Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the newly desperate and ruined petit bourgeois , and those faced with crushing poverty on the dole , Le Pen , the Lombard League and the German neo-Nazis have refound the classic base of racism and fascism . |
| 2 | The presence of vitamin D 3 receptors in normala nd malignant colorectal tissue , together with the increased colonic absorption of calcium after small bowel resection , had previously suggested that the colon could be a target organ for 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 . |
| 3 | Although there were no differences in faecal bile acid concentration in those patients with colorectal cancer , total daily excretion was significantly lower than in patients with polyps , an increased colonic absorption of bile acids may in part account for this . |
| 4 | It is not known whether there is an increase in colonic absorption of PEGs with age in humans such as is seen in rats , and whether this could have influenced the results . |
| 5 | The walls had long ago disappeared under a solid mass of posters and playbills , some of them so old that they 'd faded completely . |
| 6 | There is a limit to the size of picture that you can create in this shape , as a solid mass of flowers can lose all sense of size or identity when it becomes too large . |
| 7 | It is tempting to try to cram as much information as possible on to the page , a solid mass of print is unattractive to the eye and is unlikely to be read . |
| 8 | It is certain that the vice-chancellor in the chair gained the impression from what was said at the meeting that they were forced to elect from a weak field of candidates . |
| 9 | When you see a cheap little bird carved in China you realise that language is an unnecessary part of play . |
| 10 | As we fail to remember our previous situation , a slow and subtle change of heart takes place . |
| 11 | While they do not mark a return to a prescribed curriculum ( like that which applied to schools in England and Wales before 1926 ) , they do signify a subtle change of direction . |
| 12 | Children or adolescents who become absorbed by a particular topic , a specific branch of science or period of history , are exercising their imagination . |
| 13 | The farm worker is as likely as not to be found standing shoulder to shoulder with his employer defending the farm and its game — a literal case of poacher turned gamekeeper . |
| 14 | The move , which has been presented as a fait accompli , effectively heralds the complete break-up of Deloitte Haskins & Sells International ( DHSI ) , which until the beginning of this week was ostensibly in talks with another Big Eight firm , Touche Ross International . |
| 15 | Emilia was tallow-pale , a frail parcel of flesh , shedding a life that was her own and not her own . |
| 16 | The efforts of the management and the work force now in the shipyards on the Clyde and in Yarrow 's have done a great deal to restore that badge of quality , which was in danger of slipping away . |
| 17 | He constantly fiddled with that badge of office , a ready-made , multicoloured , bow tie , as he talked to Jane . |
| 18 | Antony Gormley 's ‘ Sound II ’ ( 1986 ) in the eleventh-century Norman crypt of Winchester Cathedral . |
| 19 | There are two important distinctions to make : that between contentious and non-contentious business , and that between private payment of fees and legal aid . |
| 20 | These include passivity and intellectual slowness ( motivational deficits ) , a belief that one 's actions are doomed to failure ( cognitive deficits ) and the emotional component of depression . |
| 21 | To the extent that a given CR , separately acquired to each of two CSs , is likely to be evoked with particular vigour when the two CSs are presented together so the conditioned response of inattention will be especially strong when A and B have separately undergone latent inhibition training . |
| 22 | According to Rado , its specific origin is to be found in the blissful unity of mother |
| 23 | In the classic cooking of professionals meat juice or broth goes with everything , olive oil with nothing save salads , vinaigrette and mayonnaise sauces . |
| 24 | Each stage of the occupation had its specific brand of collaborator . |
| 25 | Remembering the bloody tide of revolution in France , paid informers and Government agents lured leading revolutionaries into a trap at Bonnymuir that was to end in transportation for life to the antipodes … |
| 26 | This category has the least security , but the greatest freedom of manoeuvre . |
| 27 | To avoid this problem and to allow the greatest freedom of competition between financial institutions , the alternative is to use monetary base control with no statutory cash ratio . |
| 28 | Those countries which are least isomorphic in their institutional arrangements have the greatest freedom of movement and choice either way . |
| 29 | Citrine was always reluctant to withdraw from a Central Authority position , but the more effective chairmen soon learned that careful preparation on committees beforehand and advance lobbying of Citrine and Self were a surer way of winning their point than the abrasive technique of frontal opposition . |
| 30 | The characteristic that courses for career women , courses reclaiming the curriculum on behalf of women 's history and culture , and courses providing useful knowledge and skills for women reconstituting their traditional roles have in common is the recognition that some women at least have expectations , aspirations and preoccupations which are not well catered for in the mainstream provision of adult education . |