Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might be faced with tribal , linguistic or religious divisions , which provide bases for alternative centres of power ; their country might be poor or rich in natural resources ; its geo-political situation vis-a-vis other nations favourable or unfavourable ; the differences between classes , and the intensity of class conflict , more or less substantial . |
| 2 | They 're eradicating tumours which might otherwise have to go untreated because they are inaccesible to the surgeon or unsuitable for other types of therapy . |
| 3 | They 're eradicating tumours which might otherwise have to go untreated because they are inaccesible to the surgeon or unsuitable for other types of therapy . |
| 4 | Some declare it is caused by diet ; others are convinced it is a motility disorder or due to altered perception , a psychological disorder , a psychophysiological phenomenon , or even abnormal illness behaviour . |
| 5 | If a condition is simply due to muscle tension , either as a result of an injury ( whiplash injury to the neck is a common one ) or due to postural defects , then this type of therapy is the treatment of choice . |
| 6 | During an offline run a particular unit may become unavailable , either because it is required for some other purpose , or due to physical breakdown . |
| 7 | This might be by parental design or due to natural events . |
| 8 | But because there is no sizing , colours tend to bleed or dry with blurry outlines . |
| 9 | My understanding is what the budget sub-committee , well what the Social Services er , committee were saying , was there are a number of grants which in their view are not peculiar or specific to Social Services but are of a corporate nature . |
| 10 | Opinion leaders are influential for two reasons : * They are psychologically " open " or receptive to new ideas , wherever these come from . |
| 11 | We regularly left a trail of trembling motorists , their vehicles wedged in hedges or marooned on muddy verges after avoiding her antics . |
| 12 | While we do not suggest that they are applicable to or practicable in other countries , we believe that they have features that are worthy of consideration elsewhere . |
| 13 | For signs of shock — pale , sweaty , faint or weak with cold limbs and a rapid , weak pulse . |
| 14 | Assurance — concerning the way things are , the great matters of life and death , the reason we are here — an inner certainty not imposed from without or dependent on other people 's approval , nor reflecting chance moods . |
| 15 | Many of their parents are unemployed , on low incomes or dependent on social security ; many live in overcrowded conditions in poor quality housing or have long-standing health problems . |
| 16 | With the notable exception of Britain most of them in one way or another involved the banks , either directly or through the fashionable device of the crédit mobilier , a sort of industrial finance company which regarded the orthodox banks as insufficiently suited to or interested in industrial financing and competed with them . |
| 17 | Rivers and lakes are often coloured green by algae or brown by decaying plants , and many freshwater fish show a peak of sensitivity to red light . |
| 18 | While there is no way of knowing whether these rates of erosion are typical or atypical of Andean regions in general , the data nevertheless give cause for concern and emphasise the role of soil erosion as a major agent of environmental change . |
| 19 | Tumoral ECL cells were either typical , containing vesicular electron dense granules or atypical with non-vesicular granules displaying a coarsely granular structure . |
| 20 | Approaches and perspectives are more or less fruitful in encouraging promising lines in inquiry , rather than being true or false or responsive to empirical test . |
| 21 | Issues which must be incorporated are the extent to which Latin Americans — either the educated elites or the mostly under-educated masses — are receptive or responsive to Marxist propaganda . |
| 22 | Chop and add to casseroles or steep in boiling water for a few minutes before adding to salads . |
| 23 | This plan is based on the concept of subsidiarity whereby the EC would only become involved when the national policies of the member states were ineffective , or harmful to other member states . |
| 24 | We would also be grateful for any feed-back on the educational materials we produce for supporting the curriculum , either through our volunteer or direct to Head Office . |
| 25 | Available from bookshops , or direct by postal application to EW + WW , Quadrant House , The Quadrant , Sutton Surrey SM2 5AS . |
| 26 | These can be obtained from your local supplier or direct from New World . |
| 27 | Sinfield believed that they were often irredeemably tainted by ideology , at best to be read only in historical terms , or subject to symptomatic readings , seeking the fractures and fissures in the mystified surface of the text that showed the ‘ true ’ ideological conditions in which it was produced . |
| 28 | Consent may be valid in certain contexts or subject to certain conditions and invalid in other contexts and or when the conditions are not met . |
| 29 | The Advisory Committee has agreed with the Director 's proposal-either as it stood or subject to specified modifica-tion ; |
| 30 | This resounds with the buzz of contradictory definitions of the female as being natural or subject to cultural intervention . |