Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smooth muscle replacement and degeneration or reduction of the myenteric plexuses were also graded from — to +++ . |
| 2 | " They therefore do appoint that a merket shall be weekly held upon the open Street of Bowmore upon friday , the 1st. to be upon friday the 5th. day of November next , and to be from thenseforth contiunes weekly thereafter … and that there may be no fraud in the weight or measure of the different Vivers and commodities Brought for Sale to this weekly merket , the Meeting do hereby appoint Archd . |
| 3 | One shop assistant was polite , but adamant and explained : ‘ Dogs are not allowed because of the risk of soiling or damage to the woollen clothes . ’ |
| 4 | the organisation , since it is not rigidly structured , is capable of adapting quickly to meet change ; however , the success in adapting will depend on the luck or judgement of the key individuals who make the rapid decisions ; and |
| 5 | Intense pain or spasm of the surrounding muscles which may suggest a fracture . |
| 6 | Students specialise in either Danish , Norwegian or Swedish and the chosen area may then be studied as a single honours course or part of a joint honours course in Modern European Languages and with Scottish Ethnology or Linguistics . |
| 7 | In the Council 's experience the most effective way to mitigate the social and economic consequences of major plant closures is to secure a new operator for all or part of the redundant assets . |
| 8 | 2 ) Excision which involves the cutting of the clitoris and of all or part of the smaller lips ( labia minora ) 3 ) Infibulation which involves the cutting of the smaller lips of the clitoris , at least the anterior two thirds of the inside part of the larger lips ( labia majora ) and the stitching together of the two sides of the vulva . |
| 9 | Are you , for instance , due to be reimbursed in respect of all or part of the running expenses ? |
| 10 | The study of gender is , like the study of class or of race , also the study of inequality ; we are interested in not only why women do not occupy positions of power , status or responsibility in the same numbers as men , but also the process by which this occurs . |
| 11 | ‘ The break-up or impairment of the old ideas of discipline or order , and the life of great cities create occasions for some varieties of crime ’ , is how The Times summed up the feeling in 1899 . |
| 12 | ‘ The tenants will paint in a proper and workmanlike manner all the outside wood , iron and stucco or cementwork of the said subjects and all other exterior parts as might properly require to be so painted with three coats at least of good oil and white lead paint … . ’ |
| 13 | It was an unremitting struggle that led to the overriding , abolition , co-optation or subordination of the inherited liberties and assemblies of society — vested in manors , villages , communities , provinces and estates — to achieve an unprecedented degree of centralization in the leading power in this respect , France . |
| 14 | It is quite an attractively coloured species ; dark blue on the upper parts , becoming paler until white or silver on the lower parts . |
| 15 | To a very large extent , Hound Tor represents the archetypal hamlet described by Harald Uhlig as representing the original west European type of settlement — what would be called a drubbel in Germany or claehan on the Celtic fringes — a hamlet inhabited by relatives , working the land together . |
| 16 | There was nothing arty or touristy about the old gods — a touch of pagan malevolence , perhaps — and I could see where the phrase ‘ rough-hewn honesty ’ had come from . |
| 17 | The records of these numerous courts were often badly kept , and there might be damage or loss of the original wills which the courts kept under their custody . |
| 18 | Now , instead of a day walking on the estate 's 50,000-acre grounds or picnicking on the heather-clad hills , the Queen and the duke are likely to send out a summons to Andy and Fergie , who are staying close by . |
| 19 | Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes . |
| 20 | Immerse the section , slab or plaquette in the reagent contained in a suitable dish or tray for a few seconds or until the yellow precipitate forms . |
| 21 | A history teacher is content to cover the history of one country or continent over a few decades . |
| 22 | In Rotherham , for example , there is one inspector or adviser to every 106 teachers , against one to every 313 in Leeds . |
| 23 | The upper 70–100 m of the ocean is an effective absorber of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the downward diffusion , advection or convection of the carbon-containing waters of the upper mixed layer into the deeper stable layer is a relatively slow process taking 500 years or more ( Revelle , 1982 ) . |
| 24 | You can catch a show , a concert , a first-run film or club into the small hours . |
| 25 | ‘ Travelling the world , I soon realised there was no hope for mankind or peace without the United Nations . ’ |
| 26 | There may be the possibility of partial substitution or compensation among the four factors identified earlier — expertise , ability , personal qualities and skills — in the case of particular graduates and graduate jobs . |
| 27 | The 500 tons were not specific goods because , in the words of Lord Hanworth M.R. ‘ There was no ascertainment or identification of the 500 tons out of the cargo in bulk . ’ |
| 28 | Secondly , are the Government currently involved in giving advice or assistance to the Russian republics and to other east European republics ? |
| 29 | It can cause prolonged suffering due to difficulty in breathing because of the obstruction or narrowing of the small airways in the lung and the destruction of the air sacs in the lung due to smoking . |
| 30 | Depending on the precise details of the formulation , this process is either a copolymerisation of the HEMA with the polymer side chains , or homopolymerisation of the functional groups in the side chains . |