Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , museum curators will have carried out a critical task in selecting the exhibition , in some instances having fended off proposals for inclusions with a political or a particular cultural bias . |
| 2 | So I do n't think anyone here as an elected member , needs to defend their positions if they wish to move from a political or a bureaucratic policy to something which is more pluralist and much more representative of the kind of policies that this council should be discussing not only now but also in the future . |
| 3 | They also acted to decrease the woman 's coping skills , making her more likely to become depressed or a less sensitive parent when faced with social difficulties or a lack of marital support . |
| 4 | If no play was possible or a prescribed period was lost this premium payment would entitle the holder to get his money back . |
| 5 | Are they approval seeking , supportive or a put down ( as in ‘ you 're not really going to wear that , are you ? |
| 6 | We need to know whether it is a 10-strong or a seven-strong management committee , with a majority of management representatives . |
| 7 | R 2 denotes RR which is a 180° turn and R 3 denotes RRR , also written R — 1 or R ′ , denoting a 270° turn clockwise or a 90° turn anticlockwise . |
| 8 | This ceases to be possible where a document accepted as binding is bindingly interpreted by an external court . |
| 9 | Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons . |
| 10 | This is possible where a target 's management are bargaining on behalf of their shareholders . |
| 11 | The 10th , 14th and 27th are departure points , whether this means leaving the past behind in a literal or a figurative way . |
| 12 | It will consider the conditions under which government policies have been conducive or a constraint to NGO activity . |
| 13 | Whether you 're a sales assistant or a customer , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the product on sale . |
| 14 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 15 | It is proposed to take the seven functions of budgets on pages 49/50 as the first dimension of a matrix structure to which either the rational economic or a political model can be applied in order to form the second dimension . |
| 16 | In judging this record there has been a strong tendency among commentators , from either an economic or a political viewpoint , to award the Labour government good marks for achievement [ Morgan , 1984 ; Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 17 | Instead of seeking to contain royal power they were preoccupied with gaining the favour of the Grand Prince , or control of the government when the monarch was personally weak or a minor . |
| 18 | In this country it is only the older , the inherited rich or a few intellectuals who are relaxed enough to think about the unprivileged . |
| 19 | The second dimension used three variables : whether the state is unitary and centralized or federal and dispersed ; whether the legislature has one or two ( strong ) chambers ; and whether there is an unwritten or a written , rigid constitution . |
| 20 | I was either being kerb-crawled or a bunch of Quo fans were after the jacket . |
| 21 | Be ready to open the airbrakes fully as it touches down to stop any bouncing or a gust lifting the glider into the air again . |
| 22 | With stable macro policies of either a monetary or a fiscal kind , rational expectations on behalf of economic agents mean that such agents fully appreciate the signals that trigger government policy and the prescriptions that follow , internalizing this into their behaviour . |
| 23 | The problem can be very acute where a UK intermediate holding company holds shares in foreign companies , and dividends are paid to the foreign parent . |
| 24 | These are especially acute where a substantial private company is being acquired in a Reverse or Super Class One transaction . |
| 25 | And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ? |
| 26 | There have been some impressive cases of increases in productivity , notably British Airways , British Leyland , and British Steel , which have shed workers , but it remains to be seen whether the improvement will be durable or a once-only case of firms shaking out the least efficient workers . |
| 27 | one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest . |
| 28 | Following Sambrook 's logic , though he does not use these terms , this image may interpreted either in a descriptive or a normative sense . |
| 29 | Awards may be held on either a full-time or a part-time basis . |
| 30 | The Common Professional Examination is taken after a one year full-time or a two year part-time course covering the six core subjects . |