Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a surprising development ; Derry had a relatively weak Labour movement and had too small a population to create a sizeable pool of individuals who were prepared to stand out against the political and social attitudes of the majority . |
| 2 | Ostensibly designed to help poor African consumers , the beef programme is really aimed at helping rich European farmers . |
| 3 | His father was a farmer with advanced agricultural views who lived until the age of 88 , so that his son , who farmed with him , had ample time and restless energy to travel the country and buy pigs , sheep , horses and cattle with the aim of deliberately improving them . |
| 4 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 5 | With the exception of the penguins there are no specific feeding times . |
| 6 | Persistent total weedkillers will kill all plant growth , perhaps for six months or more . |
| 7 | Terry Eagleton came some way to acknowledging this , in a quasi-refutation of his Althusserian phase , when he included himself among the English Marxist intellectuals who ‘ managed the difficult dialectical trick of appropriating certain Althusserian concepts in blithe ignorance or disregard of their guilty political context . ’ |
| 8 | an enclosed glazed cab with two access doors |
| 9 | An enclosed glazed cabin was provided for the pilot and co-pilot , and a specious interior allowed for a navigation compartment complete with chart table , a wireless cabin , canteen , galley and sleeping berths . |
| 10 | It featured an enclosed glazed cockpit for the pilots with sliding panels , and portholes were located along the hull sides . |
| 11 | Arrivals Volvo 's spirited but dated 940 SE Turbo 36 |
| 12 | Yeah but it 's such a strange bloody house in n it ? |
| 13 | The strange metallic noises continued at intervals , whenever he was in a position to hear them . |
| 14 | This basic pattern is illustrated by the following , complete four-sentence paragraph ( here split into parts and with sentence numbers added ) . |
| 15 | The normal stabilising mechanisms are out of control and the whole cortex becomes involved . |
| 16 | With its extensive introductory articles and detailed references , emphasised by illustrations of comparative gold boxes or designs from major museums and private collections , the book represents a summary of present knowledge about the art of snuff boxes . |
| 17 | The position of the MPLA-PT government also appeared weakened by the imminent withdrawal of all Cuban troops under the December 1988 tripartite Namibian independence agreements which had failed to address the conflict in Angola [ see pp. 36380 ; 36479-81 ] . |
| 18 | We note especially the deeply entrenched hierarchical roles in the health professions , the potential for conflict between health and social services personnel , who each control key resources which the other needs , and the effects of gender on individual interactions . |
| 19 | As well as these acute metabolic derangements found in diabetes producing acute effects on platelet function , other factors known to influence platelet function in non-diabetics may be operative in the diabetic population under study , such as the presence of vascular disease , ingestion of aspirin-like substances , exercise , smoking , and the use of the contraceptive pill . |
| 20 | The revised Investment Business Regulations may reduce the unnecessary administrative burden created by the original regulations , and relaxing the statutory audit requirement for small companies may provide firms with an opportunity to provide their clients with more valuable services , while at the same time reducing their professional risk . |
| 21 | There were frequent complaints that the limits were too low and should be increased more regularly to avoid unnecessary administrative waste , with increasing numbers of applications for extensions , delay , irritation and so on . |
| 22 | A normal haematocrit after 24 hours was present in all subjects and indicated either sufficient oral liquid intake or insignificant fluid loss . |
| 23 | This is one of the four possible three-element models all of which are analyses in ( MP ) , Chap.3 . |
| 24 | In total nearly 400 data sheets were completed , which , with our questionnaires and the CRUS questionnaires , as well as further material supplied , provided very extensive anecdotal comments and examples of practice , as well as statistical information . |
| 25 | In the context of changing national and international social and economic conditions , the maintenance of an inflexible , narrow political framework became increasingly untenable . |
| 26 | It is worth noting that there are few narrow political aims involved , and that repeated reference is made to ‘ our country ’ : East Germany . |
| 27 | Given this rather narrow political agenda the KJHG seeks , however , to address and overcome previous limitations primarily in the following areas : |
| 28 | Success is increasingly determined by quality , the breadth of the model range and low total system costs . |
| 29 | For example , inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatoid arthritis may lead to a spuriously high ferritin or low total iron binding capacity even in the presence of iron deficiency . |
| 30 | In the high grade group , 48% had raised erythrocyte sedimentation rates , 28% serum lactate dehydrogenase values over 500 U/l , 24% raised alkaline phosphatase activities , 24% low total protein concentrations , and 16% anaemia ; only 4% of patients in this group had all determinations within normal ranges . |