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

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1 Of those just below forty thousand were solved … that represents a clear-up rate of roughly twenty percent … and that 's ten percent below the national average .
2 This presupposes that given a low level of development of the productive forces , and a correspondingly low level of consumption by producers , a significant rate of growth not only depends upon the rate of investment but also upon an increase in the consumption of the direct producers .
3 It 's so refreshing to see a motley crew of urchins , trendies and ravers like Sunscreem making total unself-conscious idiots of themselves on a stage instead of prancing and preening like twats .
4 However , each represents a recognisable stage of achievement , so that the student can build progressively towards a range of demanding and useful competences .
5 I have stated those two positions very crudely : in fact both are extremely complex and each represents a sophisticated view of the world .
6 This is not a symbiotic relationship because that involves a continuing separateness of identity throughout the period and process of partnership but it is an integrated relationship in which the enterprise — venture or project or more general association — is on a level of continued mutuality of interest and concern .
7 With great respect , to begin with , that involves a fundamental re-examination of this and other offences under the Theft Act .
8 Swing low , sweet Chariot is left unaccompanied , but that involves a disturbing oddity of pitching at the start .
9 In replication , the two strands separate ; then each re-forms a new copy of its original partner .
10 However , for all its attractions ( they include talking robots , the world 's biggest TV screen , simulated black holes and ‘ time tunnels ’ ) , Expo 92 offers a confusing view of the world , often falling between entertainment and instruction .
11 Each owned a weird splotch of colour in a white and silver frame , painted and framed by a local artist .
12 The SATs , it was argued , should be integrated into the curriculum as far as possible using a wide variety of practical tasks and observations .
13 That got a rapturous round of applause too .
14 We need to attract as many people as possible to enjoy a good day of movement at the Training Taster Days at Bedford College on 28 April — on 9 June and on 16 June .
15 As mentioned above , it was not possible to perform a detailed study of the Ca 2 + sensitivity of K + channels in excised inside out patches .
16 External regulation , at least in a form that applies to all citizens equally , is legitimate , but state intervention beyond that constitutes an illicit curtailment of individual freedom .
17 The unfortunate Capel Junior made a terrible hash of things and belted the ball yards over the bar .
18 This valve is generally situated under a small metal cover — in towns , it is possible to see a whole row of these stretching down the pavement ; in rural areas , it may be more difficult to find .
19 There are no strict rules about the use of these colours or the way in which they are worn , so it is usual to find a great deal of variation in clothing styles between regiments from the same place .
20 It is possible to obtain a high percentage of your continuing professional development hours by this method .
21 Thus , although it was not possible to obtain a detailed analysis of the relation between P o and V c o m at different Ca 2 + concentrations , the available data show that under these experimental conditions , K + channels were sensitive to changes in the concentration of Ca 2 + bathing the cytosolic surface of the membrane .
22 But this growth makes it possible to obtain an additional supply of goods .
23 With such care it was possible to obtain an upper limit of
24 The Health and Safety at Work Act , that 's one line with nothing decided , that covers a vast array of tenants and individuals and regulations .
25 York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area .
26 He looked at the other screens : each provided a different perspective of the same scene .
27 First , he proposed that , since the functions of the state were such that it was no longer possible to impose a unified direction of society from the centre , there was a need for a territorial decentralization of power .
28 These procedures should be manag you know part of management consultation , not part of the Dave writes it , if he like says , well that 's what we 'll do for B E S , and then , and then I 'm told , oh , that 's what we do for B E S , I tell staff , and that causes a great deal of unrest in staff .
29 Clark does not help his case by talking of the human ‘ subnormal ’ for it is a class , as we have seen , that manifests a wide range of distinctly human abilities .
30 Each catalyses a single reaction of a particular chemical , which is recognised by its shape .
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