Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Implied terms can be of great importance in expert cases , as can be seen from the remarks of Sir David Cairns in Baber v Kenwood Manufacturing Co Ltd and Whinney Murray [ 1978 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 175 at 181 , quoted at 13.5.4 . |
| 2 | Front and back doors should be of heavy quality . |
| 3 | It was agreed at an early stage ( principally at Citrine 's insistence ) that sales in urban and rural areas should be at common prices , so that many rural dwellers already having a supply had prices reduced , though new consumers distant from the mains still had to pay a one-off contribution or line rental ( which varied according to the Board ) to meet part of the cost of connection . |
| 4 | But many ground-living birds would be in great difficulties if their chicks hatched at markedly different times . |
| 5 | Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject . |
| 6 | However con descending contemporary apologists may be to archaic conceptions of divine intervention , it is almost impossible to exaggerate the extent to which belief in such intervention once permeated European societies , creating popular images of the disruption of nature that could hardly have been congenial to a critical science of nature . |
| 7 | The purpose of the Act above all was that future developments would be on low-density garden suburb or garden city lines , primarily the former . |
| 8 | Calderas created by violent explosions can be of enormous size . |
| 9 | Titles of National Awards will be of great importance and considerable thought will be given to identifying suitable names which relate to the needs of users . |
| 10 | The concept of parental rights may be in serious general decline — ‘ it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile its existence with the predominant emphasis which the law now places on the welfare of children ’ . |
| 11 | It is a pity to treat the work as if everything after the other late quartets must be of formidable intensity . |
| 12 | In this situation it will be difficult to generate manufactured or processed exports since the expertise to produce competitively for international markets will be in short supply , though some countries such as Zimbabwe will be able to build on their existing export base . |
| 13 | The identification of areas in which there is bipartisan agreement on the desirability of change or of the maintenance of existing services will be of particular interest . |
| 14 | They have easy bleeding and bruising too ; catarrhal complaints may be with inflamed mucous membranes which bleed easily . |
| 15 | The symptoms of toxoplasmosis for healthy adults may be like mild flu , but often there are no symptoms . |
| 16 | The electricians were apprised so that all electrical appliances could be in perfect order . |
| 17 | The enthusiasm for partnership by individual secondary schools can be of great advantage to primary schools and their pupils . |
| 18 | Dramatic oppositions can be between good and bad or , more subtly , between good and good . |
| 19 | The King agreed that the forthcoming elections should be by secret ballot , with parliamentary candidates nominated by chiefs and directly elected by traditional tribal communities ( tinkundla ) . |
| 20 | As a result , there use as a deterrent for enforcing Chinese Walls will be of limited effect . |
| 21 | The uneven course of this process of political evolution , and the fact that neighbouring countries will be at different stages within it , will continue to make official regional co-operation between countries very difficult . |
| 22 | As the likelihood of restricting drivers to eight km/h for all but the shortest distances appears remote , the implication is that all shared-space areas must be for small groups of houses only or short culs-de-sac . |
| 23 | These groups would be involved in a ‘ demand-side ’ classificatory struggle with the more established members of the dominant classes whose aesthetic tastes would be for high modernist art . |
| 24 | This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . |
| 25 | But I remembered how cruel children can be to small animals , and I did not want the boy to take his revenge on me . |
| 26 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 27 | It also suggests that educational reforms will be of limited success unless complemented by policies such as contract compliance which act directly upon demand-side institutions . |
| 28 | The LEA 's detachment and its knowledge of a few dozen ( or even a few hundred ) other institutions could be of great value . |
| 29 | The problem is likely to increase because , as Pimentel et al. ( 1987 ) point out , most of the world 's fertile land is already being cultivated — which means that most newly cultivated areas will be on marginal land , often on steep slopes . |
| 30 | The view that applied studies should be of equal value and status with the theoretical is far too little understood in this country , almost alone in the world . |