Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential for future economic growth depends partly on innovations in production technology , to reduce costs and , crucially , on innovative products which create new markets in themselves . |
| 2 | I mean if you take the regulatory we did it with today that it consists of the Bank of England , the Securities and Investment Board , twenty four organisations of the S I B S , siblings you might call them er under it , the Building Societies Commission , the police , the serious fraud office , the Department of Trade and Industry , the London Stock Exchange , the Inland Revenue , five recognised supervisory bodies , all those dealing with er auditors and the others , it 's chaos er and nobody knows who is responsible for what and in that chaos you get overlapping decisions er er and conflicting regulations , everybody tries to ensure themselves by regulating too much er er and it 's a situation which drastically needs simplification , but we do n't have any proposals for strengthening and making that work er er frame work more effective , to back up er this er simple proposal today . |
| 3 | Presidential elections on March 20 brought into focus the conflict between , on the one hand , Taiwan 's claim to embody the legitimate government of mainland China , and , on the other hand , the problem that the ossified political institutions which sustained that claim lacked credibility and acceptance among the younger population in particular . |
| 4 | During the course of the year there were only eight cases which got widespread coverage and sustained coverage of several days . |
| 5 | With little money they required financial backing and Brunner 's high business reputation , no less than Mond 's scientific eminence , was crucial for their success . |
| 6 | Then there is a group of more technical reasons which make statistical modelling and extrapolation more difficult , and inhibit attempts to overcome a shortage of resources for direct measurement by statistical estimation of soil losses . |
| 7 | Indeed , four of the eleven cases which got sustained coverage resulted in an acquittal . |
| 8 | The opposition also accused the government of being corrupt and of promoting economic policies which benefited neighbouring India more than Nepal [ see pp. 38681-82 ] . |
| 9 | However , the key factor has been domestic agricultural policies which protect indigenous agriculture for security or political reasons . |
| 10 | Here , is a procession of large mammals , with the birds ( seen at Barton Farm and Woodchester ) seemingly despatched to two narrow strips which lie either side of the main design . |
| 11 | The final document stressed the relationship between political pluralism and market economies and committed the 35 member nations to " endeavour to achieve " ( i ) free and competitive market economies with prices based on supply and demand ; ( ii ) fiscal and monetary policies which promoted economic growth and enhanced the ability of markets to function efficiently ; ( iii ) policies aimed at expanding the free flow of trade , capital and investment ; and ( iv ) the repatriation of profits in convertible currencies . |
| 12 | Strictly speaking , we are interested here only in one part of the market , that part which supplies local authorities with short-term ‘ money ’ through bills and deposits . |
| 13 | But you can have a number of breaks in the order and in that case you get another order at a different level . |
| 14 | They identified two distinct social problems : the ‘ low , loafing class ’ , the ‘ residuum ’ at the bottom of society , the very poor and irregularly employed who constituted a permanent problem ; and the élite of respectable labourers who suffered occasional problems of poverty due to unemployment , sickness and old age . |
| 15 | And in that instant she understood two things . |
| 16 | Of course , this is not the same as saying that the rich and powerful never get prosecuted : there are many specific cases which illustrate this point , and which are generally well publicised . |
| 17 | The Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on Intel Corp iAPX-86-based machines ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 18 | Meantime the Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on iAPX-86-based machines ( CI No 2,133 ) . |
| 19 | The wheel is more aerodynamic than traditional spoked wheels and avoids the problem that dogs many professional cyclists who use solid disc wheels — that of being blown sidewards by crosswinds . |
| 20 | Livermore said : ‘ For 70 minutes he showed tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 21 | However , the instruction manual , though extremely comprehensive , is written in that awful Americanese which makes similar pamphlets printed in Japan almost a pleasure to read ! |
| 22 | There are , for instance , mnemonic devices in oral cultures which offer some resistance to this process : ‘ formalised patterns of speech , recital under ritual conditions , the use of drums and other musical instruments , the employment of professional remembrancers — all such factors may shield at least part of the content of memory from the transmuting influence of the immediate pressures of the present ’ ( 1968 , p. 31 ) . |
| 23 | To characterize the DNA-binding specificity of the divergent pou[c] protein we expressed pou[c] cDNA in E.coli as a fusion to glutathione S-transferase ( GST ) and performed gel mobility shift assays ( GMSA ) with the affinity purified fusion protein ( 52 ) . |
| 24 | With each interview you gain more experience and expertise . |
| 25 | When Insurers settle a total loss they acquire two types of rights — the entitlement to take over the Policyholder 's interest in the subject matter insured , and all the Policyholder 's rights and remedies in respect of the casualty which caused the loss . |
| 26 | In 1912 he was a founder of the Independent Labour Party of Ireland , forerunner of the Irish Labour Party , and proposed in the Irish Worker a political programme which included proportional representation and women 's suffrage . |
| 27 | Although I recognised several , there was a formidable blankness about them in that setting which precluded mutual acknowledgment . |
| 28 | On the rural side he had 180 tenant farmers , each with between 50 and 130 acres apiece ; and just as the Prince wanted the goodwill of his urban tenants , so too in the country . |
| 29 | Much of this is due to the magnificent Court carpets of the 16th and 17th centuries which grace Western museums , and the 18th and 19th-century masterpieces to be found in royal palaces and stately homes throughout the world . |
| 30 | The new regime ruthlessly crushed all semblance of armed opposition which threatened national unity . |