Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A switch of a very subtle kind appears in another passage from The Night Watchmen .
2 Summing up his goodwill mission , Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level .
3 Under such pressures it proved very difficult for monetary authorities to intervene in foreign exchange markets to ensure stable rates of exchange between all EC currencies .
4 I stress that money relates to new equity and is not directly linked to any specific plans by Stagecoach for bids for SBG companies .
5 She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable :
6 In the case of the steel industry Stone ( 1974 ) contends that the restructuring of job hierarchies , the creation of internal job ladders and accompanying wage payments did not , in fact , reflect the attainment of technical skills derived from on-the-job training .
7 This is then deducted along with other allowances and deductions from total income to arrive at taxable income .
8 Technical quality and the use of the right exposure coupled with careful composition were all considered in the beginners ' and intermediate sections of the colour slides .
9 Recent regional policies originating from central government are described in Robinson et al .
10 We now know that this was the condition in galeaspids where paired nasal sacs opened into median duct and the duct itself communicated with the pharynx .
11 Uses direct air ( impact ) to an expanding/contracting diaphragm surrounded by static air .
12 This survey differs from previous ones in that the department brought in private surveyors to work with environmental health officers .
13 This guarantee covers only advance payment sent in direct response to an advertisement in this magazine ( not , for example , payment in response to catalogues and so on , received as a result of answering such advertisements ) .
14 This guarantee covers only advance payment sent in direct response to an advertisement in this magazine ( not , for example , payment made in response to catalogues and so on , received as a result of answering such advertisements ) .
15 The emergence of ecology as a science had no clear-cut links to the environmental movement that was advocating a reduction in the destructive activities required by modern civilization .
16 Today 's Chief Political Directorate stresses in interstate war the need to ‘ strengthen the indoctrination of Soviet soldiers in a spirit of high vigilance and class hate for the Imperialist aggressors ’ .
17 There was a political culture of stability ‘ thriving on the creation of symbolic dragons — the English , the Tories , the Church of England , Twickenham ’ ( Griffiths , 1987 , p. 215 ) , a lack of a corporate revolution and an inherent conservatism reflected by one councillor who believed that borrowing money to finance capital expenditure was tantamount to creative accounting .
18 The kind of economic support given from one migrant to the next includes : assistance with the fare ; assistance in finding work ; a temporary home ; personal encouragement and moral support whilst the new migrant is adjusting to Britain .
19 We know too little about the internal social relations of some of the earliest collective and collaborative forms to speak with any certainty of that stage .
20 Two fifteenth-century icons set in beaten silver , studded with amethyst and quartz .
21 On St Kilda solifluction and the formation of pro-talus ramparts occurred at this time ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) .
22 Seeing the poverty around him while he was growing up , he joined in with the political groups agitating for social change .
23 Their report shows that you 're most likely to fall ill visiting Egypt , Gambia , Turkey and Latin America , while 18 per cent of Spanish holiday-makers suffer from some kind of lurgy .
24 Firstly , the 70's was a period of considerable world wide corporate growth and , secondly , economic recession associated with structural change in the UK economy focused attention on manpower as a priority area in terms of productivity and cost control .
25 We would welcome a system of licensing which allowed private clubs to apply for all-night music and dance licensing in suitable venues .
26 In view of the apparently conflicting views expressed by this court in other cases , in two of which I was personally involved , I would like to add some words of my own .
27 It is of course quite plausible that the principle of monetary judgments applied in formulary procedure .
28 Before you begin , make sure you know exactly what you want done and consider taking professional advice from an architect or surveyor — a little money spent at this stage could save you a lot later on ;
29 The direct consequences of this dramatic political change differed in each state , but paralleled each other , consolidating each alliance 's power .
30 If military training can incorporate an element of preparation for the emotional experience associated with active service abroad which prevents even a small number of psychiatric casualties , it may well also help to maintain the morale of others and be cost-effective in these terms .
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