Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultra light and durable due to monocoque construction . |
| 2 | Basic slag is another by-product of industrial processes that has become scarce due to changed methods . |
| 3 | if money for investment is made payable to the firm , it should be returned to the client to be made payable to the correct third party or , if this is not possible due to extreme circumstances , the cheque should be endorsed and forwarded immediately to the third party |
| 4 | Every group has a limited amount of money available for arbitrage transactions ( possible due to self-imposed position limits ) . |
| 5 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 6 | One of our patients with H pylori negative DU associated with NSAIDs was achlorhydric due to pernicious anaemia indicating that NSAIDs can cause ulceration in the absence of both acid and H pylori . |
| 7 | This family is characterised externally by thickened skin covering the disk and arms which conceals the reduced or fragmented plates of scales ; rudimentary and inconspicuous radial shields ; the jaws usually as broad as long or longer than broad armed with simple spine-like or broad scale-like rugose papillae ; the second oral tentacle pore may arise within the mouth slit as in Ophiomyxa , or more superficially and nearly outside the mouth slip as in Ophioscolex and Ophiophrixus ; oral area usually covered with skin which may obscure the underlying plates ; the arm spines erect laterally placed , covered with thickened skin . |
| 8 | Sensation was tested by measuring threshold electrosensitivity of the anal mucosa by means of a bipolar constant current stimulator probe , lubricated with a solution of KY Jelly ( Johnson and Johnson , Ascot , Berks , UK ) and normal saline in equal quantities . |
| 9 | His eyes were Celanese , almond-shaped , liquid brown with tiny thread-veins , and fringed by black lashes that were almost feminine in their length . |
| 10 | The buccal cells were deposited by vacuum onto a membrane filter ( 5 µm pore size , Millipore Ltd ) and washed free of unbound bacteria with phosphate buffered saline . |
| 11 | House martins and swallows skimmed low after flying insects ; more pressurised parents with hungry youngsters to feed . |
| 12 | This conviction brought forth the rebuke from Michael Powell that Balcon was ‘ suburban ’ , but it was the sense of purpose Balcon gave to his employees that distinguished Gaumont-British from other local studios . |
| 13 | In some of the Derry shirt factories women had to quit their jobs when their husbands became unemployed due to low/inadequate wages . |
| 14 | Severity of disease as measured by symptom score was significantly higher in those who were unemployed due to ill health ( table III ) . |
| 15 | Rubber sole with cut-away heel . |
| 16 | Subsidised rates of interest are needed it is argued for times when interest rates are high due to monetary policy as in the 1990's , which might discourage start-ups and result in bankruptcies of small firms if loans are not available , and because rates charged by financial institutions are too high . |
| 17 | In Australia the thylacine , or marsupial " wolf " ( often called the Tasmanian wolf because it survived in Tasmania for a little longer than in mainland Australia ) , was tragically driven extinct within living memory , slaughtered in enormous numbers as a " pest " and for " sport " by humans ( there is a slight hope that it may still survive in remote parts of Tasmania , areas which themselves are now threatened with destruction in the interests of providing " employment " for humans ) . |
| 18 | Such people think that native Australian species are usually driven extinct by superior competitors or enemies introduced from the outside world , because the native species are ‘ older ’ , ‘ out of date ’ models , in the same position vis-d-vis invading species as a Jutland battleship contending with a nuclear submarine . |
| 19 | A thirty four between Botley and Hinksey Hill , you can expect delays southbound due to long term roadworks , and Banbury town centre , it 's the Michaelmas Street Fair until Saturday , and that means there are various road closures and some traffic being diverted . |
| 20 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 21 | I regard the privilege against self-incrimination exercisable in civil proceedings as an archaic and unjustifiable survival from the past when the court directs the production of relevant documents and requires the defendant to specify his dealings with the plaintiff 's property or money . |
| 22 | ‘ I regard the privilege against self-incrimination exercisable in civil proceedings as an archaic and unjustifiable survival from the past when the court directs the production of relevant documents and requires the defendant to specify his dealings with the plaintiff 's property or money . |
| 23 | In Eastern Europe Yugoslavia had long since broken free of Soviet domination and by the mid-1960s other countries , most notably Romania , were successfully showing independence in their foreign policy . |
| 24 | The base colour of the male is light brown with blue bands on the flanks . |
| 25 | Its colouration — light brown with dark brown/black irregular flecks and blotches , make it look like a piece of wood , hence its common name . |
| 26 | The Third Labour was the capture of the wild Keryneian Hind with golden antlers . |
| 27 | That means grimy super-realist lyrics rendered on the wild side in a predictably debauched drawl ; sparse , uneasy music pricked by the ghosts of previous drug mythologists Lou Reed , Nick Cave , Nico and The Jesus And Mary Chain ; and the mix of self-pity and ‘ you do n't know how hard it was ’ self-righteousness peculiar to cleaned-up addicts . |
| 28 | Are the British different from other Nations ? |
| 29 | Adult tawny brown , sometimes with pale head ; immature distinguished by white base of tail and white patch on spread wing . |
| 30 | The strength of a well made glued joint in good condition is not increased by nailing or screwing the joint in addition to the glue , On the other hand , all glues need to be tightly clamped while they set and the simplest way to do this is generally to assemble the wet joint with nails or screws ; having once done this , there is no particular benefit in taking the fastenings out afterwards . |