Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Liberals , like the Lib Dems today , sensed the possibility of a narrow majority and were , in the words of their leader , Jeremy Thorpe , ‘ unashamedly committed to breaking the two-party system ’ . |
| 32 | The ‘ and Scottish ’ bit is an obvious reference to Elgin and I am glad to note the confirmation of the stolen loot as being the property of Greece . |
| 33 | Further basinwards , the aprons pass into thin , laminated , organic-rich muds that were deposited in a basin plain environment ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 34 | He later said it was " a cruel blow that was imprinted indelibly on my mind " . |
| 35 | Licentiate by experience are deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Professional Certificate and are eligible to enrol on the Diploma Programme . |
| 36 | The Lower Fourth numbered eighteen ten- and eleven-year-olds , sagging over their desks in assorted attitudes that were meant to indicate intense attention , dreadful weariness , shrewd insight or rapt admiration . |
| 37 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 38 | It suggested that if a firm had low debts and was paying a lot of corporate tax its managers were actually being incompetent : while proudly keeping their credit ratings high , they were handing their shareholders ' money to the taxman . |
| 39 | The offence extends to oral misdescription and is not necessarily confined to a contractual relationship with the customer ( Fletcher v Sledmore [ 1973 ] RTR 371 ) . |
| 40 | Pardo , the first civilian to hold the post for 35 years , stated that his appointment implied " a political handling and responsibility in the Defence Ministry " and was the result of " an important political change that is made evident in the new constitution " . |
| 41 | There were times when her preoccupation with ‘ basket power ’ , with the sovereignty of the consumer seemed part of a conception of political change that was both reformist and restricted , not least because it failed to challenge domestic discourses of women 's roles ; but such attention has to be seen in the context of a commitment to conceptions of political radicalisation based on personal development . |
| 42 | Use a tinted moisturiser , or a moisturised base that is softly glowing , but do not use anything too different from your natural skintone or it will look unnatural . |
| 43 | This comes in dried and liquid forms and is basically reduced-fat cow 's milk with added vitamin D and iron — the two essentials missing from full cow 's milk . |
| 44 | is our SW regional buyer and is a school teacher . |
| 45 | The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) . |
| 46 | Was it I mean when the actual decision was made to ge to get rid of that property that was there prior to the flats , was that a controversial decision or was it welcomed by local people who ? |
| 47 | There could have been a similar reaction to the prospect of a Wilson administration and especially with the kind of rough-neck covert operations that were in progress in Ulster . |
| 48 | Ditto with the sweet-smelling powder that is shrugged out by his obscurely culpable flesh … |
| 49 | Since eventually the speaker must produce one or other of these approximately interchangeable sentences , the next procedure must be to operate upon the functional-level representation in such a way as to decide upon the details of the specific sentence that is to be produced — to commit oneself , for example , to a passive or an active sentence . |
| 50 | Lavender oil for instance is relaxing and antiseptic and will help heal spots , whilst neroli obtained from orange blossom works well on dry skin and is said to be an anti-depressant too . |
| 51 | Eight miles away you can visit the magnificent Arundel Castle , which originated in Norman times and was rebuilt by the Duke of Norfolk in the 1870s . |
| 52 | It was er The village centre is about the same as it was when I was a boy , more busier of course , all the private houses that were on the front , you know , Street ? |
| 53 | He is the kind of snobby arsehole that is not needed at gigs . |
| 54 | He is the kind of snobby arsehole that is not needed at gigs . |
| 55 | The Thing made the little clicking noise that was its equivalent of clearing its throat . |
| 56 | It needs to be emphasised that in marking intonation , only stressed syllables are marked ; this implies that intonation is carried entirely by the stressed syllables of a tone-unit and that the pitch of unstressed syllables is either predictable from that of stressed syllables or is of so little importance that it is not worth marking . |
| 57 | One of the main jobs of the unit is to advise branch managers about technical projects that are worth backing . |
| 58 | It should be noted further that these decisions affect not only the physical character of an area , including its infrastructure requirements and the condition of the local environment , but also the range and type of other economic activities that are carried on there . |
| 59 | They had time for their economic activities and were free to choose the form of payment for their other work . |
| 60 | In Britain Wilson 's Labour Government sustained a half-hearted support for the war , and economic policies that were enough to drive Labour 's constituency amongst the young working-class socialists and student radicals out of the Party . |