Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan is due to go before a public enquiry next summer . |
| 2 | A plant of noble proportions producing numerous stems each consisting of a large shiny green leaf and a leafy bract from which a spike of soft blue flowers emerges . |
| 3 | On the basis of these standards , SCOTVEC is creating a new series of awards in training and assessing , each consisting of a single unit . |
| 4 | Attempts to identify a murine homologue of LFA-3 led to the unexpected finding that mouse CD2 interacts with a different molecule , BCM1 ( CD48 ) 49 . |
| 5 | For example , the tin-glazed pottery made in Europe from the Renaissance onwards was produced in many styles : that made in the Low Countries ( known as Delftware ) is of a specific range and type which varies from one production centre to another and is different again from the maiolica of Italy and the lustreware of Spain . |
| 6 | Witnesses were warned that if they gave false evidence they would suffer the same verdict as that given to the accused ( Mark 14:56–7 ; Matt. |
| 7 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 8 | Even so , the advice is similar in principle to that given for a westward flight . |
| 9 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |
| 10 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 11 | So you have a very particular view of the constitution , that given by the founding fathers and one which is still in force some seventy eighty years later as America headed towards its most momentous and divisive crisis in its history . |
| 12 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 13 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 14 | This results in a common word like " History " being assigned a weight which is very low compared with that assigned to a rare word such as " swords " . |
| 15 | The new sales division is headed by Paul Hutchinson as director of sales ( David Marten is due to retire in the near future ) and John Mohin has been appointed sales manager , responsible for UK sales operations , assisted by Diane Best and Michael Trotter as regional sales managers . |
| 16 | Tennant succeeds Lord Carrington who is due to retire after a five-year term as Chairman of Christie 's International next May . |
| 17 | This year 's donations were the largest given in a single year . |
| 18 | I think that to go to a full service that is actually what 's moving , go back again is actually just confusing the people . |
| 19 | While Max Warren is right to caution against an obsessive preoccupation with numbers , I believe that he overstates the case when he is so dismissive of all quantity measurement . |
| 20 | Although the excavations are not yet wholly complete , many hectares of the town have now been revealed to the light of day , and it is now possible to stroll along the abandoned streets once more with the remains of shops , houses and villas on either side . |
| 21 | However , with British Council assistance it has been possible to arrange for a Romanian student to successfully complete a conservations course at Cambridge . |
| 22 | The 21-year-old sprinter , who failed a pre-Games drugs test in July , is due to appeal to an independent tribunal within the next few weeks against his four-year ban imposed by the British Athletic Federation . |
| 23 | I am sorry that the Minister has not found it possible to agree with the reasonable amendment . |
| 24 | Then , once the owner realizes that the building is of value , it may be possible to agree on a constructive course of action . |
| 25 | The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum , based on a set of headings or topics , which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines ( e.g. typographers , computer scientists ) . |
| 26 | It was still perfectly possible to remain on the international cocktail circuit . |
| 27 | The 70 men , employees of the Penrod Drilling Company , were safely transferred from the Penrod 92 rig to the nearby Britoil Loggs platform by helicopter , Conoco said . |
| 28 | He confirms the analysis of western society given in Chapter 2 : " The problem for most RE teachers is … that the minds of the pupils are tightly closed against the possibility that reality might plausibly be seen in any other way than that transmitted via the dominant culture . " |
| 29 | The store will be quite separate from that planned by the Central Electricity Generating Board to house spent nuclear fuel before it is reprocessed . |
| 30 | on the one hand to provide a platform for asserting labor 's right to contend on an equal footing with capital but , on the other hand , to limit the very capacity to engage in militant confrontation . |