Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been estimated that the total fees paid to third parties in the take-over process in the UK in 1985 came to £500 million , about 7 per cent of the value of the transactions , and the figure will be much higher in the case of contested bids . |
| 2 | The professional competencies required of first and second level nurses are commensurate with the level and duration of initial nurse training , and these are examined more closely in Chapter 7 when discussing changes in nursing practice generally . |
| 3 | The musico-dramatic form known at first as tragedia rappresentata in musica , favola recitata in musica , favola rappresentata in musica recitativa , and similar designations ( but not till around 1640 as opera scenica or opera musicale ) had quickly escaped from the antiquarian dilettanti . |
| 4 | Then the secretory rate declined during second and third hours to the level of about 15–20 mg/30 minutes and remained at this level during the fourth and fifth hour of caerulein infusion . |
| 5 | The Largs-based professional slumped to 51st on the Order of Merit last season but , thanks to his new extra long putter , he has solved his short game problems and gone from strength to strength . |
| 6 | The minutes of the previous meeting held on 27th February 1992 were approved , having been circulated , on the proposal of , seconded by , and signed by the President . |
| 7 | The parliamentary session closed on 29th July , without any further progress being made , but on 4th August , Hall and Hunt met Cornewall Lewis and Trevelyan to obtain the Government 's approval for a competition , and to seek the first steps towards acquiring the land . |
| 8 | The Optional Procedure introduced on 24th September , 1985 , was anticipated as a dramatic departure from the traditional approach whereby a pursuer was compelled to spell out detailed relevant facts upon which he would rely at Proof . |
| 9 | The steadying claw withdrawn at last . |
| 10 | After the long drive up from Egypt , the various parties assembled at Eighth Army Headquarters at Bouerat . |
| 11 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 12 | Mr Pozsgay will have his chance of greater glory in the presidential elections scheduled for next month , but his ambitious young colleague , Mr Nemeth , will have no such consolation . |
| 13 | This can be illustrated from a wide variety of cases : the uses of literacy for social control in nineteenth century Canada , for instance , where any ‘ critical ’ element was carefully excluded ( Graff , 1979 ) ; the restriction of the content of written forms to religious tracts by the Methodist missionaries who introduced literacy to Fiji in the nineteenth century ( Clammer , 1976 ) ; the examples from British literacy campaigns that show how illiteracy developed in schools because of the class-based nature of schooling ( Mace , 1979 ) ; the uses of literacy for religious and symbolic purposes in Ghana ( Goody , 1968 ) ; the greater trust placed by thirteenth century knights in England on seals and symbols as means of legitimating charters and rights to land and their suspicion of the written document as more likely to be forged and inaccurate ( Clanchy , 1979 ) ; the development in Iranian villages of forms of literacy taught in Koranic schools into forms of literacy appropriate for commercial trading in a rapidly modernising and urbanising economy ( Section 2 ) . |
| 14 | The two counties met in last year 's Ulster final at Armagh and in one of the best games seen in the province all year Tyrone came from behind in the second half to pull off a memorable victory after having been reduced to fourteen players . |
| 15 | When the two sides re-convened on 7th May , the non-treaty ranks had been swelled by the arrival of the Palouse under Hahtalekin and Husishusis Kute ( Little Baldhead or Preacher ) , described by Howard as ‘ bright-eyed and oily ’ whose ‘ manner of extreme cunning inspired distrust ’ . |
| 16 | Mr Gummer said the proposals resulted from the agri-environment regulation agreed in last year 's Common Agricultural Policy reform package . |
| 17 | If the search problem in speech is indeed such that A* starts to behave like breadth-first , then the only way out of the combinatorial explosion produced by breadth-first search is to keep the search tree small . |
| 18 | But when the new Parliament assembled on 31st May the balance of parties was the same as before , and in negotiations which followed , Disraeli offered Palmerston a seat in a Conservative Government , with the possibility of being Prime Minister . |
| 19 | The new plants mentioned in last year 's report have all progressed satisfactorily . |
| 20 | Pam emerged from a strong field headed by twenty-fifth ranked Sabine Appelmans from Belgium and two of the world 's most successful juniors in recent years , Maggie Maleeva and Cristina Tessi . |
| 21 | Needless to say the Herald proved itself admirably with a few lessons learned for next time . |
| 22 | There is an excellent chapter ‘ Must I exercise ? ’ which boasts a complimentary piece written from first hand experience , on the Medau method . |
| 23 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
| 24 | On the 30 September 1834 the lease was surrendered and a fresh indenture made from 1st October between Lady le Fleming , and Taylor , one Richard Gaunt of Leek , and now John Barratt who had left Grassington to live in Coniston . |
| 25 | A Perfect Stranger bound on next , all fresh-faced and youthfully exuberant and with a fine-voiced giant of a singer whom I ca n't look at without thinking of Spandau 's Tony Hadley . |
| 26 | In mid-March the Home Office was all set to go ahead with a White Paper based on last year 's policy report on cabling by Lord Hunt . |
| 27 | But with Jean-Pierre Papin bound for Italy , and a major shake-up promised for next season , there are fears that Mr Tapie 's political career may signify the end of an era at the Stade Velodrome . |
| 28 | The county might have made it but for a dislocated shoulder suffered by second string Barry Hutchinson ( Stockton Racecourse ) . |
| 29 | And with every new subscription received by first post on Friday 7th April we guarantee 5 free entries in the Communist Party 's 1989 Grand Draw " Facing Up To The Future " . |
| 30 | Vasulka has developed visually compelling techniques , which he uses to create an electronic opera based on 20th century history . |