Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The highest of these levels produce the long-term stability and progressive improvements in efficiency of the specific decision units lower in the system .
2 Meanwhile , in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the north [ see pp. 38182-83 ] , relief organizations had begun implementing EC-sponsored programmes in co-operation with the government created there by the Somali National Movement ( SNM ) .
3 Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage .
4 Our expertise is recognised by boat builders and owners and has led to a constant flow of prestigious projects for yachts from the yards of Camper & Nicholson , Valdettaro , Oyster , Palmer Johnson and Jankel Schooners .
5 Of the eight contests against America from then to the end of 1989 , the United States won only two .
6 As the IRB meets in New Zealand to consider far-reaching proposals for changes to the game 's laws , CHRIS THAU talked to the main
7 This is true both in relation to the conspiracy interpretation of politics in general and the specific discussions about conspiracy in the current publications of the National Front .
8 It was Britain more than any other country which had placed a stamp on all European discussions about integration since the war .
9 Formative interactions during Drosophila neuromuscular synaptogenesis have striking parallels with synaptogenesis at the vertebrate NMJ .
10 There seem to be strong parallels between energy in the body and energy in the landscape and , in the early 1970s , John Wheaton put forward in The Ley Hunter the idea of ‘ Earth Acupuncture ’ subsequently taken up and developed by Tom Graves .
11 One practical reason for the literal rule is that judges are now deeply afraid of being accused of making political judgments at variance with the purpose of Parliament when it passed the Act .
12 There were conflicting accounts of clashes between Issa and Oromo groups in Djibouti and Ethiopia on July 9-15 ; the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ' representative in Djibouti apologized to the government for what he said was an incorrect report from the UNHCR that as many as 250 people had been killed .
13 A £100 MILLION proposal to recycle millions of tons of sewage sludge into environmentally friendly products for use in agriculture , forestry and land reclamation by the end of the century will be unveiled today .
14 However , some change in the traditional relationship was signalled when the then Foreign Minister Tserenpilyn Gombosüren had economic discussions in Moscow in December , focusing on pricing , efficiency of joint ventures and eventual dealing in hard currency .
15 The paper is titled ‘ Adhesion and Detachment of The Toe Pads of Tree Frogs ’ and was selected by a prominent group of twenty professional biologists for publication in The Journal of Experimental Biology .
16 I recently asked eleven experts on RE from widely differing backgrounds what they each saw as the major priority for RE .
17 The spectacle of young people deferring to others and flagrantly performing small selfless acts of charity in the local area leaves a very bad taste in the mouth and gives an entirely distorted view of the standards which obtain at this school .
18 Brunel ( q.v. ) , though famous for his great works of stone and iron , was also one of the greatest exponents of engineering with timber , and he built many road and rail bridges , particularly in the West Country , using timber beams which could be replaced , when need be , without closing the roads or tracks for long periods .
19 He was actively involved in the preservation and revival of local crafts such as glass-blowing , leather-work , dyeing , spinning , and weaving , and maintained contacts with craftsmen in various parts of Palestine .
20 There are plenty of examples of such a control being effected by the use of coercive sanctions in the world today — from the killing of real or imagined enemies by despots to the widespread use of torture and incarceration in prisons and camps in many different countries .
21 It is the final stage of machinery for ‘ minor ’ issues that have worked their way up the machinery from other levels , and the first stage for ‘ major ’ issues such as proposed new staffing arrangements or working conditions affecting broad groups of staff throughout the railways .
22 Two broad groups of alternatives to , or extensions of , the denudation chronology model may be discerned , both dependent upon the influence of environment upon the researchers .
23 The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies .
24 The affable Michael , 61 , has been MP for Westmoreland since 1964 after cutting his political teeth at Wakefield in the 1959 general election .
25 Regarding the parent body as a potential task force — using the technical skills of parents within school to improve the school fabric and the school grounds .
26 All programs enable pupils to develop technical skills by virtue of their using the technology .
27 In those Commonwealth countries of which she is the sovereign , she or her representative acts in respect of those countries on the advice of their ministers .
28 The Royal Commissions and official committees of inquiry have maintained a reticence on such matters that has at times made their recommendations Appear naïve — as if one could consider the reorganisation of Political institutions in isolation from politics !
29 Throughout August and September , a vicious battle had been waged between the Director of Military Operations and the Director of Combined Operations at MEHQ for control of all raiding forces .
30 Because of the potential seriousness of gonorrhoea or syphilis , if left untreated , nearly all the clinics in the United Kingdom have on their staff contact-tracers whose prime aim is to ensure that all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation .
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