Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Byrne ( 1986 , p. 127 ) asks , ‘ does the lack of women councillors explain the apparent inadequacy of nursery provision , while there is an arguably ample supply of municipal golfing facilities ? ’ |
| 2 | Among that most representative breed of ministers , Moderators , it is even closer to the mark , and without consulting the records I can think of the Very Reverends MacLeod , Fraser , Craig ( Archie ) , Craig ( Robert ) and Reid , as examples . |
| 3 | The most controversial attack in the air war occurred in the early hours of Feb. 13 when US aircraft destroyed an air raid shelter in the Amiriya district of western Baghdad . |
| 4 | But the most controversial feature of the broadcast was the inclusion of the telephone number of Labour 's headquarters . |
| 5 | But the most controversial part of the bill relates to unofficial strikes , a legacy of the one-day summer stoppages on the London Underground . |
| 6 | So far so good — but this still left me with what was to prove the most controversial part of the whole social security review . |
| 7 | High on his reinvention list is his energy tax , the most controversial part of his budget , which is currently under scrutiny on Capitol Hill . |
| 8 | The most controversial part of the budget was a group of measures to tax land . |
| 9 | This is the most controversial part of the assessment arrangements . |
| 10 | That means joint commissioning , you have an example later on in your agenda in relation to learning disability services , I think it 's items nine , nine and eleven , erm , er , perhaps the most controversial part of the proposals that I 've , I 've put before the authorities , is that you do n't expect the structures for joint care planning to carry the full weight of joint commissioning when you 're talking about main budgets . |
| 11 | The Appeal Court 's rejection of an order banning an abusing father from the family home has turned out to be the most controversial decision under the Children Act since its introduction . |
| 12 | The most controversial case of this is Gilligan 's humanist call for the integration of ‘ feminine ’ and ‘ masculine ’ perspectives in psychological theory , which is often read as implying the essential rather than the social femaleness of the different voice , and , more broadly , the need for a separate or separatist , gynocentric psychology . |
| 13 | MADONNA is set to issue a new single , album and book , featuring some of her most controversial work to date . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most controversial question concerning English intonation is what its function is ; pedagogically speaking , this is a very important question , since one would not wish to devote time to teaching something without knowing what its value was likely to be . |
| 15 | The introduction of grant-maintained schools was perhaps the most controversial proposal in the Education Reforms Act 1988 , and one which was justified primarily on the grounds that it would extend parental choice in education . |
| 16 | This statement and the Declaration as a whole has been claimed on good authority as ‘ the most controversial document of the whole Council ’ ( J. Courtney Murray : Abbott , p. 673 ) . |
| 17 | On the other hand , Ivan Lendl supports such a change , stating ‘ It 's the most controversial call in the game . |
| 18 | Its new home , at the other end of what El Pais called the ‘ the most controversial kilometre in the history of contemporary art ’ , was Spain 's new Reina Sofia modern art centre . |
| 19 | I loathe the metal crate in which ‘ Guernica ’ travelled along ‘ the most controversial kilometre in the history of contemporary art ’ , to settle in its new mansion , where it will serve as a pernicious example to future generations . |
| 20 | The most controversial change of auditors of the past two years took place at Prudential Corporation . |
| 21 | A YEAR ago , proselytising on behalf of the most controversial bid of the year , Lloyds Bank argued that its takeover of Midland Bank could only benefit British banking . |
| 22 | In the largest and most controversial privatization to date , the government announced on June 14 that it had sold Telecom to two United States companies , Bell Atlantic and American Information Technologies ( Ameritech ) , for NZ$4,250 million . |
| 23 | You must be diagnosed as suffering from mental illness , mental impairment or — the loosest and most controversial diagnosis of all — psychopathic disorder . |
| 24 | Sir , I am grateful to the Christmas Critics ' Crowner ( 18th/25th December ) for drawing your readers ' attention to the fate of W J West , perhaps the most victimised author of 1992 , who now awaits sentence on what is poised to become the most controversial book of 1993 , The Crisis in Bookselling . |
| 25 | This has been described as the most controversial Article in the International Law Commission draft . |
| 26 | Davies had become the most controversial player of this tournament . |
| 27 | Perhaps the longest and most controversial piece of business transacted was the disestablishment of the Hong Kong Branch . |
| 28 | The most controversial item in this low-key list was the establishment of a competitive VAN sector ; but even this was already under way in France and well advanced in Britain . |
| 29 | The most controversial section of the 1988 Housing Act allows for the transfer of council and new town property to either private landlords , housing associations or tenants ' co-operatives . |
| 30 | This is , without doubt , the most controversial aspect of food sensitivity . |