Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Quite the reverse , it is possible expressly to link the concept of " relational properties " with a ( suitably modified ) pluralist thesis by arguing , for example , that the possession of a relational property of a certain kind necessarily entails the existence of more than one thing in the world .
2 Nevertheless , I. B. Cowan could publish a book in 1971 justifiably entitled The Enigma of Mary Stuart .
3 ‘ It 's a waste of money , ’ said Harriet , looking out of the window at the parkland , which seemed lush enough to feed the whole of the East End of London until the next war .
4 In a free enterprise economy it would be profitable only to supply a fraction of the amount to which the government is currently committed .
5 and that obviously affects the kinds of problems they have with regard to income , benefits , debt problems erm and with regards the kind of things they come in to see us about , things like single payments f for things .
6 It is comprehensive and technical enough to meet the needs of professionals and is easy to use .
7 If the informed sources in Beirut er have said through the Al , the prestigious Almahan newspaper , now this is one that er that rightly predicted the release of the American hostages , Frank Reid and Robert Polehill .
8 Anyway , we nailed our box to the wall and propped up the front with a piece of wood , to make it stable enough to support the weight of our two owls .
9 Since the aim of the research was to illuminate the industrial relations of state enterprises by examining two corporations in considerable detail , there was a need to collect material rich enough to illustrate the nature of the processes at work .
10 What is wholly unacceptable is the denial of justice to the great majority of citizens who are not poor enough to qualify for legal aid but not rich enough to risk the costs of litigating an important public law issue in the High Court , the Court of Appeal , and perhaps the House of Lords .
11 It is possible so to violate the state of marriage , specifically by adultery , that in those circumstances divorce is conceivable and permissible .
12 A Mr yesterday , he was just authorising the use of firearms and he said that was put into writing and we 've got that form but that only authorises the issue of firearms er the practicality , the authorising and the carrying out of the raid is n't covered by that document .
13 If it does , that only reinforces the irrelevance of Biblical teaching to the relationships of workers and bosses today .
14 Suppressor variables such as this which are strong enough to reverse the sign of the relationship are called distorter variables .
15 The apparent trend to the Left in the Labour Party was in keeping with the political atmosphere of the times , but it was not strong enough to force the abandoning of official opposition to any form of the Unity Campaign .
16 This sense is strong enough to motivate a succession of attempts to find what is interesting .
17 The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance .
18 Also there were doubts as to whether the panelling in the proposed new location was strong enough to take the weight of the new clock and its ‘ sculptured ’ bracket .
19 What you need is a simple but effective structure or framework , strong enough to support the weight of your answer .
20 It follows that the APB 's findings , once the consultation period and subsequent deliberations are over , will have to be strong enough to convince the legislators of a public interest need to make changes .
21 Parts of the M 1 and the M6 are being dug up and rebuilt , because the roads are not strong enough to bear the weight of traffic .
22 But if it is to serve as the platform for a conclusion that something else and qualitatively different is required , something to place authority , at least in part , for the conduct of a business owned by others in the hands of employees , then by itself the statement is not strong enough to bear the weight of the proposition .
23 Even in its infancy , India was strong enough to survive the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 .
24 It would have been possible to have considered the Orpheus mosaics and a group of saltire mosaics , at the level of substantial affinity : in both instances there are similarities of content and decoration , where these similarities are not strong enough to suggest the presence of even a single craftsman who worked on more than one of the comparable mosaics .
25 ‘ Nowadays ’ , said Bismarck in 1884 , ‘ no Government is strong enough to stand the reproach of having sacrificed its own national interests as a favour to a friendly Power . ’
26 Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles .
27 By 692 the king felt politically strong enough to countenance the seizure of some of the estates of the church of Ripon and project its restoration as a bishopric .
28 It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings .
29 Do n't arrive late — for that alone repays the price of admission .
30 Finings , a glutinous liquid made from the swim bladder of the sturgeon , is also added : this slowly clears the beer of its yeasty deposits .
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