Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cold climates are said to affect blacks adversely because of their body fat deficiencies , weak ankles would account for the lack of black hockey players , etc . |
| 2 | Any budding talents should go to the rehearsals held from 6–7pm every Wednesday before the event . |
| 3 | ‘ Alas that a child of barely eleven summers must stand at the king 's elbow to remind him of his duty ! ’ lamented Elizabeth Woodville . |
| 4 | Devolved local council government would be introduced , and the policy of reservation of jobs for members of the lower castes would continue for a further 10 years . |
| 5 | The plaintiffs argued that certain specific projects would result in the loss of wildlife covered by the Act , and that therefore their own interests would be harmed . |
| 6 | the number of levels in the management hierarchy increase with technical complexity , ie complex technologies lead to ‘ tall ’ organisation structures , while simpler technologies can operate with a ‘ flat ’ structure ; |
| 7 | Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix . |
| 8 | Political as well as economic reasons might contribute to the use of a standardised design . |
| 9 | TGAT had the job of rationalising and elaborating this instruction so that subject working groups would operate to a common format . |
| 10 | Our most grateful thanks must go to the teachers from Herts . |
| 11 | It is naive to assume that the existence of city technology colleges or grant maintained schools will act as a stimulus to the rest . |
| 12 | How many Labour supporters would vote for a ban on fishing ? |
| 13 | The course will also look back at garden history and explore some of the ways in which budding designers can learn from the great designers of the past . |
| 14 | Strong walkers will proceed beyond the Lochan Dubha and climb the easy ridge of Druim Hain directly facing until reaching a well-built obelisk commanding a sensational view of Loch Coruisk in a surround of wild mountains . |
| 15 | However , the danger with relying upon such a model is that the necessity to summarize and simplify the more relevant economic relationships can lead to the omission or misrepresentation of some important features . |
| 16 | The possible solutions will depend on the severity of the handicap , but parents should be encouraged to consider ways in which their children might remain creatively active , thus continuing the process of education rather than allowing the person to retrogress . |
| 17 | The US yesterday welcomed a proposal made by the presidents of Colombia , Peru and Bolivia that European nations should participate in a drugs summit with President Bush . |
| 18 | In what follows my main purposes are : ( 1 ) to demonstrate the patterns of simplification that can be traced by comparing our inner-city data with that of the city-wide random sample ‘ doorstep ’ survey and the outer-city community studies ; and ( 2 ) to consider how far a theory of strong and weak ties can account for the maintenance of complex patterns and the development of simpler ones . |
| 19 | THIS season 's six European finalists will emerge from the matches to be played later today , with Barcelona and Sampdoria starting as very warm favourites for the European Cup final to be played at Wembley on May 20 . |
| 20 | But he warned there were potential risks and pitfalls because the new working methods could come as a culture shock . |
| 21 | The greatest designers can sway with the prevailing mood of the moment , but remain fundamentally true to their own spirit ; Issey Miyake continues to delight audiences at his beautiful shows by determining his own uniquely futuristic fashion logic . |
| 22 | Differences over the political future of Civic Forum deepened , and it was agreed in February 1991 [ see p. 38017 ] that two separate political parties would emerge from the umbrella organization of Civic Forum : the Civic Democratic Party ( Klaus ' wing ) and Civic Movement ( consisting of many of President Havel 's closest associates such as Dienstbier and Pithart ) . |
| 23 | This refers to the way in which a particular experimenter may influence different subjects , or to the effect that different experimenters may have on the same subject . |
| 24 | Subtitled How The World Will Change In The Depression Of The 1990s , its central hypothesis is that we are headed for a major depression , that deflation will return , that property prices will collapse by two-thirds , that Islam will pour into the power vacuum left by communism , that taxes will soar , that many major corporations will cease to exist , that anyone wealthy enough will flee big cities and away from the gangs controlling them , that countries like India , Canada , South Africa and Israel will fall to bits , that there will be plagues of locusts and frogs and that firstborn sons ought to head for the hills while they 've got the chance . |
| 25 | Robert Savage referred to it as a box-iron piece , a piece of land roughly the shape of an old fashioned box-iron used for smoothing linen ; and he related that the old ploughmen used to refer to the ploughing of this type of field as goring work . |
| 26 | But this statement is an oversimplification : the phrase ‘ having the force of law ’ has no precise meaning but is an amalgam of features which different rules may possess to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 27 | Where they did not , different rules could apply within the EC and EFTA . |
| 28 | French artists will stay at the Villa ( designed by Kunio Kato of the University of Kyoto ) for three to twelve months . |
| 29 | ‘ Compulsive spenders will binge in the same way as alcoholics ’ |
| 30 | This approach supports the view that students from different disciplines will benefit from a broad outlook on the subject which cuts across any boundaries imposed by specific roles . |