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

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1 A somewhat different tone began to emerge relatively quickly , particularly in an address that Gorbachev gave to British members of parliament later the same month .
2 And if self aware role modelling in medicine were to include a declared abstention from all the quiet words , phone calls , and fixings of the present highly selective mechanisms of patronage then the expectations of medical students and junior doctors , especially women and those from ethnic minorities , could be transformed , perhaps within only a generation or two .
3 Even if you ca n't find or afford tall elegant pieces of furniture much the same effect can be produced with a tall plant or lamp , wall-fixed shelving , mirrors and , of course , pictures .
4 On almost the whole of the exposed parts of the western coasts of Britain both the prevalent and dominant winds are the westerlies , but on the east coast , where the prevalent winds are still the westerlies , the dominant winds are the easterlies , as the westerly winds are blowing offshore and are incapable of producing waves affecting the coast .
5 If the Moon also lost most of its craters from the final stages of formation then the apparent failure on Mercury of post-formation bombardment to saturate the intercrater plains may seem to indicate that Mercury was exposed to a less numerous population of small bodies than the Moon .
6 The carrying capacity of much of the land was greater than in other parts of Wales hence the predominance of full-time units .
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