Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be , for example , that youngsters will pick up from this programme some hint of the rich variety of occupations all of which are often hidden under the umbrella heading of science . |
| 2 | It is a task of unbelievable difficulty to weight these resources in such a way that testing the model might be possible . |
| 3 | But even in this tranquil part of England many of the ‘ open ’ villages had a variety of local crafts , distributive trades and small industries , whose origins go back well into the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | There is also a formal element of crime detection , although in the normal course of events all they encounter is shoplifting and parking offences . |
| 5 | ‘ In the normal course of events these things take months . |
| 6 | ‘ In the normal course of events these things take time under French law , and they 're likely to take even longer in this case because he refuses to make any move whatever until you are actually there — in France . ’ |
| 7 | In the normal course of events this would have been ‘ tidied up ’ — wiped out as part of the scheme and conveniently buried . |
| 8 | You are thus investing money for retirement much of which would only otherwise have been paid to the taxman |
| 9 | I give the absurd mass of typescript another shake . |
| 10 | Because of the present-day search for virtuosity many dancers can attempt such roles after they have mastered its technique . |
| 11 | He lost the seat in May 1982 , but regained a regional seat in November that year by winning a by-election in the Forest division . |
| 12 | The sloths , arboreal herbivores with stomachs and digestive systems showing convergence with ruminants , at least the two-toed ( Choloepus hoffmani ) and three-toed ( Bradypus infuscatus ) on Barro Colorado Island , feed on at least 31 species , not just one or two as was long-believed , and it is estimated that they consume about 14.7 g dry weight of leaves each day in the case of the three-toed sloth , a cropping-rate of 5.1 g of leaf per kg of sloth per day , whereas howler monkeys crop at seven times this rate . |
| 13 | put a , put a very strong piece in Playback this month about audio description and seeing that , it , you know , how disappointed it is for how , I 've , I 've explained how much work we 've put into er , er |
| 14 | If she walks within a few hundred yards of this building , she will see young people , whom the Government have deprived of benefit , sleeping rough and begging on the streets because of the total indifference of people such as the hon. Lady and Conservative Members . |
| 15 | This can be done with one frame or strip of film , or the stages can involve successive strips and rephotographing , although with some possible loss of quality each time . |
| 16 | It is perhaps useful here to bear in mind the distinction often made in the study of pressure groups between ‘ interest ’ groups and ‘ cause ’ groups , though in the tactical struggle for influence each may seek to co-opt the support of the other . |
| 17 | Will wrote an exciting play about war that summer , and he put in a word or two about Ireland . |
| 18 | Writing in 1972 , McGregor suggested that : ‘ the last two decades have witnessed the cumulative removal of restraints both of custom and law upon behaviour , and upon their public portrayal in print or in the visual arts ’ . |
| 19 | I know you appear in programmes about race relations from time to time , but you 're not one of the usual old gang of faces that everyone 's sick of . |
| 20 | I thought it was a different kind of brochure that 's all . |
| 21 | And the second is we 're going to have a very different kind of marriage this time . |
| 22 | It was suggested in chapter 3 that social role can be varied to some extent by , for example , manipulating discourse patterns or by creating an acceptable category of identity such as that of ‘ friend of a friend ’ . |
| 23 | While many of these types of work categories are still very broad , what the tables ( and diagrams ) show clearly is that there is a marked contrast between subjects such as computing and engineering ( civil , electrical/electronic , mechanical ) where one type of work absorbs 70 per cent or more of the graduate output , and subjects such as English , history , biological sciences or social studies where graduates are absorbed into a fairly even plurality of occupations ; with everything in between these two extremes . |
| 24 | The involvement of influential people , including many heterosexuals , in all areas of public life ; the high visibility of figures such as Ian McKellen and Michael Cashman ; the size and nature of the demonstrations and direct actions made it great television material . |
| 25 | For example , the lack of a rigid division of labour such as is found in Britain reflects and reinforces the strength of vertical ties . |
| 26 | IBM Corp last week boosted the versatility of its Power Visualisation System , a parallel server for generating and manipulating complex images at high speed in applications such as medicine and geophysics , and cut prices on the thing by 25% to 40% , lowering the entry point to $320,000 from $528,000 . |
| 27 | It is this incredible flexibility that allows us to juggle page layouts in just a few minutes and produce a fresh piece of artwork each time rather than wait hours , even days , for the re-worked page to come back from the artist 's studio . |
| 28 | She suddenly felt as cold as the raw wind of March that swept the streets of London outside her office window . |
| 29 | ‘ In China the popular movement for democracy was crushed by brutal force in June this year . |
| 30 | Selected or key settlements may be service centres ; they may also be associated with public investment in facilities such as schools and council housing , and designated for residential expansion or for industrial growth ( Woodruffe 1976 ) . |