Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] [adv] detailed [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The group have been told that European funds are available for the next stage , which will be a further and more detailed study .
2 It may be of some interest that the club of Hercules should be so thoroughly integrated in a Celtic religious assemblage , but this requires a specialized and more detailed study than could be attempted here .
3 For detailed surveys of lowland tundra on Devon Island , northern Canada , see Bliss ( 1977 ) ; for a wide-ranging though equally detailed account of Soviet tundra see Chernov ( 1985 ) , and for a most readable though more general survey of tundra vegetation see Sage ( 1986 ) .
4 Sales and profit growth ( up by 17% and 34% respectively ) remain perfectly respectable on a second and more detailed viewing — indeed , the increase in sales was commendable in a very tough year for trade publishers — even if the operating margin of 6.8% and pretax margin of 1.9% were well below the promise of 10% held out when the company was launched in the optimistic mid-80s .
5 Since a faithful classification of land cover is an essential component in the proposed scheme , several attempts were made in an effort to obtain a consistent and suitably detailed product .
6 Roebuck , moved a famous and extremely detailed vote of censure on Palmerston 's foreign policy over a period of two decades , 2,000 – 3,000 volumes of manuscript correspondence were consulted by officials in the government 's attempt to produce a convincing rebuttal .
7 A long and carefully detailed letter of complaint was received by the committee early in 1939 , and it is quoted at length here for its revelation of some of the prevailing attitudes towards the Public Assistance Institution ( of which St. Peter 's Hospital was now an integral part ) .
8 A substantial and very detailed Reference Manual is also being sent to key management and senior practice staff in all the Lothian agencies .
9 The latter have also been aware of a closer and more detailed interest in how they use resources and efficiency : ‘ cost-improvement ’ programmes have been introduced and performance scrutinised .
10 The process represented a refined and more detailed application of the principles of environmentalism .
11 As a means , therefore , of getting a firmer and more detailed grip on the kind of holism which Althusser and his followers have espoused , I shall begin by outlining the theory of capitalist states that Poulantzas has developed .
12 Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately .
13 An increasing number of organizations are formulating a written and relatively detailed statement of their communication policy .
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