Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If a job starts in normal hours and runs into overtime , that time should be charged at the quarter hour rate . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | • 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 ; |
| 7 | I saw a pool-table , a polythene-wrapped three-piece suite , various devotional ornaments and gewgaws with their special pale glow . |
| 8 | But starting the Reformation was only half the battle : turning its principles into practicable policies and maintaining momentum in the face of opposition from determined vested interests was much more difficult . |
| 9 | Labels such as ‘ mono-hierarchical ’ , ‘ mono-organizational ’ , ‘ USSR Incorporated ’ ( Meyer 1965 ) , the ‘ organizational society ’ , the ‘ command society ’ ( Rigby 1964 ) and the ‘ administered society ’ ( Kassof 1964 ) are used , implying that the political conflicts and struggles over resources , status and power that take place within the communist state are analogous to those experienced within large corporations . |
| 10 | The money supply ( MS ) is also exogenous — it is assumed to be under the control of the monetary authorities and does not respond to changes in r or Y. |
| 11 | Professionalism We have seen how public sector organisations are made up of professional groups and have briefly discussed their importance for organisations . |
| 12 | The old colonial system stood in the way of any attempt to replace an empire based on bullion imports by a mercantilist empire à la Colbert , reserved for Spanish products and feeding the prosperity of the mother-country ; regimentation had failed when interlopers and smugglers had turned the Castilian monopoly into a fiction , when ‘ Spain kept the cow , the rest of Europe drank the milk ’ . |
| 13 | It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect . |
| 14 | So Tommy the waiter carefully hung up his yellow waistcoat with its white lining and ordered some wine from room service and in a while after a long easing shower slept for eight solid hours and did n't dream about Filmer . |
| 15 | The weekly return in Table 1 illustrates the Bank 's assets and liabilities : the division between the Issue Department and Banking Department is largely for historic reasons and has no real economic significance . |
| 16 | And that amending the foot fault rule to stop players jumping before they hit the ball , introducing possible changes to ball pressures for specific surfaces and taking steps to inhibit any further extensions in the dimension or strength of rackets , would be better than ‘ tinkering about with how the game is actually played . ’ |
| 17 | Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups . |
| 18 | FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM don the wide brimmed hats and cover themselves in flour for two nights of doom laden entertainment at London 's Town & Country Club on March 29 and 30 . |
| 19 | Vocational training schemes aim to provide new graduates with the opportunity to refine their technical skills and develop a ‘ dentist 's persona ’ . |
| 20 | During the last stage of his visit Dole was unusually critical of Israeli policies and told journalists that US politicians and the public were becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the peace process . |
| 21 | The overall objective is to measure the cost effectiveness of urban and regional policies and to monitor recent changes in urban and rural economic activity which have important implications for local planning and housing policies . |
| 22 | From that day , early in the October of 1845 , she began drawing on all their outlying accounts and amassing the money with Chambers . |
| 23 | Most common discussions of political authority presuppose existing political institutions and ask under what conditions do institutions of that kind have legitimate authority . |
| 24 | Meanwhile the Inservice Panel devises and executes staff-development activities and explores infrastructural initiatives ( for example , networking ) designed to facilitate the communication of good practice , the sharing of ideas and the peer support which characterise a commitment to extending the professionalism of teachers throughout the county . |
| 25 | He seized the broomstick between his strong teeth and began to leap about , trying to wrest it from Angela 's grasp . |
| 26 | The news is up-to-the-minute snippets tom from the agency printers , hastily rewritten by junior sub-editors and thrust under the disc jockey 's nose . |
| 27 | In this case heterostracans are considered the closest relatives of gnathostome ; this is based on the speculation that heterostracans had paired nasal sacs and paired nostrils as seen in jawed vertebrates . |
| 28 | It was essential to provide an identifiable core of people with professional training skills to act as the standard bearers for the future ; to attract , sustain and develop the specific skills and to lay the foundation of the new profession . |
| 29 | The office is responsible for lobbying the European institutions and keeping the solicitors ' profession at home informed of EC developments . |
| 30 | He had also built a reading room for the agricultural labourers and made other substantial gifts . |