Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but is this because of the family 's bad eating habits , or is there a genetic factor ? |
| 2 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 3 | It is suggested that if there is a breach , an employee is under a duty to mitigate the loss and this would probably involve joining the purchaser 's existing pension scheme even if the benefits are not as generous as under the vendor 's scheme . |
| 4 | Moreover , section 29(1) directs that an offence should not be regarded as more serious because of an offender 's previous record or failure to respond to previous sentences . |
| 5 | ‘ The consequences of this man 's actions could have been a lot more serious because of the lady 's age and we are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Zone de Piedmont has a mountainous character often with steep slopes and sufficient to limit agriculture but not as much as in the zone de montagne . |
| 7 | Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span . |
| 8 | This , according to C de F , is inevitable because of the coal 's low quality and high cost to mine . |
| 9 | The retention of the wreckage for detailed scrutiny must not be frustrated because of the owner 's wish to repair the aircraft and return it to service without delay . |
| 10 | 17.1 If in the Publisher 's opinion the Work should cease to have a sufficiently remunerative sale the Publisher may either remainder or waste any copies remaining on hand . |
| 11 | Mortimer had asked Howard for as much detail about these people as possible , since he was naturally suspicious of the Haitian 's motives , and was also rather curious as to the Englishwoman 's interest in matters . |
| 12 | Wexford put the lights on and behind the streaming glass the sky looked black as on a winter 's night . |
| 13 | In 1989 more than 25,000 divorce decrees were made because of the husband 's adultery , 18,000 because of the wife 's . |
| 14 | Many of the new innovations have only been possible because of the company 's commitment to total quality management ( TQM ) . |
| 15 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |
| 16 | After all that , there 's no better way to wind down than in the Club 's sauna and let the aches and pains flow away . |
| 17 | 16.1 If in the Publisher 's opinion the Work should cease to have a sufficiently remunerative sale the Publisher may either remainder or waste any copies remaining on hand . |
| 18 | They found primary school teachers were starting to get grips with the process of assessing pupils and many were more accurate than in the curriculum 's first year . |
| 19 | Charges are higher than for the society 's standard dealing system because the stockbroker can not itself be paid on the deal until the end of the stock exchange account , an average of 10 days ' delay . |
| 20 | The fees for a fuller report are , of course , higher than for the society 's valuation report , because the surveyor will spend more time both inspecting the property and preparing a fuller report suitable for your needs . |
| 21 | There seems to have been no clear trend in earnings over the period up to the rapid triumph of machine spinning after 1800 ; in the West of England rates per pound of wool spun were only marginally higher in the 1770s than in the century 's first decade . |
| 22 | Second , obtaining extra funds for the NHS will become increasingly difficult because of the taxpayers ' revolt against higher taxation . |
| 23 | Dialysis is expensive and difficult because of the country 's shortage of equipment . |
| 24 | Desalination plants also require a lot of energy , and building new power plants is difficult because of the state 's strict laws to control pollution . |
| 25 | The explanation is probably the same as for the sector 's use of fixed-term contract workers — that casual workers are the principal form of temporary worker engaged . |
| 26 | Where it is unreasonable assume that sales in period t+1 will be the same as at time t ( the present ) , or that the increase/decrease in sales over period t to t+1 will be the same as during the period t-1 to t , a moving average may be calculated . |
| 27 | The level of detail may seem much the same as in a catalogue raisonné , but the stress falls in a different way . |
| 28 | It also seems fairly certain , from the seismic wave speeds and from the densities based on the polar moment of inertia , that though the outer 300 km or so very probably consist largely of common silicates this detailed composition is not the same as in the Earth 's mantle . |
| 29 | Where a bankruptcy order has been made other than on the debtor 's petition , the bankrupt must submit to the official receiver a statement of his affairs within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or within such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) and ( 3 ) ) or the court may allow ( r 6.62 ) . |
| 30 | It would be barely conceivable to start a journey of exploration through Milan other than in the Piazza del Duomo . |