Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight times larger than a lion , the griffin has an acute sense of hearing , and its talons are highly prized for their ability to change colour when they come into contact with poison . |
| 2 | Second , there are often two different passives available when a sentence has a sequence noun + adjective following the verb ; for instance , the fourth example of the previous set can be linked either to ( 4 ) or to ( 5 ) : ( 4 ) the packages registered were sent by our lawyer ( 5 ) the packages were sent registered by our lawyer It is intuitively obvious that ( 4 ) corresponds to the postnominal attributive interpretation of ( 3 ) ( c ) , but ( 5 ) to the other intensional pattern introduced here . |
| 3 | Provincial assemblies met thereafter always with clerical proctors present when a subsidy to the king was at issue and sometimes when it was not . |
| 4 | They find this belief comforting when a computer beats them , but their belief is utterly false . |
| 5 | In the absence of detailed historical information other than a claim made by local hunters that great spotted cuckoos were absent from Guadix until 1962 ( ref. 8 ) , Soler and Möller assumed that cuckoos had only recently colonized the Guadix area . |
| 6 | 6.4 Is further consultation necessary before a decision is made ? |
| 7 | But is still some £20m lower than a year ago , and interest earnings fell 27 p.c. to £6½m . |
| 8 | It is blueish in colour , six times larger than a chicken 's egg , and about to make ornithological history . |
| 9 | Their layered structure and microscopic size 100 times smaller than a skin cell — enable the liposome to penetrate into the epidermis easily and integrate with the intercellular tissue . |
| 10 | Capable of an impressive 110 mph the little car — it 's 10 inches SHORTER than a Mini — is now quite rare as the company which made the kits shut down after only 15 were sold . |
| 11 | So that fellow Smallholders can each exchange their Smallholding and responsibilities with like minded anywhere in the country for little expense other than a registration fee , cost of food and petrol to get there . |
| 12 | The Congress ( I ) government headed by W. A. Sangma resigned in late March 1990 after a vote of no confidence was carried . |
| 13 | During October Year 41 , Sour Ltd was notified that , due to the death of Crowt Ltd 's managing director , who held 30% of the Ordinary Shares , the remaining directors were considering liquidating Crowt Ltd unless a buyer could be found for the shares previously held by the managing director . |
| 14 | On the northern fringe of the wood-pasture belt fewer than a quarter of the people of Blofield , East Flegg and Walsham hundreds in Norfolk had less than £2 , almost as many having £5 — £9 . |
| 15 | For this reason , and because of the limited use for such general data-types , the only data-types smaller than a word which are at all commonly provided for in the instruction set are half-words , characters , and decimal digits . |
| 16 | The instrument was produced by several manufacturers 30 years ago , Gibson , Burns and Hagstrom as well as Fender , and all were tuned one octave lower than a guitar ( EADGBE ) , with the major third interval between the second and third strings to maintain guitar fingering . |
| 17 | Your home , staying or moving , any debts other than a mortgage , should you pay off your mortgage . |
| 18 | I 've been doing fair bit more than a lot of them because they |
| 19 | No one must own any horse other than a work horse ; arms were forbidden ; informers were planted in every community to report on breaches of regulations or even suspicions about a man 's trade or lack of it ; and in all cases of doubt , summary hanging was in order . |
| 20 | It can perform any action other than a communication with the terminated process ( which clearly can not agree to any communication ) . |
| 21 | When choosing dowel at any place other than a kite store which would have selected its stock , rotate the spar between thumb and forefinger of one hand while resting the dowel in the other hand and check that the spar is straight . |
| 22 | The purchaser should reject outright any suggestion by any vendor other than a liquidator , administrator or receiver that , unlike a share sale , there is no need to give warranties in an asset sale . |
| 23 | the charge to call an O eight nine eight number from any phone other than a pay phone is thirty six pence per minute at cheap rate and forty eight per minute at all other times , over half of this money is paid by B T to the business providing the informational service |
| 24 | death of or injury to any person other than a member of your family or household or an employee |
| 25 | death of or bodily injury to any person other than a member of the Policyholders family or household or a person in the employment of the Policyholder |
| 26 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 27 | ‘ ( 6 ) ( a ) A solicitor shall not enter into partnership with any person other than a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body . |
| 28 | ( b ) A recognised body shall not enter into partnership with any person other than a solicitor or a recognised body . |
| 29 | ( 7 ) For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member of a recognised body shall not appoint as a proxy or corporate representative any person other than a solicitor who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of , or a registered foreign lawyer who is a member or director of , ( a ) the recognised body or ( b ) a recognised body which is itself a member of the recognised body . |
| 30 | ( 7 ) For the purpose of attending and voting at meetings a member of a recognised body shall not appoint as proxy or corporate representative any person other than a solicitor who is a member or officer of or who is working in the practice of , or a registered foreign lawyer who is a member or director of , ( a ) the recognised body or ( b ) a recognised body which is itself a member of the recognised body . |