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

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1 Stage 1 Generic Sciences modules provide a starting point for those students with little or no science background and will be particularly useful for programmes being developed for adult returners or for those with Standard Grade at Grade 5/6 who wish to continue in science .
2 The secondary sector consists of low-paid , largely unskilled or semi-skilled workers with poor working conditions , little or no job security and no chances of promotion .
3 Only this was more painful than the barn floor and it had a different texture .
4 We have based our estimate of fees for the preparation of the memorandum on the facts that the UK document will be far more detailed than the US document and be based on the report of [ Date ] .
5 It was much more segregated than the police force and people rarely served in their home area .
6 My personal view is that they will run on lead free if the valve gear and engine are in perfect condition before using unleaded petrol .
7 will be different because every work record and experience is different .
8 Once again , however , it was felt that this solution was not entirely acceptable since the words degradation and humiliation were lacking in the certainty desirable for criminal legislation .
9 This became most strikingly clear when the encyclicals Lamentabili and Pascendi in 1907 condemned the ‘ modernists ’ .
10 Linguists will find it odd that the terms semantics and pragmatics are never mentioned in the book .
11 If , on the other hand , the market value is lower than the repurchase price and the terms are the same , then the buyer is likely to exercise the put option .
12 He seated himself beside her , seemingly unaware that a rag doll and two lead soldiers had occupied the chair before he reached it .
13 A sphere of hard solid rubber not much bigger than a golf ball and jammed like a cork in the pharynx , effectively blocking the trachea , I scrabbled feverishly at the wet smoothness but there was nothing to get bold of .
14 The Range Rover flywheel is heavier than the SDI flywheel and is not best suited to the 3500S engine .
15 Being less official than the Review Panel and the Institute 's Practice Regulation Directorate , it was better able , in a firm but cooperative style as an Institute committee and speaking member to member , quietly to ‘ promote ’ and ‘ encourage ’ the adoption of the highest technical standards .
16 The papal curia acted much as the curia regis and the cardinals became primarily officers of state and administrators who could be used as ambassadors or legates — a position they had reached by the early years of the twelfth century .
17 His belief is that it is preferable if the RF tuner and RDS processing stages of the receiver are continuously active whenever the vehicle ignition is switched on .
18 Chemical sterilisation is not practicable and the terms sterilisation and disinfection should never be confused or used as synonyms .
19 Although many areas still recommend that 65 is the upper age limit for basic training for advice work , and 70 is the recommended retirement age , new NACAB membership requirements now allow bureaux the freedom to take a more personal approach to advice workers nearing retirement , allowing them to continue beyond 70 if the management committee and bureau manager agree .
20 ‘ Not compared with Ricky , ’ snapped Perdita , ‘ and they all think Drew 's absolutely marvellous , because he 's an eight and a Falklands hero and all .
21 Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species .
22 The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos was even larger than the Didyma temple and measured 391 feet by 211 feet in plan .
23 The purebred Charolais calf is not as heavy as those of the Maine-Anjou and Blonde d'Aquitaine at an average birthweight of 45.5kg ( males ) and 41.8kg ( females ) , but it is larger than the Limousin calf and crossbreds are usually larger than those sired by Limousin or Simmental .
24 Communication should be mainly through the central command and control centre which may be no larger than the project leader and his small personal staff as may be a group of heads of sub-systems or both .
25 We have led on proposals for environmental labelling of products , for environmental reporting by companies , for public access to information , and on directives as diverse as the nitrates directive and forthcoming tighter controls over emissions from cars and heavy diesels .
26 Of those 363 hotel pools , 31% were found to have inadequate or no rescue equipment and 21% lacked or had insufficient pool surround fitments .
27 In simpler situations the system of mirrors still works well , and is , of course , much cheaper than a television camera and monitor .
28 Shin/instep protectors which close with velcro are more heavily padded than the tube variety and so allow a greater leeway in impact .
29 The headteacher had been appointed in November 1981 and the deputy head and senior master had both arrived since .
30 Then strangely the sun began to turn black and the sky dark and as she breathed the shadow of his name she felt her legs folding beneath her and in a moment she had fainted .
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