Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During other attacks , Abbey Hill provided warning soon enough for ships to fire rockets full of chaff — metallic strips that produced false echoes on Exocet 's radar . |
| 2 | An abacus uses human gall-stones on taut human sinew , the rocking horse has a semi-skeletal head , a set of wooden toy soldiers all have subtle mutations when looked at for a second time , and so on . |
| 3 | But it 's whether , whether the officers do that and start the consultation or whether it 's done by P A G , I 'm getting a shaking of the head here , I think it needs a political decision as opposed to anything else . |
| 4 | We thus formally define equivalence of normal forms as follows . |
| 5 | But in South Africa today , and surely for a good many years to come , there are also additional considerations that demand from a large company actions and policies that go beyond its immediate business interests and seek to ameliorate the excessive social and economic imbalances that have developed in our society . |
| 6 | Uniface says each of the GUIs are supported by a specific driver that provides applications with all the features of the particular environment . |
| 7 | The law , the result of years of lobbying by the Roman Catholic church , bans abortions in private clinics and puts strict limits on them in public hospitals . |
| 8 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 9 | Certainly , you do read the odd story that describes a person behaving in just the way we have outlined . |
| 10 | He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 11 | Under the mussed hair and mace clothes she was just a big-eyed honey , a sack-addict and dick-follower , same as all the rest . |
| 12 | These motives , by dint of repeated presentation to the mind , counterbalance the powerful impressions of the private passions that oppose the common good ( Beccaria , 1963 , p. 12 ) . |
| 13 | This analysis used a bootstrapping technique and examined 1,631 base pairs . |
| 14 | Some are fitted with halogen bulbs for overall punch , or spots to light specific objects or to highlight . |
| 15 | Indeed the " United Front " was further restricted by an NAC decision on 16 February " to limit co-operation with the Communist Party to specific objects as agreed upon by the representatives of the two parties from time to time " . |
| 16 | He came in an open-necked shirt and walked to the makeshift podium without a very obvious security presence . |
| 17 | They pointed out that nearly all the studies have focused upon young men and that far less was known about the sub-cultural activities and work careers of young women . |
| 18 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 19 | Drife should not be surprised that many women respond to a strange man with a conditioned response that arises from a long learning experience in a male dominated society . |
| 20 | If a job starts in normal hours and runs into overtime , that time should be charged at the quarter hour rate . |
| 21 | Nordic Water , an offshoot of the building and real estate group , NCC , makes water-treatment products and does design and contracting work for water companies , industry and local authorities . |
| 22 | He saw it as an economic drain and realised its damaging effect on Moscow 's international relations . |
| 23 | UIS Ltd , based in Epsom , Surrey , has entered into a ‘ synergistic partnership ’ with fellow DEC system management software developer Raxco Inc of Rockville , Maryland : the two companies , which serve the Vax/VMS , Alpha/Open VMS and Unix market , will now operate under the Raxco Inc name ; together they will offer a portfolio of 30 products , serve 25,000 customers and boast a combined $40m turnover ; prime focus will be expansion of the Unix product line ; the deal , said to be mutually beneficial , will expand the former Raxco 's UK , European and Scandinavian coverage while bolstering UIS 's support services . |
| 24 | Created in 1879 , the Posts and Telegraphs administration was a junior ministry that occupied a central role in the formulation of communications policy in liaison ( and in turf-wars ( with the Interior , Defence , Foreign , and Colonial Affairs Ministries . |
| 25 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 26 | It is , therefore , in everyone 's interest to avoid delay and to that end , the defenders should if at all possible take and keep the initiative . |
| 27 | Either each bell sounds different , and each could be heard in every apartment , or each sounds the same but is wired up to sound only in a single specific apartment when pressed . |
| 28 | • Liaison between , and close collaboration with , Mashreq country national programs in carrying out all aspects of the Program ; • Assist national program coordinators in developing working plans and monitoring performance ; prepare a variety of documents and reports ; |
| 29 | Fertiliser use is apparently very limited because of cost in spite of such grants and the RP seemed to have to peddle a narrow course between not stimulating significant agricultural change but allowing enough development to support a viable local economy . |
| 30 | Maguire will surely be champion jockey in due course but appreciates what a long haul he has ahead of him this season . |