Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 14.7.4 Professional negligence of experts generally |
| 2 | It is hard for us to understand how these same principles could have been part of the radical political programme of writers as diverse as Cobbett and Gramsci . ’ |
| 3 | Dr Martini predicted the BBC 's plans would also provoke the complete opposition of islanders not directly involved in the affair . |
| 4 | She did everything loudly : loud sneeze , loud blowing of the nose , loud banging of doors when she was in a temper ; she would march ( she always marched ) into the kitchen , clattering all the saucepan lids to see what was for supper , saying ‘ brrr ’ and turning up the heater , turning on the telly , tapping her foot to the music . |
| 5 | That should be no barrier , according to Looking Right : ‘ What we must do here is to explain that the political side of things mainly involves what is little more than Party donkeywork . |
| 6 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 7 | Hence , one may be able to work out the broad effect of interdependencies once and for all when the strategy is set . |
| 8 | It 's part of an ingoing programme of meetings where there 's consultation between employee representatives and employer representatives . |
| 9 | Such a system it is argued ensures broad comparability of standards both between courses in the public sector and also with those in the universities ; it provides a guarantee to students , employers , funding bodies and the public at large that courses meet acceptable standards and that those standards are maintained ; it enables institutions submitting course proposals to draw upon a pool of national experience accumulated by the validating committees ; it stimulates academic debate between staff from different institutions about curriculum development ; and it provides a means of identifying and disseminating information about good practice and about innovations in teaching and learning in higher education . |
| 10 | Complete disruption of lysosomes also occurs , but to a lesser extent resulting in less marked release of enzyme into the supernatant . |
| 11 | By contrast , in Britain the pattern has been one of small disruptive strikes — often over job demarcation or manning levels — which have had serious long-term effects on output quality , delivery dates and labour costs , leading to a corrosive loss of markets both at home and abroad [ Phelps Brown , 1977 ] . |
| 12 | Enterprise zones altered arbitrarily the relative locational advantage of firms inside and outside their perimeter . |
| 13 | It is not of course the criminal acts themselves which draw the majority together , but the publicising and punishing of crime , with the public trial of law-breakers also helping to clarify the boundaries of socially acceptable behaviour . |
| 14 | A takeover of a public company ( often a management buy-out ) which is financed by a high level of borrowings so that the offeror is left in a highly-geared position . |
| 15 | Value for public money of trips abroad . |
| 16 | Yelling the news to Douglas , who was swording with Sir Walter Comyn , Ramsay dashed through the struggling mass of men back for the stairway , Down he raced , two steps at a time , and out again into the night . |
| 17 | The lively programme of events also includes microwave cookery demonstrations by celebrities , championship aerobics displays , fashion shows , competitions , plus a series of lectures on natural therapies and much , much more . |
| 18 | A proper study of materials now requires a sound knowledge not only of metallurgy but also of crystal physics , ceramics , polymer physics , elasticity and continuum mechanics , as well as an understanding of practical mechanics . |
| 19 | The history of the contradictions in the European context was different , they had a different recognition of class , different recognition of conflicts etc . |
| 20 | Concomitant administration of prostaglandins partially alleviated cyclosporin A induced nephrotoxicity . |
| 21 | At this date the scientific study of earthquakes hardly existed . |
| 22 | Overall , it 's best to leave the photographs out of the electronic side of things altogether and get them reproduced optically for you by your printer . |
| 23 | Unburden yourself , tell me all that has passed — and later we will speak with a clear mind of matters close to our hearts . ’ |
| 24 | Kneeling at Holy Communion was ‘ a sensible witness of minds unfeignedly humbled ’ ; the white surplices of the clergy , so offensive to the Puritans , he described as ‘ suiting so fitly with that lightsome affection of joy , wherein God delighteth when his Saints praise him ’ . |
| 25 | On April 22 the French Council of Ministers accordingly approved draft legislation adding two paragraphs to the 1958 Constitution . |
| 26 | As studies in many parts of the world show , the sexual satisfaction of both partners continues in a high proportion of cases long after the age of seventy and often well into the eighties . |
| 27 | First , the distinction may be irrelevant in a high proportion of situations where an adjective is used , since either interpretation will give the same practical result . |
| 28 | We can not test independently the relevance of the high proportion of children not born locally in the isolated area that is west Thurso since no area within the rural high oil category is known to approach its high level . |
| 29 | A high proportion of diplomats everywhere still began their careers , until well into the second half of the nineteenth century , by serving as unpaid attachés ; and it was not unusual for the head of a mission to ask for a son or a nephew to be assigned to it in this capacity . |
| 30 | What , more than anything else , distinguished towns of all sizes was a narrow £3 — £9 band which , with a relatively high proportion of assessments upwards of £10 , left something of a gap between , on the one hand , the upper tradesmen , and , on the other , artificers and labourers at 40s. or less ; the big £3 — £4 group at Bury suggests nonetheless either a strong contingent of master craftsmen or unusually well-to-do workmen . |