Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , the literature on the professions per se provides a useful entrée into this type of education , because it identifies some of the main themes which characterize not only those professions but preparation for them : the existence of a body of specialized knowledge and expertise ; the influence of professional norms and ethics ; the autonomy and responsibility of the professional ; the relationships with colleagues , clients and the state .
2 Plasma cAMP and cGMP values , nephrogenous cAMP , and total cAMP and cGMP urinary excretion were significantly higher in patients who had not been treated than in normal subjects ( Table III ) .
3 This gives guidance for IFAC member bodies on ways to ensure that their members have an adequate continuing understanding of professional values and ethics , so that they can operate effectively and with integrity in a constantly changing environment .
4 Parts and components account for a growing share of Japan 's exports ; 28% of total exports and 36% of machinery exports in 1992 compared with 19% and 28% respectively in 1981 .
5 Mature , accurate news and comment focused largely on developments in DVI and DVI-related technologies and media .
6 She said she had disapproved of their reliance on French rather than Iranian products and people .
7 The third and most important reason is that by virtue of its ownership of an almost infinite variety of coasts , countryside , woods and waterways , gardens , historic houses and works of art , it can make a unique contribution to public and professional debate , and to environmental education .
8 Genlock enables the computer to handle rapid picture switching and can overlay computer-generated text and graphics by ‘ cutting into ’ the analogue picture from the videodisc .
9 Furthermore , those rules are based on general principles which apply to all armed conflicts and means of warfare .
10 ‘ The liaison has been with all of the functional groups within the computer centre : analysis and programming , operations , user services , communications and technical support and data preparation .
11 Michael Mashelle , regional agriculture and livestock development officer , says that although his department knows about the giant cassava , it has no funds for research .
12 Key resources are technical personnel and aircraft spare parts which account for the largest share of the maintenance budget .
13 The voice on the telephone had informed the police the butcher was in the habit of buying stolen sheep and fowl .
14 From the mid-1970s onwards greater reliance was placed on control of broad money and sales of gilts replaced the need for the government to finance its borrowing requirement through the issue of Treasury bills .
15 At a time when it was urgently necessary to keep our goods attractively priced for export , taxes amounting to 83% of earned income and 98% of unearned income was levied .
16 It is certainly true that states have in the past used methods and means of warfare not outlawed by any specific prohibition although running counter to general principles , and they have sought to justify this by reference either to the principle of reprisal or that of military effectiveness .
17 Most charges of seditious words occurred during times of Jacobite scares and tended to be levied at those groups suspected of Jacobite sympathy : Roman Catholics , the Irish , Nonjurors , and the high-flying clergy and gentry .
18 The fees were set at £6 for the Junior Department and £10 for the Senior ; and there was to be no age differentiation in future .
19 90% of the investment is put into NPI funds and 10% into a unit trust ( choice from panel if monthly premium , choice by adviser if annual premium ) .
20 The snails are proving best sellers … especially when cooked with rich sauces and frozen.And while British production is rising to meet demand , in France they 're facing a snail shortage .
21 Listen to this : ‘ equals of opposites , evolved by a one-same power of nature or spirit , as the sole condition and means of … means of … ’ ’
22 Staring at him coldly , Laura completed the quotation : ‘ as the sole condition and means of its himundher manifestation and polarized for reunion by the symphysis of their antipathies . ’
23 The US subsidiary , which contributed 43% of total turnover and 60% of operating profit , had continued to perform well in a competitive market , Mr Haynes said .
24 Their first objective would be to capture quick-firing 20mm and 40mm guns around these positions : secondly , they would hold perimeter bridges leading to the south and west sides of the submarine basin and the dry-dock while others gave close protection to the demolition parties .
25 The warning came at the opening of the European pig and poultry fair at the National Agricultural Centre .
26 The families of the nobility have always fascinated the visiting public more than their historic homes and works of art .
27 It is , therefore , perhaps not surprising to see that many of the evaluation studies described in the library literature give accounts of the evaluation of specific methods and media which have been used in library instruction rather than evaluation of programmes of instruction .
28 Both types of devices are commonly applied in catalogues , indexes to books and periodicals , bibliographies , current awareness bulletins , selective dissemination of information , computerized databases and data banks , abstracting and indexing services , encyclopaedias , dictionaries and directories .
29 Both natural language indexing , and , to a lesser extent , free language indexing are used extensively in producing both printed indexes and in gaining access to computerized databases and data banks .
30 The smaller seedlings of fibrous rooted begonias and lobelia can be moved in small groups of three or four , instead of individually .
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