Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasoning which led to the discovery of the antimalarial pyrimethamine was applied equally fruitfully 15 years later , to the drug trimethoprim , which was as specific for certain bacteria as pyrimethamine was for malaria parasites . |
| 2 | The concentrations of ClO remained extremely low during these periods because air at the temperature minimum was in darkness at the model output time ( 00:00 ) . |
| 3 | She wishes to initiate a spread by going long in kryptonite futures ( currently priced at £50 000 each for one ton for delivery in 12 months ) and short in phlogiston futures ( currently priced at £10 000 each for 1000 lbs for delivery in 12 months ) . |
| 4 | Popular with high earners because tax relief can be claimed at the highest rate , the pension loan also allows borrowers to claim tax relief on their pension contributions . |
| 5 | Decision-making is also supposed to be different in Japanese companies as power is pluralized in consensual mechanisms such as ringi-sei . |
| 6 | Seemingly more interested in spoiling tactics than news values , The Sun gave the supposed transcript of an alleged row between Prince Charles and his estranged wife far more prominence than it deserved . |
| 7 | In fact , diesels are cleaner in many ways than petrol engines in their emissions . |
| 8 | These values are dependent upon such factors as soil type , weather conditions , storage etc . |
| 9 | In other words , subjective response to the same noise level will be different at two sites if noise levels have recently undergone a change at one site . |
| 10 | Our society 's moral values have also changed and we are more liberal and tolerant of such matters as entertainment . |
| 11 | Accurate dating is crucial in these cases because tax regulations in some countries provide exemptions for antiques ; these vary from country to country , and advice should be taken locally . |
| 12 | For example , value added tax , ( VAT ) , is payable on most categories of goods , and duties are also payable on such products as petrol , tobacco and alcohol . |
| 13 | Under the terms of the 1988 Education Reform Act , the LEAs will continue ( subject to such constraints as charge capping ) to set the overall , authority-wide budget for schools under their control ( known as the ‘ general schools budget ’ ) . |
| 14 | Moreover , services are generally less subject to cyclical fluctuations than manufacturing . |
| 15 | The orthodoxy of educational planning and aid policy is subject to spectacular changes as world politics change , as the advice so confidently given and taken in former years proves not to yield the promised fruit , as old gurus are discredited and new ones rise to take their place . |
| 16 | This facet of housework , discussed in the previous chapter , is unrelated to such factors as number of children , technical aids and amenities , and so on . |
| 17 | Radishes sprint to maturity in three to four weeks after sowing ; lettuces such as ‘ Little Gem ’ mature from six to 13 weeks while spring onions and baby beetroot can be ready for the salad bowl in as little as eight . |
| 18 | This last convention is invaluable in early training because it helps to stabilise balance during the transfer from one foot to the other and is also valuable in such ballets as Birthday Offering as it echoes the period and style of Glazounov 's music . |
| 19 | Ten patients underwent check sigmoidoscopy three to six weeks after radiotherapy was completed . |
| 20 | It is shrewd of Mr Kinnock to attempt to enlist this mood and to link Labour with such concepts as patriotism , efficiency and plain common sense , virtues which have more often been associated with the Conservative Party . |
| 21 | Someone who knows , for instance , all about such things as ambush marketing and the fact that one television channel in Japan ( the one to which the 1991 event was sold ) is not allowed to carry advertising ! |
| 22 | Alvaro Cunhal , 79 , resigned on Dec. 4 after 32 years as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party and was appointed head of the party 's new national council ; Carlos Carvalhas was elected as his successor . |
| 23 | Thus , although the monies received are capital in nature they are deemed to be income for the purposes of giving the taxpayer deductions and reliefs and they are charged under Case VI of Schedule D. Thus , for instance , the remittance basis would not be applicable although there is no reason why general principles should not be applicable so that income arising overseas and received by a non-resident would not be chargeable under general principles whilst income arising in the United Kingdom could be chargeable under general principles regardless of who it is paid to . |
| 24 | Piecemeal approaches to rural development are as inappropriate as is the encouragement of people in the belief that they can have similar services , income levels and amenities to those existing in other areas when policy and local circumstances will never in practice be able to provide them . |
| 25 | This award is open to any radio amateur under 18 years involved in such activities as DIY amateur radio construction , operating radios , community radio ( for example emergency communication networks ) , encouraging others to become interested in amateur radio , or appropriate school projects . |
| 26 | Although the French uplands are nationally important for such commodities as beef , milk and cheese , the forms and intensity of land management have changed relatively little with time . |
| 27 | A new 3 year comparative Programme has therefore been mounted which , through a coordinated set of locality studies , aims to throw light on these linkages and to assess the importance to local economic and social adjustment of agencies responsible for such functions as development planning , employment creation and services delivery . |
| 28 | It works by having a drawer full of such things as syrup , yoghurt and mustard , and tunnels reaching the drawer , simulating the real ant hills . |
| 29 | His pathological researches and field studies appeared regularly in the form of official reports presented by Dr J. M. Cuningham , then sanitary commissioner with the government of India , and were concerned with such subjects as cholera , leprosy , ‘ oriental sore ’ , enteric fever , relapsing fever , and prison dietaries . |
| 30 | She had no identity now , because sensation had torn her adrift from such restraints as intellect , emotion and an awareness of reality . |