Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 2 | Referrals to private clinics decreased among the fundholders , also contrary to expectations . |
| 3 | With these nine titles , Usborne Publishing has successfully demystified the World of Electronics ( another title ) by providing accurate but colourful technical illustrations combined with equally zany cartoon characters which bring to life the usual metaphorical explanations of how computers and other machinery from the age of IT works . |
| 4 | Made with 1.4 , 1.6 and 1.8 litre petrol engines , the Tempras are agile performers aimed at the business users ' market . |
| 5 | Most commercially exploited minerals in Britain tend to be in the older geological strata located in the more remote western and upland regions , while sand and gravel occur in coastal or valley sites or in glacial deposits , particularly in the south and east of England . |
| 6 | Far-reaching proposals published by the NRA call on the government to set legally-binding quality standards for not only rivers , estuaries and canals but lakes , groundwaters and coastal stretches . |
| 7 | If junior creditors account for more than a third of the creditors , they can force concessions from their senior partners . |
| 8 | Do n't press seams with a seam roller , especially on the non-vinyls , which have hollow backings filled with glue . |
| 9 | Jason , born eight minutes before his brother , collected the junior pairs title with Kathryn Pritchard . |
| 10 | Because complete spindles come under the precision range of products . |
| 11 | He lifted his hand with graceful ease to imprison her chin , strong fingers splayed against her throat , their touch light but masterful . |
| 12 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 13 | However , behind that piece of information will be a myriad of pieces of evidence for the selectors to collect — information about parental values to do with winning and losing , about school attitudes to the athlete 's success , about energy , persistence , etc . |
| 14 | Both the army and the navy had rudimentary organizations : naval supplies were provided by a clerk acting under the spasmodic supervision of the Lord Admiral while specific operations continued to be mounted by ad hoc commissions . |
| 15 | The cancellation , formally announced the following day , was indicative of the dramatic improvement in relations between the two Korean states achieved in December 1991 [ see pp. 38659-60 ] . |
| 16 | An unprecedented sporting contact between the two Korean states occurred on Oct. 11 when the first round of the North-South Korean Unification Soccer Matches was played in Pyongyang before a crowd of 150,000 . |
| 17 | Otherwise , departmental estimates have to be discussed with and agreed by the Treasury , with any surviving disagreements falling to be resolved by the Cabinet . |
| 18 | Subsistence agriculture , based on a feudal system of land tenure , gave way to large private estates owned by Muslim lords and worked by Christian tied labourers . |
| 19 | IF THE promises are kept , the fourth Conservative term will see private operators competing on the railway network , a huge road-building programme to ease congestion and further moves to increase choice for airline passengers , all underscored by a commitment to transport safety . |
| 20 | We oppose the privatisation of British Rail , but will allow private operators access to the rail network , while giving BR the freedom to raise investment capital on the open market . |
| 21 | Oh , she 's got all the answers up her sleeve I expect , but that has caused tremendous debt charges , which , at the moment , have to be paid , and whether we could find a private operator to take them on or not I do n't know , but private operators operate throughout the country and in many other of the districts within the county of Oxfordshire , and they operate efficiently and do just as good a job as the City Council are doing in the present situation . |
| 22 | Mr Karel Van Miert , the Transport Commissioner , is asking member governments to approve a plan which would leave passenger services largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies but open up freight services to competition by permitting private operators to pay for the use of publicly-owned tracks . |
| 23 | 5.2.3.4 Volcanic products associated with water |
| 24 | The formulation of inductive generalizations ( using algebraic notation ) , or the application of rules to a new context , are more specific meanings attached to the term . |
| 25 | Here lies the core of the objection to all political conceptions derived from Aristotelian and other Greek sources . |
| 26 | Most banks and monetary authorities distinguish between two types of bank deposits : |
| 27 | Under managed floating , the domestic monetary authorities intervene in the foreign exchange markets to smooth out excessive short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate . |
| 28 | Under such pressures it proved very difficult for monetary authorities to intervene in foreign exchange markets to ensure stable rates of exchange between all EC currencies . |
| 29 | Twenty cities within the European Community ( EC ) have joined forces in three EC-sponsored projects aimed at improving public transport and the urban environment , in particular at persuading people to abandon their cars and use buses instead . |
| 30 | the claim is hard to substantiate , not so much because of Nietzsche 's professed lack of " literary ambition " ( a somewhat disingenuous profession in any case ) , but for want of any decisive evidence in , for instance , the copious private notes surviving from his first years at Basle . |