Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 2 | In English law the offence of indecent assault is charged for all forms of sexual assault other than rape , buggery , and attempts to commit those crimes . |
| 3 | Freud thought that the need for a long period of education for young men and women in the ‘ civilized ’ sections of modern societies was linked with the development of neurotic illness because of the deferment of sexual gratification necessary while education took place . |
| 4 | The proposed closure of the USM , though not before the end of 1996 ( it will remain open to new entrants until the end of next year ) has thrown sharply into focus the debate on how smaller companies find a way of closing the much quoted ‘ equity gap ’ which they and their advisers have long argued makes it harder for them to raise any significant degree of long-term capital other than debt finance . |
| 5 | There was no evidence in these miners that a radon-rich atmosphere increased the risk of any cancer other than lung cancer . |
| 6 | The formation of political parties was allowed , and fundamental rights , including freedom of speech and the press , were guaranteed , but the propagation of any religion other than Islam was prohibited . |
| 7 | The propagation of any religion other than Islam would not be permitted . |
| 8 | Past Four Court dominant as church bells . |
| 9 | Only seven people had experience of paid employment other than government work schemes , and four of these were employed before they acquired their impairment — they had not worked since . |
| 10 | The ITC guidelines make it clear that it does n't see ‘ sanitised ’ violence as innocuous and Ferman expresses greater concern about Lethal Weapon 2 than Reservoir Dogs . |
| 11 | But the approach used has considerable advantage in principle over the cruder system used for educational deprivation , since there is an attempt to relate expenditure needs directly to deprivation indicators , rather than adoption of an ad hoc procedure with little justification other than expediency . |
| 12 | They were protected from trampling or from modification from any source other than weathering , and some protection was provided against wind , but despite this most of the bones have been blown away . |
| 13 | If a UK resident had a deposit in a UK bank in any currency other than sterling , this would be an example of Eurocurrency . |
| 14 | In none of these five detailed study authorities were versions available in any language other than English , despite the fact that in one of them , 17 per cent of the population were from ethnic minority groups . |
| 15 | Whence it came it will return , perhaps again , to be communicated to some being higher than man , perhaps to pass through gradations of glory from the pale human soul to brighten the seraph . |
| 16 | If the words used are wide enough for the above purpose , the court must then consider whether " the head of damage may be based on some ground other than negligence " . |
| 17 | A great deal of the normal daily business of Parliament is devoted to debates on official business other than legislation . |
| 18 | The VNODD as well as the communists had already been involved in fomenting strikes but on the whole they do not seem to have attached themselves to any cause other than nationalism and , while they were particularly active in attempting to subvert the army , when they finally and out of desperation , having been heavily penetrated by the Sûreté , attempted to begin their armed struggle , many of the Vietnamese riflemen in the battalion , which was induced to mutiny , rallied instead to their French officers . |
| 19 | A fixed date action is an action which includes a claim for any relief other than payment of money , eg the recovery of goods or land , or an equitable remedy such as an injunction . |
| 20 | " The owner who " dedicates ' his woodlands binds himself , and his successors in title , not to use the lands so dedicated for any purpose other than forestry — they are managed solely for timber production . |
| 21 | If this definition is applied when reviewing surveillance studies the result is that cancers found earlier than eight years from onset or found in left sided colitis or a cancer found at colonoscopy performed for any reason other than surveillance ( such as rectal bleeding ) , can not be regarded as a success . |
| 22 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 23 | If the next phoneme is /r/ , then all detectors for words beginning with /p/ followed by some sound other than /r/ will be switched off . |