Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Progressive Socialist Party ( PSP ) of the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt had likewise said that it would participate in the elections , although Jumblatt on July 17 expressed reservations about the new electoral law , reiterating that he did not think that conditions were yet right for the holding of elections .
2 The smallest insect alive during the Age of Dinosaurs must have been more than a million times smaller than Brontosaurus .
3 I do think , however , that Jenkins and Kramarae are still right about the treatment of women .
4 He was clearly right about the battle of ideas .
5 My hon. Friend is certainly right about the number of days lost through strikes .
6 Contradictions can be subsumed in something so unproblematic as the designation of places .
7 There was nothing remotely sensible or well-balanced about the turmoil of emotions his touch was arousing , Luce thought distractedly .
8 Both these countries indicate that the spoken language base is unnecessary for the specification of places and people ( a particular use which hearing users make of fingerspelling ) , since fingerspelled names are not used .
9 The need to control costs and optimize on resources has led to centralized shared cataloguing , largely made possible through the adoption of standards such as the machine readable catalogue ( MARC ) record and the Anglo-American cataloguing rules .
10 But her new sheets smelled of lavender and there was a comforting stone hot-water-bottle at the foot of the bed , wrapped up in part of an old blanket so that it would not bruise her toes , and Victoria 's gentle breathing was drowsy as the humming of bees , and she slept , with the tears drying on her cheeks .
11 We filled a great many notebooks with testing data but learnt very little about the strength of materials .
12 Most of the enemy still seemed to be asleep as the avalanche of horses and riders bore down upon them in pounding fury .
13 The Data Protection Registrar , in publicising a closing date of May 1986 for the receipt of registrations , had no idea how many data users ought to be registering ; in the event the flow of registrations was far slower than had been hoped , but by the end of 1986 it was clear that the higher guesses were more likely to be right .
14 Something struck him as odd about the number of books cited for the new library .
15 The reason : The provincial government paid Mount Providence , operated by Roman Catholic nuns , 75 Canadian cents a day each for the care of orphans — for mentally retarded children it paid 2.75 dollars .
16 Was that as the result of comments ?
17 The frequent attention given to the management of river banks has made many unsuitable for the nesting of Kingfishers , and the frequent clearance of marginal vegetation has been to the detriment of species such as the Reed Bunting , Sedge and Reed Warbler .
18 The latter effectively reduces the amount of sunlight falling directly into the water and generally makes conditions inhospitable for the growth of algae .
19 For our purposes , it is sufficient to note that for the majority of economists , the use of these concepts of surplus is a legitimate way of analysing the benefits ( and losses ) that arise under differing competitive conditions .
20 The procedure is much less public than that for the passage of Acts of Parliament .
21 It is safe to assume that a guardian will be appointed in most cases and the rules state that the appointment should be made as soon as practicable after the commencement of proceedings ( FPCR , r10(1) ; FPR , r4.10(1) ) .
22 On the other hand , a pension fund was established in 1895 for the payment of pensions not exceeding 6s 10d pa. to the old and poor .
23 ICI 's PLASTICS BUSINESS IS VERY clear about the sort of materials that it makes and sells .
24 First let us be clear about the use of words .
25 ‘ No , the Government is very clear about the importance of Alevels .
26 The lord valued his land first and foremost as the source of knights .
27 The costs of using a market , therefore , will be high for the organization of transactions that involve highly specific assets .
28 There was nothing funny about the train of incidents following the berth of the oil tanker Fonny at Hamble oil terminal — she spilt 80 tonnes of Wytch Farm crude into Southampton Water .
29 The first of these , an HMI Report on local history classes throughout the Cambridge Extra-Mural Board 's area in 1954 , commented very favourably upon the general standard of teaching in both university and WEA courses and was also complimentary about the quality of students ' work .
30 Or are laces adequate for the majority of runners ?
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