the growth of capitalist social relations . |
| 19 | fifty eight roles he 'd done earlier on in his career and he wanted to sort of you know , have a go at everything |
| 20 | As a result of the Ombudsman 's vigorous and admirably speedy deliberations , the hapless 18,000 investors who put their faith in the DTI imprimatur will be fully compensated and the integrity of the UK 's investment apparatus has been preserved . |
| 21 | In the majority of cases the plays did not formally raise specific political concerns which would warrant such close regulation . |
| 22 | In addition , however , there were specific political factors which Tilly suggests contributed significantly to success ; among them a continuous supply of political entrepreneurs , and strong coalitions between the central power and major segments of the landed elite . |
| 23 | any possible specific solvent-polymer interactions which might lead to orientation of the solvent molecules in the vicinity of the polymer chain are neglected i.e. polar solutions may be inadequately catered for by this theory ; |
| 24 | The disk is round covered with a dense coating of low hemispherical granules which extend on to the ventral interradial area ; disk diameter is 4 mm . |
| 25 | One immediate , short-term outcome of the disproportionate distribution of political support is that political parties which propose radical , particularly left-wing , change will find it increasingly difficult to argue their case in public . |
| 26 | The doomed one was fragile and childlike between the tall stoic guards who led her to her fate . |
| 27 | Loyalist extremist groups which planted bombs , on the other hand , often gave no warning . |
| 28 | Sharir had served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1988 , and according to Israeli political commentators he nursed a grudge against Shamir for not including him in his last Cabinet . |
| 29 | Badr had also frequently criticized the mainstream Moslem Brotherhood in addition to attacking Islamic extremist groups which advocated violence . |
| 30 | Kayreddin Hasib , a Jordanian-based Sunni dissident who attended the conference , was described by the Middle East Economic Digest of April 5 as a " potentially significant figure " and " one of the few possible political leaders who could win support in the Iraqi Sunni heartlands " . |