Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A possible weakness is that information for both birth weight and length of pregnancy was obtained by parental recall . |
| 2 | The most widely used technique is cost-effectiveness analysis , where the costs are measured in money terms and the improvements in health assessed in the most convenient natural units , such as ‘ years of life gained ’ or ‘ disability days avoided ’ . |
| 3 | Rural collectivism is one theme , but the continuity of subordinate loyalty may also be explained by the divergent style of Japanese Confucianism . |
| 4 | That money is pure commission , Nick , a mere ten per cent of the value of the cocaine that was stored on their island while it awaited transportation to the good old US of A ; and neither you , nor I , nor even the dickheads in the Drug Enforcement Administration will ever know just how much money was not put in the bank , but stored in paper bags under the bed . ’ |
| 5 | Whether that money is weekly pocket money , monthly wages , or the retailer 's annual income , it is essential to plan how it will be spent — otherwise the result could be disaster ! |
| 6 | Erm right so because trade in er trade in agricultural goods has fallen , one one of the reason for that is because there 's been a lot protectionism on er agricultural goods the other side of that coin is that protectionism in manufactured goods has has fallen okay . |
| 7 | The courts will also refuse to enforce a decision if that decision is unclear Hopcraft v Hickman ( 1824 ) 2 Sim & St 130 or inconclusive : see 13.7.7 below . |
| 8 | The normal level is two ppm . |
| 9 | A present broad hypothesis is that policy making networks in the UK are more fragmented than in Germany which has led to the development of inconsistent policies , which have not always been effectively implemented . |
| 10 | With American stocks this week again confronting the record books and confounding the experts , the S&P 500 index is 2.5 times as high as in 1980 . |
| 11 | all that Tippex Is this Tippex ? |
| 12 | The transactions-plus-precautionary demand for narrow money is more interest elastic than for broad money . |
| 13 | The demand for narrow money is less interest elastic than the demand for broad money . |
| 14 | A lot of that sarcasm is just bravado , and if I can put up with his teasing , ca n't you ? |
| 15 | In neither case is any complaint made as to the way in which the hearing was conducted , as to the finding that the appellant was in contempt of court or as to the severity of the sentence . |
| 16 | The time limit for an application for interim payment is any time after the plaintiff has served his writ and the time for acknowledgement of service has expired . |
| 17 | In sum , a working hypothesis is that powerlessness , or ‘ lack of control over destiny ’ , produces a susceptibility to ill-health for people who live in chronically marginalized and demanding situations . |
| 18 | Using a shampoo specially formulated for permed hair is one way to combat the damage caused . |
| 19 | Again the penalty in each case is one stroke . |
| 20 | The BOA 's humiliating decision is poor reward for their outstanding achievements and something , I believe , few of us wish to be associated with . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the only easily quantifiable measure is new membership of the library but this is inadequate and inappropriate when the present wider range of services go beyond lending services and into the provision of various information services which do not necessarily require membership of the public library . |
| 22 | It is true , of course , that self-government is one answer to the problem of government ( who governs ? ) , but it is not simply or solely that . |
| 23 | A form of activity which clearly comes under the heading of subtle and covert resistance is industrial sabotage . |
| 24 | As the title suggests , the emphasis of each piece is song-like melody , and the nature of the music is predominantly lyrical . |
| 25 | That ingredient is hereditary variation , or something equivalent to it . |
| 26 | The conclusion was that ‘ children display a good deal of social learning of an incidental imitative sort , and that nurturance is one condition facilitating such imitative learning ’ . |
| 27 | All that talk is just alarmist rubbish . ’ |
| 28 | Because while various reference books provide various definitions of the word , they all agree that research is hard work , which extends the boundaries of knowledge . |
| 29 | Today that figure is nearer 42% , the rest obtained competitively from research grants or from student fees |
| 30 | It is known that SCAMP cost £3 million but no one will say what percentage of that figure is public money . |