Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd woken up the next morning at Aisha 's place , not convinced that I was really in London : her flat was like any flat at home with the same smell , the same coloured ottomans and rugs , the same pictures on the walls , the brass tray in the middle of the room , and the loud shrieks and wails of her two children puncturing the air . |
| 2 | Persistent microalbuminuria — that is , urinary albumin excretion between normal values and values giving positive results with test strips — predicts diabetic nephropathy and is an early sign of kidney disease . |
| 3 | Activities included developing economic strategies and initiatives ; providing business support services ; improving the environment and removing barriers to economic development . |
| 4 | Only because of Labour proposals and actions have schools managed to deal as well as they have with L M S. Congratulations , I say , go to the Labour Group . |
| 5 | It had n't been his fault that Bill Morgan , the vehicle examiner , had chosen to come in open-necked shirt and corduroys ; neither he nor Dom had cared a damn what their guests chose to wear . |
| 6 | Wearing a blue blazer , a white open-necked shirt and jeans , Newall listened intently as his lawyer battled to stop him being sent for trial in Britain . |
| 7 | Blufton had carefully manicured his image as a man of the people over the past couple of years , the sergeant went on , preferring to give interviews in an open-necked shirt and jeans — both with designer labels — rather than wear a suit . |
| 8 | Hence they are traditionally identified as the combined houses and workshops of resident craftsmen . |
| 9 | The Comoros presidential guard yesterday used teargas and clubs to disperse about 1,000 student protesters demanding that the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men go home . |
| 10 | The Comoros presidential guard yesterday used teargas and clubs to disperse about 1,000 student protesters demanding that the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men go home . |
| 11 | ‘ I daresay you will , ’ said Nerina , waving cheerfully to the group of smiling students , brightly wrapped in woolly hats and scarves , who now approached her . |
| 12 | The agenda for these meetings will be issued in due course and members are asked to retain their copy of the Draft Structure Plan to take to these meetings , as appropriate . |
| 13 | Even the popular teenager who rebels against parental values and goals is likely to return to them by the age of thirty or so . |
| 14 | Consideration of parental views and feelings , the need for a mutual relationship and negotiation , the sharing of information are all given low priority . |
| 15 | Coun Suzanne Fletcher , prospective Social and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Stockton North , is pressing the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce VAT on environmentally friendly products and products made from recycled materials . |
| 16 | Over the years , however , the tribes have become increasingly marginalised and their rich cultures and traditions have barely survived . |
| 17 | IDENTIFY RECEPTIVE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS |
| 18 | The most frequently perceived losses or problems are : 1 GP fundholding ; 2 The greater administrative complexity and costs associated with contracting ; 3 The effects of rapid timescales ( stress , information uncertainty ) ; 4 Some commercialisation of values ; 5 Uncertainties surrounding future restructuring and the intense politicisation of the NHS . |
| 19 | Secondly , the cases provided a kind of window into the prevailing rules and routines used by the executives . |
| 20 | Does this mean that the undergraduate curriculum essentially transmits professional norms and values , related to ideas such as expertise , autonomy , collegiality , service , and so on ? |
| 21 | Other contributions to continuity will be the existence of professional norms and values that persist over time ; the need to be responsible and accountable to Parliament ; and the constraints placed upon radical change by legal requirements . |
| 22 | An accompanying catalogue — designed by the artist — contains new essays by Rosalind Kraus and David Batchelor , together with a number of previously unpublished illustrations and texts . |
| 23 | ‘ Stateless societies ’ have existed , in which political conflicts and decisions are bound up with kinship relations , or with religious conceptions and rituals , and all or most adult members of society may participate in these activities , without any specialized group of people being able to claim a particular responsibility for carrying them on . |
| 24 | At the beginning of this chapter I noted how the distinctions made between political systems often emerged from current political conflicts and preoccupations , and this feature is very much in evidence in the political sociology of recent decades . |
| 25 | Briefings have been developed exclusively for senior management ultimately responsible for the design , development , marketing and selling of IT-based products and systems . |
| 26 | It would be better to admit that these murderous wishes and impulses exist than to deny them , and feel guilt-laden as a result of not allowing ourselves to see them for what they are . |
| 27 | And the right board and sails . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the walking routes would need positive environmental treatment to encourage a pedestrian ambience , such as tree-planting , provision of green areas and small-scale signs and lights . |
| 29 | Their behaviour in Brazil was , however , complicated by the monetary authorities and policies of their home government — primarily , that of the United States since it was US banks who had taken the lead and were therefore the most exposed ( Frieden , 1987 ; Nunnenkamp , 1986 ) . |
| 30 | Nice rich reds and browns in the colour , it has only one drawback in the shape of some sharp edges which may cut you or your fish . |