Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well I am partial to a bit of Severn salmon , ’ Bert continued , ‘ if you promise me that next half tidy salmon that comes your way , you can have the bike for a hundred and fifty . |
| 2 | So the P300 is thought to be associated with the completion of stimulus identification and classification in preparation for a cognitive or motor response . |
| 3 | It could be quite a useful preparation for a nervous or beginner skier as it relates the feeling of skiing to everyday activities , eg riding a bicycle and driving a car . |
| 4 | Once the plunge had been taken to call upon outside expertise for a temporary and specific problem , employing outside expertise on a regular basis was not such a great mental jump . |
| 5 | Visual illusions are an excellent illustration , in fact , of the division between a specialized and autonomous mechanism for seeing and the cognitive system which determines whether we should believe what we see , as Helmholtz pointed out over a century ago . |
| 6 | Overall , the study of visionary leadership and strategic vision offers the opportunity for a rewarding and revitalizing interchange between the fields of leadership studies and strategic management . |
| 7 | Online catalogue systems at present do not offer any opportunity for a contextual or open approach to searching . |
| 8 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 9 | Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single and up to £140 for a de luxe double . |
| 10 | When issuing the FBL , the FIATA freight forwarder acts as a carrier in that he concludes a contract for a combined or multi-modal transport with the shipper , and contracts or sub-contracts for the carriage with one or more carriers . |
| 11 | The circumstantial case for a related but lost version in French being the ancestor of Chaucer 's tale is , however , more persuasive . |
| 12 | A major issue in the decision between a generative and a probabilistic system is the robustness of the system . |
| 13 | There is no provision for a regional or provincial level of local government . |
| 14 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 15 | More and more departments using RBL as a method of instruction may see personal or group projects as a valid and worthwhile means of extension study on a personal level . |
| 16 | The Project provides a focus and catalyst for a large and continuously growing network of working groups whose emphasis is always on the development of professionalism and improved practice . |
| 17 | Overseeing the whole process would be a Scottish Deer Commission , replacing the RDC as a credible and contemporary wildlife management agency , with wide responsibilities , adequate resources and meaningful powers . |
| 18 | With his great experience of Scotland and his wide reading , Hamish is able to bring together many disciplines for a detailed and interlinked account of the districts he passes through . |
| 19 | We on this side of the House will continue to propose and to support policies which give practical effect to the hope for a new and durable world order of peace , liberty , and prosperity which was expressed again at the United Nations last week . |
| 20 | That 's what I said , to do that and hope for a three or a six or another five or a king . |
| 21 | We remember the Spiros as a warm and loving family . ’ |
| 22 | A former miner , Joe was presented with a cheque together with good wishes for a long and happy retirement . |
| 23 | Our wishes for a strong and interventionist Nato will be strengthened in this difficult period after the demise of the Warsaw pact . |
| 24 | Think of your hair as a delicate and expensive yarn that needs to be pampered , rather like a luxurious cashmere sweater , and you 'll be on the right track ! |
| 25 | Despite the political rhetoric of the modern welfare state , which has created popular images to the contrary , the reality is that the basic state retirement pension continues to provide an income between a third and a half of average earnings . |
| 26 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 27 | In 1980 the Academic , College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Board of Directors in the USA approved funding for a two and a half year project to provide information concerning academic librarianship to organizations and individuals involved with higher education through the development of channels of communication with professional and higher education associations . |
| 28 | Some women would want to link this with the consolidation of black consciousness and with the reclassification of lesbianism as a political and sexual choice rather than a congenital affliction . |
| 29 | Macbeth ran at the Shield for a hundred and fifty nights , the longest record in the play 's history . |
| 30 | The Archbishop of York , John Habgood , described the preface as a sour and vindictive outburst from a disappointed cleric . |