Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | white and light green oxide were used for the dabs of pale green on the lining fabric , and a scumble of pure white was used to highlight the grey around the backs of the shoes . |
| 2 | The research , by evaluating the experience of the UK in the 1930's , aims to test the hypothesis that the discouragement of imports through duties or licensing systems , increased the demand for the products of British industry and stimulated the expansion of manufacturing output . |
| 3 | An article in the Nursing Times of 23 August 1957 , for example , stressed the importance of work as a cure for the ills of old age ( pp. 945–6 ) , followed four months later by one in the Nursing Mirror : ‘ Occupation is unquestionably one of the most important factors in preserving mental alertness and bodily health . ’ |
| 4 | The academic disciplines within the Faculty can be divided into three general areas , i.e. Physical Sciences and Mathematics , containing the Departments of Astronomy , Chemistry , Geology & Geophysics , Mathematics and Statistics , Meteorology , and Physics ; Engineering and Information Technology , for the Departments of Artificial Intelligence , Chemical Engineering , Civil Engineering , Cognitive Science , Computer Science , Electrical Engineering , and Mechanical Engineering ; and Biological Sciences , which includes the Institutes of Ecology and Resource Management , of Cell Animal and Population Biology , and of Cell and Molecular Biology . |
| 5 | Unfortunately Dutch law did not provide equality of treatment in every respect for the subsidiaries of foreign parent companies — certain social security rules were not applicable to them . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock . |
| 7 | The Ministry of Defence continues to receiv representations from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock . |
| 8 | A contrasting perspective , however , which makes little allowance for the effects of collective bargaining arrangements , is the study of democracy in British and US unions by Edelstein and Warner ( 1975 ) , and that for Mexico by Thompson and Roxborough ( 1982 ) . |
| 9 | The extreme complexity of the enteric nervous system with its non adrenergic non-cholinergic neurones and its connections with the autonomic nervous system and higher neural centres precludes a simple explanation for the effects of autonomic neuropathy on constipation . |
| 10 | However , there is data available for the effects of high dose radiation on the human body , and data on radiation hazards is regularly reviewed by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation ( UNSCEAR ) . |
| 11 | If the lunar curves in Figure 6.9 can roughly be applied to Mercury then crater erasure took place before about 4000 Ma ago , and most of the present craters , which may also have given rise to the smooth plains , were in place by about 3000 Ma ago , and little has happened on the Mercurian surface since except for the effects of tidal slow-down and interior shrinkage . |
| 12 | This can be done by direct measurements of the maximum dimension of a hundred grains through a calibrated eye piece graticule , or on a screen , followed by calculation of the standard deviation of these dimensions and application of a conversion equation which adjusts this value for the effects of random sectioning ( e.g. Harrell & eriksson , 1979 ) . |
| 13 | For the institutions of liberal democracy to function as intended , namely according to the principles and practices of representative and responsible government , they need to be supported by the appropriate relations of capitalist production . |
| 14 | Sound , for example , travels four times faster in water than in air , a useful bonus for the users of underwater sonar . |
| 15 | Figures are not produced for the lengths of old field boundaries removed or watercourses canalised but in 1983 , SAFER Auvergne spent 163,481FF on building new farms and buildings ; 470 , 165FF on irrigation , drainage and straightening water courses ; 1,859,119FF on roads , clearance for cultivation ( scrub etc ? ) and boundary construction , much of it attracting state subsidies . |
| 16 | At this precise stage of the development of UK television , defined by a limited number of channels ( satellite and cable are not yet definitive ) and by a continuing , fragile respect for the traditions of public service , the schedule is still organized to allow the public to choose between a range of ‘ services ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ We must also fight for the interests of British business in world markets and provide them with the best environment in which they can compete and succeed . ’ |
| 18 | Fighting for the interests of British Carpet Manufacturers and the 1400 employees of the company , Ralph Ellis , Chief Executive of Stoddard Sekers International , met fourteen MPs at Westminster to express concern about the continuing recession and the need to restore consumer confidence . |
| 19 | He and I were eating heartily when Byron threw down his fork and cried , ‘ Oh for the horrors of polite society again ! |
| 20 | Despite this distaste for the excesses of Catholic piety his record on toleration and the emancipation of Catholics was good . |
| 21 | With the exception of Wollen , the contributors to the Scrapbook and the Boston text convey little concern for the forms of political organisation espoused by the Situationists , and it is perhaps symptomatic of their interest in the SI as a purely aesthetic phenomenon . |
| 22 | In the case of mammals , there is indirect evidence to suggest a role for the phosphoinositides in early development . |
| 23 | These changes have considerable implications for the criteria for social work intervention in the lives of families and for the nature of public child care provision . |
| 24 | But in spite of their strength in accounting for historical continuities and pulling together many diverse elements Marxist analyses can not adequately account for the differences between capitalist health care systems and the details of their development , and the empirical evidence often contradicts the logic of the argument . |
| 25 | A summary of the results accounting for the differences in expressed PLC activities is shown in Fig. 2 a ; this shows that the net increase in inositol phosphate formation induced by βγ t was about fivefold higher for cells expressing PLC- β2 than for cells expressing PLC- β1 . |
| 26 | However , Anderson 's loquacity is only partially suggested by the statistics , for the differences in average turn-length between his utterances and those of the other interlocutors are not always very wide . |
| 27 | Now while it may be difficult to gainsay the claim that these are the things on which it would be most worth spending time if there was ever no further need to struggle for the basics of human survival and comfort , life seems to be trivialised if culture and personal relations are held up as the be all and end all of what really matters . |
| 28 | The Persons who inhabit the Cottages are chiefly poor Labouring People , who are induced to seek Habitations in the Forest for the Advantages of living Rent free , and having the Benefit of Pasturage for a Cow or a few Sheep , and of keeping Pigs in the Woods ; but many Encroachments have been made by People of Substance . |
| 29 | More than ever before , imagination , insight , understanding of new media and enthusiasm for the processes of ongoing change are going to become essential ingredients to effective librarianship . |
| 30 | The last great depression took Orwell out on to the road , on a quest for the meanings of mass poverty . |