Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] [adv] comprehensive [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infertility : Your Questions Answered by Tan and Jacobs ( McGraw Hill , £8.50 ) is a clear and extremely comprehensive guide for couples with fertility problems . |
| 2 | The nursing profession is moving forward rapidly , and in its evolution it needs to develop a clearer and more comprehensive set of skills . |
| 3 | And Wagner spelled out the means : " I should like to advise you not to touch on such incredible views in short essays written … for popular effect , but … to concentrate on a larger and more comprehensive work on this subject . " |
| 4 | The material of the two lectures , though not originally envisaged in this connection , provided the starting point — but only in the light of Wagner 's flattering advice to " concentrate on a larger and more comprehensive work on this subject " . |
| 5 | In this country where the same vicious law which imprisoned Wilde still operates one looks to those with pretensions to a scientific approach not to be victims of prejudice and intolerance but to give a lead for at least a saner and more comprehensive attitude towards the homosexual in society . ’ |
| 6 | Anne Lewin , 8 Porchester Place , London W2 ( 071–723 7741 ) sells a small but very comprehensive collection of underwear and night clothes , ranging from plain knitted cotton bodies with satin-bound V necks to delicate silk chemises trimmed with a double row of tiny Gothic points . |
| 7 | Indeed , a recent and very comprehensive survey of handwriting recognition techniques and systems considered its significance to merit just one sentence : ’ Higher level linguistic rules such as syntax and semantics can also increase the recognition rate ’ [ Tappert et al , 1990 ] . |
| 8 | I do not claim that this book is in any way a final or even comprehensive analysis of its subject matter . |