Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is right that we should consider tonight the question how we enhance the democracy , responsibility and accountability of the European institutions and of our own Ministers to the national Parliament . |
| 2 | To his right were stacked stationery and pens , jigsaws , and wool , needles , scissors and assorted oddments and to his left sweets and bottles of pop . |
| 3 | These techniques often have rather arcane titles but in their simple forms , they boil down to physical restraint . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend is wise and experienced , both at a European level and in her constituency . |
| 5 | You get the interest by inviting good speakers to talk on the right subjects and by your format variety and , wherever possible , the right kind of sparkle . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom pointed out that , by letter of 1 March 1983 , it informed the Commission of the problem created by the registration of Spanish vessels and of its intentions in that regard and asked it to put forward measures which would enable the problem to be resolved . |
| 7 | Otters are very shy animals and for their peace of mind require an undisturbed stretch of riverbank , preferably several miles in length . |
| 8 | Another study found that poorly differentiated solid carcinomas showed only weak staining and in our small sample a poorly differentiated tumour would significantly decrease the apparent sensitivity . |
| 9 | I was taking Venturous alongside the jetty arm at Lowestoft on day to await the road bridge opening when Marty Stone , our second engineer , poised on the gunwale for a jump ashore to take the ropes , slipped on the wet rail and to my horror disappeared over the bow . |
| 10 | In too many instances a player 's schedule is determined just as much by the need to honour commercial contracts or by their agents , as by what is best for him or her . |
| 11 | The Minister of State must make the Minister aware of the state of Scottish agriculture and of its importance to the Scottish economy . |
| 12 | Wycliffe was impressed by her seemingly transparent honesty and by her spontaneity that had something refreshingly youthful about it . |
| 13 | Such thoughts do not immediately exercise the minds of farmers , but they are becoming concerned by the rises in the price of fertilizer and other oil-based inputs and by their own powerlessness in the face of ‘ agribusiness ’ corporations , which was referred to in Chapter 3 . |
| 14 | I rang the Daily Express and to my great delight was told that Max was in the Bahamas . |
| 15 | Pevsner says it is like an overgrown bungalow and with its generous lawns breaks up the texture of the old High Street and the adjacent 18th century Magnolia House . |
| 16 | The conformism might have arisen for quite different reasons and among its other consequences happened incidentally to amplify the beneficial effects of the inhibitions . |
| 17 | Gradually her eyes became accustomed to the dim light and to her surroundings . |
| 18 | Did the trade union movement really fail to grasp that the two pre-conditions were : first , that its sense of responsibility must be seen not to be limited to a commitment in the shorter term to contribute to recovery from immediate crisis , but to extend , at the expense of short-run advantage , to the longer term commitment , to the revival of British industry and to its successful competition in world markets ; and secondly , that a Labour Government would have to preside over the management of the country 's affairs ? |
| 19 | Thus , in 1921 , Bukharin was developing his theory of equilibrium both in the theoretical aspects and in its application to current questions . |
| 20 | Playing to audiences of 20,000 or more in America , England , France , Austria and Italy at the end of last century , Annie could split playing cards in two with a .22 pistol , shoot glass balls out of the air from the back of a galloping horse or over her shoulder using a mirror for sighting . |
| 21 | The scene is Orwellian , too , not just in its suburban setting but in its prevailing emphasis on a pained sense of demeaning social inferiority and skimping poverty . |
| 22 | Their skin was as wrinkled and brown as an old football and on their heads were perched steel air-raid helmets . |
| 23 | The Indian painters lost contact with European developments and , according to Teresa Gisbert , ‘ sought inspiration both in the old styles and in their own tastes and traditions ’ , a mixture of ornamental stylisation with observation of the reality around them . |
| 24 | The God Siva , who represents in his higher aspect universal intelligence and in his lower aspect metamorphosis , renewal and re-generation , governs these principles relating to the creative and dissolutionary processes in nature , and that is why the God 's image is always depicted with the Cobra adorning his person . |
| 25 | The short answer to this submission is that at the outset the Board of Review , in stating the issue for their decision , addressed themselves to the wrong question and in their consideration of the facts failed to apply the principles of law stated by Atkin L.J . |
| 26 | He received a standing ovation for his comments on retribution from violent offenders , on his personal belief in the deterrent effect of capital punishment and for his promise that ‘ life imprisonment in the worst cases will mean life ’ . |
| 27 | Sitting at the table one evening next to Astrid 's mum , Peg , from Massachusetts , he opened up , as one sometimes can , to an interested stranger and spoke for hours about the old days and about his condition and his feelings . |
| 28 | When a tribe breaks apart the main portion will probably continue under the old leader or under his successor if the original boss has been slain . |
| 29 | Hans Baensch for being involved in the publication of one of the best general reference works on coldwater/tropical fish and for his lifetime 's work with fish |
| 30 | is an amazingly calm person and by her intuitive skills can bring peace to h to heated situations , an exceptionally useful gift when married to a politician . |