Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these deposits are interpreted as having originated in areas of extensive hydrothermal activity that were remobilised during the Quaternary following local volcanic and/or earthquake activity . |
| 2 | This does not imply , and should not be taken to mean , that everything being practised as multicultural and/or antiracist education in schools is worthless . |
| 3 | Frequently , however , items that now have low and/or back vowels , are given with [ Ε ] : these include rether for ‘ rather ’ ( a rural Scots residue ) , e for a in single nasal environments in polysyllables such as exemine , Jenuary and in nasal cluster environments such as demsel , exemple , Entrim ( 'Antrim' ) , slent , bendy ( 'bandy' ) , brench . |
| 4 | There was no inherent or common-law jurisdiction in a magistrates ' court to order rehearing of a case which had already been decided ( R. v. Campbell , ex. p . |
| 5 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 6 | The fact that the form of the polite or V pronoun is often borrowed from the second person plural , or third person singular or plural , pronouns , introduces considerable complexities into agreement systems ( Comrie , 1975 ; Corbett , 1976 ; Levinson , 1979b ) . |
| 7 | Church schools which have chosen to transfer to the education authority , rather than be independent , become public schools ( the term used in Scotland for maintained or state schools ) , although they can make separate arrangements for denominational instruction . |
| 8 | Having plucked up the courage , he or she will find perhaps in the next room a course in Spanish or computer studies . |
| 9 | As with any border , plants with evergreen or evergrey leaves make it more interesting in winter , so consider this backbone first , and include such plants as sweet bay , southernwood and rosemary . |
| 10 | A " national charter " published by the Democratic Bloc on May 26 listed among its demands fundamental constitutional reform to allow the installation of a " healthy democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy " , economic measures to tackle problems such as unemployment , judicial and administrative controls to guarantee transparency in elections , followed by " the formation of a government that is representative of the popular majority " , and freedom for all those detained for " political or trade-union activity " . |
| 11 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
| 12 | This is not a political or class matter . |
| 13 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
| 14 | Now did he have any er political or trade union affiliations ? |
| 15 | Compaore on Jan. 9 ordered the rehabilitation of over 4,000 people who had been punished for their political or trades union activities since 1983 , when Capt. Thomas Sankara took power . |
| 16 | Advice was given by Mr Fallon on how best to proceed to cater for increased demand for places at both St Bede 's and St Augustine 's schools , but it was not followed presumably for political or administration reasons . |
| 17 | Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) . |
| 18 | Words of condemnation from our political or security leaders will not solve anything , but they will reassure the public that someone , somewhere is concerned about the attacks on them . |
| 19 | Words of condemnation from our political or security leaders will not solve anything , but they will reassure the public that someone , somewhere is concerned about the attacks on them . |
| 20 | The government is reviewing the cases of about 60 people sentenced for political or security offences to see if they might qualify for pardon . |
| 21 | According to a government report published on Aug. 9 , cases of espionage in Switzerland involving agents from Eastern Europe continued to increase ; 65 of the 91 cases recorded from 1980 to 1988 involved these countries , most of which desired technological rather than political or security information , and over the same period 17 of the 24 diplomats and officials expelled were from Eastern Europe . |
| 22 | As potential jurors or witnesses , voters or representatives of political or interest groups , they will need to know how to judge or present a spoken case , how to recognise emotive language and arguments that are specious or selective , and how to marshall facts with clarity and precision . |
| 23 | Some democratic elite theorists have argued that a much wider group of elected political leaders play political or policy direction roles than the power elite conception implies . |
| 24 | Political or policy crises are periods of intensive activity , when major decisions have to be made in conditions of acute uncertainty , under pressing deadlines , and where the potential consequences of making the ‘ wrong ’ decision are very threatening . |
| 25 | Accelerated promotion in an East Indiaman was only to be obtained through political or family interest , such as that exerted by the Earl of Findlater upon James Oswald of Dunnikier . |
| 26 | The study of social policy has been particularly conspicuous for the specific political or value commitments of those who write about it . |
| 27 | Third , an historical analysis also serves to illustrate how a narrow section of the press — the political or quality press — has had a continuing fascination with , and attraction to , the centres of legitimate political power and those who exercise it ; moreover , the relationship between the triumvirate of politicians , proprietors and editors — namely , those who exercise political power and those who seek to bask in the afterglow of the exercise of that power — was never fixed . |
| 28 | These presentations are referred to as pseudoisochromatic or confusion plates and set a task in which the normal eye can discriminate figures composed of coloured dots , whilst the eye with abnormal colour vision can not do so . |
| 29 | Second , a unique situation , with a unique typed or manuscript contract would be outside the provision . |
| 30 | Interaction with other Art and Design degree programmes in the Faculty is encouraged , and students may select a broad or specialist route . |