Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capital provision to support these two areas is scarce and the 1990s are going to test even the most supportive administrations to meet urgent demands for library extensions and preservation/substitution programmes , neither of which has been an established part of institutional budget planning , nor likely to receive much more than sympathy from the funding councils , except perhaps in cases where enormous growth in student numbers have caused such pressures on space . |
| 2 | If you are going to eat in the kitchen make sure overall lights arc on a dimmer switch and that there is enough light over the table — use a rise-and-fall light fixture for example — which can , of course , be substituted for or combined with candlelight at night . |
| 3 | The damage became obvious in 1957 when the Midland lost its coveted position as Britain 's largest bank Barclays ' deposits of £1,346m edged ahead of the Midland 's £1,342m . |
| 4 | What is meant by class and ethnic reductionism and essentialism is illustrated here by Rex 's assumption of deterministic and invariable cultural patterns producing inevitable individual responses . |
| 5 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |
| 6 | New EEC rules change light dues |
| 7 | Though clothing and equipment may be more streamlined , courage , nerve , fitness , skill , determination and a touch of good or bad luck remain unchanged , as essential ingredients of great sporting spectacles . |
| 8 | British Telecommunications Plc 's formal application to the US Federal Communications Commission for permission to resell international private line services and offer switched services is now under review , and approval would enable the UK company to provide International Virtual Network services in the US . |
| 9 | British rail goes private |
| 10 | Another method of subordination is a prohibition on repayment of the debt whilst other creditors remain unpaid . |
| 11 | A local coroner on a routine inspection became suspicious when he discovered that one baby had unusually high levels of a potent heart drug , digoxin , in its tissues . |
| 12 | Martin Hyman of British Aerospace got five enquiries and said that though he could have wished for more , those that he had talked to had , he felt , benefited considerably . |
| 13 | Travelling vicar goes full circle |
| 14 | Further , the decision to implement criminal law legislation did not originate with the state in the narrow sense at all , but with purity and feminist groups who were increasingly taking the lead in sexual politics . |
| 15 | ‘ They also believe that … it should be dealt with speedily and its finding made public so that the confidence of the public in its health care will be restored . ’ |
| 16 | Groups formed last year will carry on working at four other tasks : cellulose losses , tow motor ( forklift truck ) costs , maintenance store stocks and quality information . |
| 17 | Suggestions that Hickman experimented with nitrous oxide remain unsubstantiated . |
| 18 | Support on all dates will be Goat , currently in the studio recording the follow up to their Jamie Stewart produced mini-album ‘ As You Like It ’ . |
| 19 | Support on all dates will be Goat , currently in the studio recording the follow up to their Jamie Stewart produced mini-album ‘ As You Like It ’ . |
| 20 | The significance of the site in terms of faunal diversity , time span covered and complexity became clear in the course of preliminary work ( Heal , 1970 ; Stanton , 1973 ; Bishop , 1974 , 1982 ) . |
| 21 | Thus , the views of the inspectorate are under-represented , especially when one considers that , except for relatively informal verbal comments through the Senior English Inspector , the General Inspectors for each school make no input at all , while all five DCSLs make lengthy written recommendations which are reinforced by the chairmanship of the ACL:E&SS . |
| 22 | Jamie Blair encourages young Britons whose Enterprise Allowance falls short to take up the offer . |
| 23 | Athena is part of the Pentos Group which also owns Ryman and the Dillons bookshop chain and it has a substantial organisation which goes into play to support new franchisees . |
| 24 | Mother jailed for drug smuggling goes free |
| 25 | Once the alternative assessments ceased to be enforceable , the taxpayer became liable to the tax assessed , and this was not capable of any serious challenge . |
| 26 | Despite the stink it raised in some quarters , The Krays made perfect sense as a symptom of the curious British habit of turning petty villains into national folk heroes . |
| 27 | Some builders on what began as prestigious estates in Britain had to compromise with the arrival of the recession , and alter their plans to include cheaper housing . |
| 28 | Work on the stand has already begun and the club are hoping to extend the plans to include seven executive boxes and a press box . |
| 29 | Reasonably complete and reliable economic statistics of any kind became available only slowly even in many of the more developed European states ; and in any case economic issues usually played only a subordinate role in policy-making . |
| 30 | Whereas if someone who is normally very placid and kind became ill , say with an earache and at the same time became irritable and bad tempered , then this would be a highly significant symptom . |