Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun] of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages . |
| 2 | The assistant 's task is to deputize , where necessary , for the account executive ; to run meetings covering minor points of detail ( often follow-up action for major meetings ) , to attend to detail within the agency ; and , in general , to provide a lower level of contact between the client and the agency — on a par with your own assistants or subordinates . |
| 3 | The 30-nation talks in Geneva failed to bridge the gap between countries such as Germany and the Nordic states , which are seeking a 79 per cent cut in emissions by the end of the decade , and those like the UK and France which want a lower level of cuts over a longer period . |
| 4 | Having admitted that the lower duty on unleaded petrol has helped to promote its use , has the Minister had any discussions with the Treasury about introducing such a lower level of duty for the cleaner diesel fuels which are now available , especially as BP is one of the pioneers in that respect ? |
| 5 | Approached from the sea the effect was magnificent as the buildings extended from the lower Sanctuary of Asklepios to the middle city with its gymnasia , its agora and sacred precinct to the upper acropolis city with its important temples , steeply sloping theatre cut into the hillside and famous Altar of Zeus . |
| 6 | The king derived further freedom of manoeuvre from the existence below this " imperial aristocracy " of a lower stratum of regional nobility . |
| 7 | These three hours of teaching are in turn supplemented by a further hour of lectures on the history of the Graeco-Roman world in New Testament times , on the theology of the New Testament , and on questions of date , authorship and purpose of the individual books of the New Testament . |
| 8 | I 've got to assimilate a much broader kind of spectrum outside the interests of climbers in national parks . |
| 9 | These trends have to be placed within the broader framework of changes in the total labour force . |
| 10 | The main difference , in principle , is that the version of world-system theory addressed concentrates on structural change in terms of technical innovation and the division of labour , whereas the regulationist school locates those aspects in the broader framework of changes in the structure of industrial relations , the state 's economic policy , the financial structures and the concentration of industry . |
| 11 | It has been revived under the auspices of the Burlington Magazine , and there will again be two categories of prize : the main award of $15,000 and a further award of $5,000 for a first book by a promising scholar . |
| 12 | Whether a further wave of takeovers in the brewing industry would benefit consumers is open to debate . |
| 13 | Further signs of divisions within the Palestinian leadership in the occupied territories emerged in March . |
| 14 | The Iranian President , Hojatolislam Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , had on Sept. 17 threatened that Iran would " make ( Iraq ) retreat by force " if necessary from Iranian territory , and on Oct. 22 further signs of exasperation with the pace of the peace process were voiced by Vellayati , who warned in a newspaper interview that " if the current trend continues , it is not clear whether we will make any tangible progress in the future " . |
| 15 | Further acts of aggression by the Soviet bloc seemed possible in a number of vulnerable regions such as Germany and Yugoslavia . |
| 16 | The ever-watchful members of the Association pour la défense de Chambord ( whose members include René Huygues , Marc Fumaroli and Henri Cartier-Bresson ) spotted the recent announcement in La Republique du Centre of a public enquiry into the proposed purchase by the Syndicat intercommunal for the region of Chambord of a further parcel of land around the Saint Dyé entrance to the château . |
| 17 | The result was a further outbreak of hostilities between the three sons of Ferdinand , with Sancho pretending to side with Garcia against Alfonso , while really waiting his moment to annex Galicia and Portugal . |
| 18 | A further outbreak of strikes at the end of September , initiated by printers in Moscow , spread like wildfire , paralysing not only Moscow and St Petersburg but many provincial cities as well . |
| 19 | There is no further mention of Ambrosia in the records , and possibly she is to be identified with the ‘ Dame Ambroise de Saint-Joire ’ named in 1288 among the first entrants to the Carthusian nunnery of Melan ( Haute-Savoie ) founded in 1282 by Beatrice de Faucigny . |
| 20 | In his Stormont career , and especially during his period as Minister of Finance , O'Neill gradually developed a liberal reforming unionism in which the pettier aspects of conflict between the two populations would be removed and Protestants and Catholics would work together to modernize the Northern Ireland economy . |
| 21 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 22 | The move was widely interpreted as an attempt to improve the prospects of the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) winning a further term of office in the next general election , due by mid-1993 . |
| 23 | Not long ago a performer in Paris won some notoriety for employing her vagina to swallow , and then powerfully eject , table tennis balls and the history of the seamier side of nightlife around the world is littered with accounts of vaginas that have played harmonicas or smoked cigarettes . |
| 24 | A related feature , the AliasManager , has also been added , and is claimed to enable easier management of changes to the alias database . |
| 25 | Other scenarios come to mind when exploring further areas of development for the partnership . |
| 26 | The therapist did not think that Tony was suffering from a psychiatric disorder , or that there was a risk of suicide , or of a further act of self-harm in the near future . |
| 27 | There is then the further issue of funding for the university capital developments on the site once it has been acquired . |
| 28 | It is this last which , at the time of writing , is proving to be a major issue of contention in Council meetings , as the Commission and its allies demand a considerable increase in order to fund a further transfer of wealth to the EEC 's poorer nations as part of the ‘ Cohesion Fund ’ . |
| 29 | Is my hon. Friend aware that many of us believe that there must be no further transfer of accountability from the Westminster Government or Westminster Parliament to any institutions in Europe , unless that is approved by the British people in a referendum ? |
| 30 | Each prior enlargement has , after all , led to a further transfer of Power to the EEC 's central institutions . |