Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Called the DTK Station Classic+ , it comes with either Solaris 1.1 or 2.1 and an optional second 240Mb hard drive , CG3 graphics for 1,152 by 900 resolution and a 14″ colour monitor . |
| 2 | Called the DTK Station Classic+ , it comes with either Solaris 1.1 or 2.1 and an optional second 240MB hard drive , CG3 graphics for 1152 x 900 resolution and a 14-inch colour monitor . |
| 3 | unc In finding the set of numbers greater or less than a given value , the number line is useful as a check that no elements have been missed out . |
| 4 | That is nothing more or less than a direct payroll tax on jobs . |
| 5 | That is no more or less than a sovereign Parliament within a constitutional monarchy should be able to expect . |
| 6 | Most theories were little more or less than an integrated set of concepts or too impossibly abstract to have much direct relevance for social research . |
| 7 | The attributes of any volume which is empty or full after a hard copy run may be changed , with the exception of the volume name and charge code ; the minimum fill mark of partially filled volumes may be revised between hard copy runs . |
| 8 | The external walls of all buildings are therefore required to have the requisite period of fire resistance , unless the building is placed at , or more than a specified distance from , the boundary . |
| 9 | The response rate to a verbal questionnaire can easily be 90% or more but a mailed questionnaire can have a response rate as low as 30% even with follow-up reminders . |
| 10 | In order to show conscious memorising the employer will have to demonstrate that the complexity of the process or that the list of trade connections was so lengthy or important that an honest employee would have realised that these were the property of his employer . |
| 11 | This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses . |
| 12 | This has led the funding bodies ( SERC , NERC , Agricultural and Medical Research Councils ) to introduce a sanctions policy , whereby departments will be penalized , by the withholding of research grants , where more than a given proportion of their students fail to submit theses . |
| 13 | The minimum hardware requirements for InstaPlan are 640k of random-access memory ( RAM ) , MS-DOS 2.0 or higher and a floppy disk . |
| 14 | A matrix is not a simple scalar quantity like 2 or 8 and a special technique is needed to carry out the operation of raising a matrix to the power n . |
| 15 | They specialised in questions which , to quote Bowley , " required an answer of 'yes ' or 'no' or a simple number or something equally definite and precise " . |
| 16 | In a number of large irrigation schemes in the tropics , the continuous cultivation of a range of crops now allows certain key pests to survive ; previously a closed season or fallow provided a natural check on insect populations . |
| 17 | That is not a retrospective or prescriptive but a descriptive process and will allow the citizens of this country to measure the standards of service that they receive from their local authorities . |
| 18 | The electronics inside the pistol consist of a light detector or photo-diode and a small amplifier and buffer . |
| 19 | Nobody forces you to consume the equivalent of halfa dozen eggs at one meal , but it is very easy to do so , so if you have eaten a mousseline of scallops , red mullet , and écrevisses floating in a lake of sabayon sauce , then do not follow it with a honey ice cream or one of those ali baba affairs nor with a peach charlotte containing five egg yolks , but rather with a tarte fine chaude aux pommes acidulées , which is nothing more outlandish or richer than an old-fashioned apple tart made on a base of puff pastry . |
| 20 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 21 | He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop . |
| 22 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 23 | Consideration , yes — anything less is to use one 's partner as a sexual object and less than human and a good deal of sexual dissonance between partners is a result of lack of this mutuality of feeling ; but to allow consideration of a partner 's pleasure to override the joy of sex for oneself is not only unfortunately genteel and polite , it may mean that the partner 's pleasure is actually diminished by one 's timorous courtesy . |
| 24 | Brian Gordon Laudable sentiments Brian , but I have a funny feeling the organisers were more than glad that a big name team made it to the final . |
| 25 | Although all but a small part of the encircling wall has gone , the older part of the city , with its narrow winding streets which witnessed so much of Scotland 's history , is still clearly separate from the New Town , the two being surrounded by the Victorian and Edwardian developments . |
| 26 | It is nothing more nor less than a determined effort by an immensely powerful bureaucracy to silence independent opinion , and to replace it with a censored , frequently biased , and increasingly bland official view of the state of British tennis today . |
| 27 | There was no passion amongst them now , nor more than a vague comprehension of Roxborough 's purpose in forming what he 'd called the Society of the Tabula Rasa , or the Clean Slate . |
| 28 | It is unlikely that more than a tiny proportion of farms will attain the bureaucratic structure associated with agribusinessmen farmers , but they are regarded suspiciously as possible Trojan horses introducing alien patterns of labour relations into the countryside . |
| 29 | However the high cost of closed-loop systems can be attributed to their small share of the market ; would closed-loop be any more expensive than open-loop if a comparable set of integrated circuit control packages was available ? |
| 30 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |