Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [indef pn] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In potassium-argon dating of volcanic rocks , the radioactive potassium isotope is in a known proportion to the non-radioactive one and decays to argon . |
| 2 | The first argument is the classical one and runs as follows . |
| 3 | the stall 's not there now , and all the thick one and thins are all alike |
| 4 | Merchant bank Where the transaction is a private one and does not involve the issue of securities it may be possible to proceed without a merchant bank , although , under the FSA , an authorised person will be needed to approve the offer document . |
| 5 | The plant is a low-growing one and propagates by runners . |
| 6 | The basic idea is a simple one and follows in the Downsian vote-maximizing tradition , suggesting that those in office , conscious of election dates , manipulate the economy to achieve political popularity . |
| 7 | The system is a remarkable one and says much for our political culture : land ownership of itself conferred no right to develop ; development could only take place if a developer had obtained planning consent , and if permission was refused there was no payment of compensation . |
| 8 | We need not a tinkering with security policy — a change here and a change there — but a root-and-branch change in security policy so that it changes from a reactive one to a proactive one and becomes a policy of going after the IRA , of taking the fight to the IRA . |
| 9 | First , as we have seen , the term ‘ power ’ is a complex one and requires cautious definition . |
| 10 | In many ways the service to and from Aberystwyth is a good one and trains now leave for Shrewsbury and Birmingham at 07.00 , 08.45 , 11.00 , 13.10 , 15.21 , 17.25 and 19.22 , and for passengers going to London only one change is needed . |
| 11 | One approach to the hypertext-to-text coherence problem is a labor-intensive one and treats the hypertext form as a rough draft . |
| 12 | In that case , the refusal is a loaded one and perpetuates an emotional interaction of dubious value . |
| 13 | The word 'supply " is a wide one and covers free gifts in the course of a business as well as extending to hire and hire purchase transactions . |
| 14 | He says his new post will not be a quiet one and expects there will be a lot of work to be done in the parish , which also covers the villages of Cockfield , Woodland and Butterknowle . |
| 15 | The Act is an enabling one and does not affect the existing system unless the leadership of the churches wish to co-operate in a reshaping of the system or of schools in any particular area . |
| 16 | The search for appropriate bodies through which business interests could be represented was not an easy one and has only been achieved either by completely bypassing existing councils or by involving councillors as well as officers in developing new arrangements in a context of financial pressure and legal constraints . |
| 17 | The problem here is an obvious one and has already been alluded to , namely how do we know how good an indicator is if we can not compare the phenomenon with the indicator ? |
| 18 | There is some suspicion that the wheel , as with some other mills , may have originally been an external one and has been enclosed by subsequent extensions . |