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

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1 Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies .
2 Though many of these posts overlapped and the bulk of the membership were passive , it is clear that almost every avenue of expression or opinion — from welfare to warfare , from motoring to flying — was controlled , regulated and policed by the NSDAP .
3 The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities .
4 After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital .
5 She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established .
6 And then er just work out the length of this and then the length of that and then subtract these two lengths .
7 But Gallagher does not decide this and only a House of Lords judgment on the point can resolve the uncertainty .
8 With regard to children 's adjustment when there is a step-parent and a non-custodial visiting parent , the research evidence is less clear and obviously the age of the child can be a crucial factor which has not yet been properly researched .
9 The state does become omnipotent and now the delusion of passive impotence — perhaps the central conflict in paranoia — becomes a reality .
10 At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this .
11 Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves .
12 Kevin O'Neil was just thirty years old and already a part of it in Dublin .
13 Then from her robe she took another chip , silvery and translucent and twice the size of the others .
14 Though this is probably fanciful and certainly without basis in contemporary record , Jaenberht 's alienation from Offa may have been very real , because of the suppression of Kentish independence after 784–5 and now the partition of his province .
15 Internationalization is the notion that each country 's economy has become less self-contained and more a part of a global process of production and change .
16 What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place .
17 Among injecting drug users , the peak in HIV incidence took place in 1985 and so the number of AIDS cases is still climbing .
18 It is already residential and only the degree of care would change .
19 It is already residential and only the degree of care would change .
20 If this theory is correct , the term ‘ metaplasia ’ is a misnomer : metaplasia implies a change from one differentiated cell type to another and not the induction of a novel cell lineage .
21 In any event , additional land has been identified since which not only covers this but also the scale of shortfall reflected in the SEELPI Reporter 's recommendations .
22 Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed .
23 Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise .
24 They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked .
25 Presumably stray magnetic fields will not be that high as otherwise the efficiency of the motors would be low .
26 It would , however , be too simple to portray antislavery after the late 1830s as purely a scene of contending sects more concerned with maintaining their own kinds of purity than achieving anything practical .
27 It is perhaps ironic that today the Holstein of North America is rapidly overwhelming the dual-purpose Friesian of Europe , whatever its name .
28 It is perhaps appropriate that even the date of the birth of a personality who still eludes us despite the myriad of books written about her is uncertain .
29 It is therefore for the domestic courts to decide whether , in any particular case , the agreement does so clearly infringe Article 85 that an exemption is very unlikely to be granted by the Commission , even if it has been notified to the Commission , or whether there is no infringement of Article 85 and therefore the question of an exemption under Article 85(3) does not come into play .
30 The plan of the book is related to its overall purpose of demystifying research , making it more accessible and more a part of everyday work and decision making .
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