Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engineers in Germany successfully fired thrusters on Aug. 7 to boost the European Space Agency ( ESA ) US$400,000,000 Eureka research satellite to an altitude of 507 km from a dangerously low orbit of 100km where it had been stuck due to data communication problems . |
| 2 | While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’ |
| 3 | As a result with good control of working capital , our cash flow overall was virtually the same as in the previous year in spite of the significant profit collapse and although there may be some further redundancies this year , I do n't expect them to be in any way on the same scale as during nineteen ninety two and the important thing is that we now have costs in line with the lower level of revenue as we look into nineteen ninety three . |
| 4 | It quickly became apparent after the offer had closed that the take-up rate was just 38% — ‘ a lower level of acceptances than we had anticipated ’ and enough for newspapers to call the issue a flop . |
| 5 | Offering the right kind of help where it is needed requires a comprehensive assessment scheme . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , he 's from the right kind of background and he has more money that he knows what to do with . |
| 7 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
| 8 | But if I 'm moving around slightly like this and you 're having to follow with your eyes as I 'm making my presentation it brings variety to it brings that bit of variety like you said earlier that it brings some interest to it . |
| 9 | Multicultural mathematics should start from the children in our classes and the rich variety of cultures that they bring to our school with them . |
| 10 | It seems to us to contravene all normal rules of equity that they should be able to behave in this fashion . |
| 11 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 12 | This may all sound like an advanced case of paranoia but it 's actually just a simple precaution which does n't hurt anyone . |
| 13 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that the Science and Engineering Research Council 's review committee found evidence for a low level of activity when they chose to compare such a small part of physics with the whole of chemistry or biology . |
| 15 | The best and easiest way to ensure that you get a large range of bricks and enough of each kind of brick that you need to build and repair your body cells , is to mix the protein foods you take in at each meal . |
| 16 | If the computer is delivered late , then you would be entitled to damages based on the loss in profits in the normal course of business but you would not be entitled to anything should you lose the government contract . |
| 17 | They are unable to enter into a total experience of mourning where they acknowledge loss and pain without needing to deny it or blame anyone . |
| 18 | And so is that instant of anticipation when it seems that two bodies must collide , brutally , and one is helpless to stop it . |
| 19 | Instinct leads newly-hatched snails to move downwards ; support the eggs , over water , on a narrow strip of material and they will easily find their target , water . |
| 20 | But at lambing time they take on a total change of character and they can sometimes become very aggressive . |
| 21 | For example , and I 'm not saying this is , this is so , but it 's not unusual in that kind of dream if it 's recurring in the present , to find that really it 's about the present and not about the past . |
| 22 | In fact , if anything , we 're going to be doing less and less of that kind of music as we go along . |
| 23 | If you had that kind of function that you you know |
| 24 | Yeah , it 's exactly that kind of experience that I think has got me thinking about what I was saying before you came , well before we were just doing the coffee , about the idea of actually starting to draw , well I was calling contracts , but probably it 's more better called agreements , about you know , the theatre will do this , we will do that and |
| 25 | I know in advance that we 're not going to have that kind of luck but it 's worth a try . |
| 26 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 27 | That is precisely the background to the study which was conducted by the four chiefs of defence staff , they were asking that kind of question and I 'll now ask the Group Captain to respond . |
| 28 | And you stayed in that kind of work until you got married , ? |
| 29 | er , you know proper algebra and all that kind of stuff and it , and it was , I think I would of been better if I had of gone to Our Ladies cos I do n't |
| 30 | They 're very poor people , they may work in industries with hundreds and hundreds of small outlets , whether they 're workshops in people 's homes or hairdressing shops , and it 's much harder to organise that kind of person than it is to organise a factory worker in a big factory . |