Example sentences of "[adj] form of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tampering with the seam is much the most harmful form of ball vandalism . |
| 2 | Our music is more insolent and a free form of thinking . ’ |
| 3 | But the late Elizabethans and Jacobeans cultivated with the utmost fertility both a free form of ricercar , the fantasia or ‘ fancy ’ , and the peculiarly English ‘ In nomine ’ ( see p. 240 ) , as well as dance music and song-arrangements , both for consort ( usually for viols , though also ‘ broken ’ , i.e. for mixed instruments ) and for keyboard ( usually the small table-harpsichord known as virginals , or organ ) . |
| 4 | Starting in the early days of St Cuthberts with local delivery carts , there has been continuous use of this economical form of transport , through the heyday of the horse around the turn of the century , and the rapid change to motorized vehicles in the 1920s and 30s , to the hire carriages in use today . |
| 5 | The Greeks regarded rational discussion as the lowest and least reliable form of theology : the true theologian saw and experienced the content of his theology , which was inseparable from contemplation . |
| 6 | Severe winter conditions create much hardship for the isolated Settle–Carlisle line and the railway provides the only reliable form of transport at such times . |
| 7 | But before they faded from view , Flettner rotors proved to be a reliable form of wind propulsion during several years of full operation at Sea . |
| 8 | Learn from this experience and use a reliable form of contraception until you want a baby . |
| 9 | Even if it is true that policemen require special protection in the course of their duties because of the proactive roles that we expect them to undertake , it does not follow that the person who assaults them without justification should be marked as having committed what is , in reality , an aggravated form of assault . |
| 10 | maintenance is the support of litigation by a stranger without just course ; champerty is an aggravated form of maintenance , its distinguishing feature being the support of litigation by a stranger in return for a share of the proceeds . |
| 11 | Robbery is essentially an aggravated form of theft . |
| 12 | In a later paper , ‘ The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life ’ ( 1912 ) , reference is again made to forbidden wishes of the son to make love to his mother or sister , and the effects of this on later sexual inadequacies with women ( inadequate , that is , to the men themselves ) . |
| 13 | Around the turn of the century the prevalent form of government in Europe was the monarchy . |
| 14 | " monarchy " " prevalent form of government " " only two republics " " apex of society " " the most important persons on the European political stage " " to tie European society together " " leaders of society " " … seemed an anomaly " " reinforced a traditional hierarchy " " guaranteeing … an established order " " alliance … with the arm and the landed aristocracy " " industry and commerce became dominating factors " " agriculture still … important " 1 . |
| 15 | She suggests that abortion was probably the most prevalent form of contraception for working-class women before 1914–25 She also notes that chemist shops sold quinine , which could be used as a spermicide or as a drug to procure abortion , that a wide variety of drugs were used to achieve abortion , and that advertisers offered many female pills , such as Widow Welch 's Female Pills and Towle 's Pills , which were , in effect , abortifacients . |
| 16 | Indeed , the Criminal Law Revision Committee consistently treats buggery as a particularly grave form of abuse . |
| 17 | The mainstay of treatment is a twice daily form of physiotherapy , usually done by the child 's parents . |
| 18 | Since the introduction of the duvet to this country in the early 1970's , the duvet has become the most popular form of bedwear . |
| 19 | As a result the local authority sector will increasingly contain the least popular form of council dwelling : the council flat on the ‘ sink ’ estate . |
| 20 | The most popular form of payment is cash . |
| 21 | Pool-liners are a popular form of construction , and justifiably so , for they are available in a range of sizes and materials that are within the reach of all but the most impecunious . |
| 22 | A popular form of scheme is the ‘ managed fund ’ , generally administered by insurance companies whereby the funds of several pension funds are combined to form one large portfolio , and the portfolio is often divided into units that are owned by the pension funds , the value of the unit being equal to the market value of the assets held in the whole portfolio divided by the number of units issued . |
| 23 | Sponsorship events in the arts and sports are becoming an increasingly popular form of publicity . |
| 24 | AA 5 Star service is the most popular form of cover chosen by the motorist taking his car abroad . |
| 25 | Television augmented and soon overtook the cinema as the masses ' most popular form of entertainment . |
| 26 | The most popular form of insurance — burial insurance — was , however , almost universal . |
| 27 | There were exceptions to this approach , but , given that the most popular form of training was that conceived by boards themselves , perhaps a clearer message is required as to the general value of training . |
| 28 | Fondant icing is the most popular form of cake covering used in this book . |
| 29 | Photographs : are certainly the most popular form of illustration but , as yet , desktop publishing systems can not handle them very well . |
| 30 | And they while they reckon condoms , by far the most popular form of contraception for teenagers , are sensible they are victims of their own self-consciousness because they are too afraid to buy them . |