Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Byrne ( 1986 , p. 127 ) asks , ‘ does the lack of women councillors explain the apparent inadequacy of nursery provision , while there is an arguably ample supply of municipal golfing facilities ? ’ |
| 2 | It is also worth pointing out that the ELR can field one of the most representative ranges of ex-Western motive power , as the steam fleet can be supplemented by ex-BR ( WR ) diesel-hydraulics , |
| 3 | The miners ' strike will give us an opportunity to discuss the militarization of the police , one of the most noticeable as well as one of the most controversial trends of recent years . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most controversial question concerning English intonation is what its function is ; pedagogically speaking , this is a very important question , since one would not wish to devote time to teaching something without knowing what its value was likely to be . |
| 5 | The very specimens to which Gould refers so casually in his letter , particularly those which came to be known as ‘ Darwin 's finches ’ , were to spark off one of the most controversial theories of all time . |
| 6 | Davies had become the most controversial player of this tournament . |
| 7 | And , what is more , I would have instructed the ministers , as far as the Prime Minister can instruct another minister , to take the decisions in their committees and only bring the really most controversial aspects of particular bills to Cabinet . |
| 8 | But the brutalisation of culinary skills to a level where even basic techniques have been lost , seems to me not an achievement but an indictment of a fundamentally wrong-headed approach to human values . |
| 9 | The fact that this happens so widely and the fact that in relation to the volume and importance of the work they have to do , curriculum centres are still understaffed and under-funded indicates that there still exists a rather strange ordering of educational priorities . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most noted examples of this kind of structure are provided by the Henry Mountains in Utah , U S A ( Fig. 5.19 ) . |
| 11 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 12 | The third most momentous event in papal history , which would have meant much to Innocent III and to all visitors to the Lateran , was the great struggle for dominion between the pope and the emperor , known as the Investiture Contest . |
| 13 | March 7th was one of the most momentous days in British sport during the last 50 years and , when our English team achieved the first back-to-back Grand Slam in almost 70 years , we are snatched away to watch highlights of Scotland v France . |
| 14 | Note how blacks are invested with vastly exaggerated powers of social combination whilst the ethnic majority are reduced to minority status — ‘ just our lot from the estate ’ . |
| 15 | One of the most telling sequences in that film passed without comment . |
| 16 | No er the most annoying thing about last night was when , when Martin was actually reviewing erm some of the topics that we had n't got right erm and Martin was prompting us with questions and we answered them ! |
| 17 | When it is realized that of the fifteen largest corporations in the world in 1978 , three were car manufacturers , eight were oil companies , and one was in chemicals , it can be appreciated that the largest corporations within the most concentrated sections of international capital formation are committing more than their share of law violations . |
| 18 | This represents the most concentrated pattern of private land ownership in Europe and compares unfavourably with many of the Third World countries you touched on in your Land issue ( NI 177 ) . |
| 19 | Further , in a number of cases the variant was transmitted accurately in its new form to younger recruits so that a recognizably coherent group of like singers developed . ’ |
| 20 | As a BBC employee , Cusick received little financial return for creating one of the most memorable monsters of all time . |
| 21 | Ultimately the most memorable lines in this volume must be those penned by Bonnard to Matisse in January 1940 : ‘ When I think of you , I think of a mind cleansed of every old aesthetic convention , and it is that alone that permits a direct view of nature , the greatest joy that can befall a painter . |
| 22 | We visited many places and went out to dinner and went to London during that time to watch the theatre production of ‘ Cats ’ by Andrew Lloyd Web which I think is the most memorable event of that holiday ; as well as going to Canterbury Cathedral . |
| 23 | He now receded from the City , rarely appearing at the exchanges , even the Baltic , the scene of his most memorable deals in Russian tallow . |
| 24 | One of my most memorable experiences at this time was an outing organised by the magazine Studio International in october 1969 in which we toured the artists studios of the East End . |
| 25 | The most memorable bit of Sweet Dreams was not Jessica Lange 's admirable performance as Patsy Cline , it was the lip-smacking tastelessness of her last plane ride : chug-chug , engine failure , oh dear , engine starts up again , phew that was close , oh no , watch out for that mountain . |
| 26 | Perhaps the most memorable sequence from any Vietnam War film : Kilgore 's Air Cav attack the coastal village in Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) in a wave of scout , gunship and troop-carrying helicopters . |
| 27 | This has been referred to as ‘ one of the most memorable examples of classic ballad-singing of all time . ’ |
| 28 | What was the most memorable moment of Modern architecture in the last 20 years ? |
| 29 | The most memorable image in this poem is probably that of ‘ Alph the sacred River ’ — which is the source of life for the gardens of the pleasure dome , and represents the fountain of inspiration for the poet . |
| 30 | The Qumran Scroll about the War between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness — whatever its date and purpose — is the most idiosyncratic formulation of this kind of apocalyptic interpretation of a political situation . |