Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] an [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | External regulation , at least in a form that applies to all citizens equally , is legitimate , but state intervention beyond that constitutes an illicit curtailment of individual freedom . |
| 2 | Of course , that looks an impractical kind of position to us in the United States , but what 's always puzzled me is how you English do n't seem to share the view of the French . |
| 3 | If a dove meets a dove , neither will fight ; but we might suppose that they settle the contest amicably in such a way that each has an equal chance of winning . |
| 4 | The curtains at either end of the bed each has an embroidered design of a cherubic figure holding a golden trumpet ; each of these can fire off one Wind Blast spell per round . |
| 5 | that has an actual cost of .3 and an estimated cost of .2 . |
| 6 | By any reckoning , this represents an impressive decade of military adventure and achievement for a country recovering from war and famine and for a government which ‘ needed peace ’ . |
| 7 | This represents an inappropriate use of land which might otherwise grow needed crops and so save imports , particularly animal feedstuffs , forest products , chemical feedstuffs and fuels . |
| 8 | This represents an acceptable level of compatibility . |
| 9 | This represents an actuarial surplus of £96.1 million which , following actuarial recommendations , has permitted the company to suspend contributions for the foreseeable future . |
| 10 | Yet , by Party-State criteria , this represents an intelligent use of scarce resources ( as does use of the merchant , fishing and oceanographic fleets to furnish 70 per cent of the Navy 's supplies at sea ) . |
| 11 | Fundamentally , it is the differences in composition that are responsible for all the variations between the extremes , and this produces an interesting chain of cause and effect which can be summed up like this : |
| 12 | Well because the labour in say this country is over productive , this has an awful lot of categories attached to each unit of labour , that 's why labour is very productive , is that you for each unit of labour employed there might be ten units of capital , I E there are chemicals etcetera , the reason why erm this this pressure on the land in say Africa , Africa , even though the density of population was much less and that there 's virtually no capital there , right , so in order to produce the food , you know the labour has to till the soil by hand and spread the seed by hand |
| 13 | This highlights an important implication of establishing the SEM although there might be net gains to be reaped this does not mean that all participants in the process experience benefits . |
| 14 | Figure 20.2 shows an experimental check of eqn ( 20.1 ) . |
| 15 | This forms an integral part of the TESSA leaflet . |
| 16 | All this requires an enormous amount of work from both parties to the partnership , and that work represents the investment from which dividends may be expected . |
| 17 | Now what we do erm and this takes an awful lot of workload from the sales consultant . |
| 18 | This creates an excess supply of money at the interest rate Oi l . |
| 19 | If this seems an abstruse form of cultivation it is not one that is limited to modern agriculture , but can be found in many suburban gardens where , acre for acre , the concentrations of both fertilizer and pesticide are higher than on the average arable farm . |
| 20 | This seems an odd way of going about things , but the advising panels do carry a professional adviser so that talent is not merely being judged by local civil servants . |
| 21 | This seems an odd reversal of the usual rule that Arctic animals are whiter , but otherwise they behaved as fulmar do in Shetland , appearing to spend much of their time flying and gliding over the sea . |
| 22 | This seems an appropriate ordering of priorities . |
| 23 | This seems an apt description of the defensive strategies associated with a racism of relative affluence caught at a particular moment of its crystallization . |
| 24 | The Sutcliffe Studio prides itself on its broadcast quality camera work and this presents an attractive film of this part of Wales . |
| 25 | Table 2 presents an alternative analysis of the population by considering the total number of audits involved . |
| 26 | This means an extraordinary reanimation of the processes of growth . |
| 27 | This gives an overall depth of 81/2in ( 21.5cm ) . |
| 28 | This gives an annual fall of 37 per cent for non-housing work and 38 per cent for housing in this sector . |
| 29 | This gives an annual range of only 8.8°C , one of the lowest ranges in Britain . |
| 30 | Clause 7 of Precedent 2 provides an extensive example of such an indemnity . |