Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her monograph , The Metabolism of Fat , published in 1943 as the first of Methuen 's monographs in biochemistry , summarized her views on the field , in which she was by then a recognized authority . |
| 2 | Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running . |
| 3 | Rather than speaking of the seeds of ideological doubt sown in Nizan 's mind , it is more appropriate to envisage 1934 as a necessary stage in Nizan 's deepening awareness of social reality ; the gradual abandonment , in other words , of a stylised and exaggerated picture of reality , and a progressive movement towards a recognition of the unpredictability and complexity of the social world . |
| 4 | Edward Stanley Baker , who died at Great Dunmow , Essex on March 15 at the age of 81 , played 32 matches for Worcestershire in 1933 and 1934 as an amateur wicket-keeper with 40 victims . |
| 5 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 6 | It was built around 1590 for a younger son of the Earl of Shaftesbury , whose family had owned the manor of Restrop for three hundred years , The coat of arms of the Ashley-Coopers ( the Shaftesbury family name ) is over the door , and it is very unlikely that such a very fine house , with its particularly beautiful roofs over the projecting bays , would have been built for a tenant farmer . |
| 7 | Hussein was treated in hospital in Amman on June 11-13 for an irregular heartbeat . |
| 8 | Interest will be charged at the rate of 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 9 | We would levy the charge at 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 10 | But it is far more worthwhile than being polite about an old alliance , and equipping it with new ‘ pillars ’ that crumble when the next unexpected bugle sounds . |
| 11 | ‘ Excuse me , please , ’ she said politely , but there was nothing polite about the angry , scornful glitter in her grey eyes . |
| 12 | Several quote 70 as the upper age limit for voluntary and statutory committees and the like . |
| 13 | Ian Woosnam fired a two-under-par 70 as the rain-hit Malaysian Open got underway in Kuala Lumpur yesterday . |
| 14 | Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga ( 76 ) and Hashan Tillakaratne ( 43 ) then steadied the ship , adding 92 for the fifth wicket . |
| 15 | Applied to problem P1 of Section 8.2 , it gives x 2 l = 7 , x 4 l = 1 , x 43 = 3 , x 45 = 1 and x 46 = 4 , which has a cost of 67 compared with 92 for the initial BFS given in that section . |
| 16 | A miner 's resting heart rate can be between 40 and 60 beats a minute , compared with about 70 for a typical male . |
| 17 | Beck had a final round of 70 for a 12-under par total of 276 , but it was a tight finish , particularly when he bunkered his second shot behind the 18th green . |
| 18 | The demand for places continued to grow : in 1952 there were 200 applicants for the 29 Senior places , 55 for the 10 in the Junior School ; in the following year 310 for 44 Senior places ( every so often , three forms were admitted instead of the usual two ) , 70 for the 10 Junior . |
| 19 | NICK FALDO was scotched on the rocks but toasted a scintillating 70 for the halfway lead in the £1.8 million Johnnie Walker World Championship here yesterday . |
| 20 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 21 | Thankfully she made a quick and full recovery , and was outstanding for the Irish Under-21s at last month 's Home Countries Championships . |
| 22 | The inclusion of the retired as a separate group added a socio-demographic element to the typology and , although the classification was two-dimensional , the two axes were not considered to be independent . |
| 23 | Finally , in the Western Hemisphere region where , among developing regions , infant mortality is lowest , the pattern resembles that observed lately in low infant mortality , developed countries , i.e. , the chances of surviving infancy are greatest for the first births and the relationship tends to be linear . |
| 24 | As might be expected the agreement was greatest for the unambiguous cases of severe dementia and diminished as the diagnosis became less clear cut . |
| 25 | Doctors will often differ as to cause , particularly since ‘ died of old age ’ is not a permitted entry ; the unreliability is therefore greatest for the oldest age groups . |
| 26 | TWO British actresses , Elizabeth Hurley and Lysette Anthony , have been short-listed for the leading female role in Gone With The Wind II : Scarlett . |
| 27 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 28 | But he insisted that they were due for a cold meal yesterday . |
| 29 | His best friend was due for a bad let-down , and it was he who would have to spell it out for him . |
| 30 | He 's due for a trim but it 's a bit cold really . |