Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As might be expected the agreement was greatest for the unambiguous cases of severe dementia and diminished as the diagnosis became less clear cut . |
| 2 | On the major question of the legal basis for pension schemes in the future , Mr. Murphy said ‘ The Working Party consider that the principles of trust law appropriately updated , continue to be valid , but we think it would be right for the central principles of trust law to be re-stated and put into the context of pension schemes . |
| 3 | Fear of Bolshevism and the prevalent anti-Marxism in the German middle classes , made even more acute through the shrill tones of Nazi propaganda , unquestionably formed a wide negative base of Hitler 's popularity . |
| 4 | He had left the warmth of the Blue Boar after the usual extended throwing out time , and now felt elated as the four pints of rough local cider began to work on him . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’ |
| 6 | Senior civil servants , the privileged connoisseurs of prime-ministerial style and procedure , tend not to be purist about the operational implications of Cabinet conventions , except when routinely deploying them in the occasional public lecture or dismissing requests for the early declassification of harmless material . |
| 7 | The bond between grandparents and grandchildren can remain strong during the difficult years of adolescence . |
| 8 | One way is to be more specific about the expected effects of internal markets . |
| 9 | Last year the workshop session that followed Mr Barker 's presentation revealed that most publishers appeared to know very little about the financial realities of retailing . |
| 10 | Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven . |
| 11 | Anxiety on this score became acute during the last decades of the fourth century , and the first of the fifth . |
| 12 | I searched in vain through the ensuing histories of children for any evidence to validate this belief . |
| 13 | To his right the ground rose gently towards the southern cliffs and he could see the dark mouth of a concrete pillbox , undemolished since the war , and as seemingly indestructible as the great hulks of wave-battered concrete , remnants of the old fortifications which lay half-submerged in the sand along part of the beach . |
| 14 | In December 1697 a civil list of £700,000 a year was established , which , for the first time , distinguished between money provided for defence purposes and that for the other expenses of government . |
| 15 | One can only speculate on the implications of that for the last years of life and , in particular , for the acceptance of tending roles . |
| 16 | Pointing to the way in which poverty structured the lives of the majority of her respondents , she concluded that ‘ young Black women and young white women become pregnant for the same sorts of reasons , and this is because they share the same socio-economic contexts ’ ( Phoenix , 1988a , p. 154 ) . |
| 17 | Wales ’ oldest and deepest mine is at Blaenavon , known as Big Pit , closed as a colliery in 1980 after a hundred years of production . |
| 18 | Healthy , lustrous hair will complement any cut , although at this time of year it may become rather depressed after the exhausting effects of the sun and sea . |
| 19 | This measurement was not significantly different between the two groups of patients when antisecretory treatments were considered . |
| 20 | The WO then further subdivides this for the eight counties of Wales . |
| 21 | Can I go back to , I know I keep on harping back , but this about the actual designs of the light fittings , erm you 've told me that erm invariably the ceiling er lighting position was fixed by , being in the centre unless it was an open plan |
| 22 | It is as important to be ruthlessly clear about the underlying causes of success as it is to be analytical about the basic faults which have led to failure . |
| 23 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 24 | The abolition of serfdom was staggered through the different parts of Poland . |
| 25 | Fifteen years was quite adequate for the necessary stages of component research , reduction of options , testing of prototypes , laying down of a production line , through to full-scale manufacture . |
| 26 | ‘ The training resources , although limited , particularly in terms of finances are nevertheless adequate for the current needs of the department . |
| 27 | Finding a hot and filling breakfast that 's acceptable during the eight days of the Passover is n't easy . |
| 28 | The sky was pallid and clear between the encroaching tides of cloud . |
| 29 | A more general argument takes up the reference by Gramsci to the ‘ semi-colonial market ’ and develops the concept of ‘ internal colonialism ’ , which has had widespread application to areas as different from one another as the peripheral regions of Great Britain , the black homelands in South Africa , Alaska and the Amerindian areas of Central and South America . |
| 30 | The admiration which churchmen such as Cardinal Arthur Hinsley and Bishop G. K. A. Bell of Chichester [ qq.v. ] had for Dawson involved him actively as vice-president in the Sword of the Spirit , a proto-ecumenical movement which , to his disappointment , proved to be too visionary for the Roman authorities of the time . |