Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In preparation for the anticipated tough hearings before the Democrat-controlled judiciary committee , Thomas , whose nomination had aroused opposition from a range of black , feminist , and liberal organizations [ see p. 38328 ] , received intensive coaching from members of administration . |
| 2 | Of course during the previous factional struggles it had been Trotsky who had been accused of advocating policies which would have led to a split between the working class and peasantry , but now it was Stalin who was in Bukharin 's sights . |
| 3 | The distinction works only in part , at least so far as social work is concerned , but it allows the author to develop and use as a thread through the discussion , the historically gendered nature of the division between the so-called caring professions and professions such as medicine , law , and architecture . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State for Education and Science has referred to LEAs ' and schools ' ‘ important responsibility to work towards the promotion of equality of opportunity for the different ethnic groups who are part of our national life ’ . |
| 5 | Springbok great , TOMMY BEDFORD ( 1963–71 ) , gives an insight into the power struggle between the different governing bodies within the South African game . |
| 6 | Selection criteria were specified , including the requirements that the solicitor 's office be reasonably accessible to the appropriate magistrates ' court and that the solicitor have sufficient criminal advocacy experience during the previous 18 months . |
| 7 | In conclusion , may I take this opportunity of thanking the Chief Executive and Directors of Plantsbrook Group , the National Secretary , the Officers , Administration Secretary and the Staff at the National Office and , last but not least , my colleagues at work for all their support during the past twelve months . |
| 8 | There is still no provision for a national toxic wastes dump . |
| 9 | Provision for the blind and deaf was reasonably comprehensive as a result , although often rather isolated , but provision for the heterogeneous general classes of disability was very slight and uneven between authorities . |
| 10 | Not all problems have gone away of course : yesterday 's £6.4 billion public sector borrowing requirement is not much higher than expectations , but it is almost as large as the deficit for the previous 11 months and — with this year 's deficit forecast to be double last year 's — shows why the Bank of England so eagerly sold £2 billion or more of gilts on election night and why it needs a regular stream of massive sales . |
| 11 | They drove speedily but safely along the main road that headed west through the mountainous inner regions of the island , skirting villages where black-shawled women sat in doorways , past almond groves and fields full of woolly black goats . |
| 12 | Bruce Dern said Corman did him and Nicholson a favour by getting them a part because they both needed the money at the time ; Corman arranged it so that their shooting schedules would require them to be available for the first and last weeks of the four-week stint , thus , under union rules guaranteeing them a salary cheque for the full four weeks . |
| 13 | All the press were very excited about Ade , writing that he was our big hope for the European Indoor Championships in Madrid . |
| 14 | Basically , every compliment that has been chucked in Suede 's direction during the past ten minutes the band wholeheartedly , erm , agree with . |
| 15 | The Endotergites or Phragmata ( Snodgrass , 1935 ) arise as transverse infoldings of the intersegmental sclerites ( see p. 43 ) and as their main function is to provide increased areas of attachment for the dorsal longitudinal muscles they are best developed in winged insects , especially those that fly actively . |
| 16 | But I still retain sympathy for the misguided foreign tourists who read about its properties as a ‘ gateway to the beautiful western Highlands ’ and end up wandering in dismay down streets that make the Bronx look like Disneyland . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it is important that judges should retire earlier than they do , ’ said Mr Hewitt , of Etherley , near Bishop Auckland , who retired in his 73rd year but who has regularly been recalled to sit in judgement during the past two years . |
| 18 | In adults , the use of the mouth and lips in kissing is the frequently permitted act of oral gratification , although eating and drinking retain a weaker gratification for the oral sexual impulses . |
| 19 | Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons . |
| 20 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 21 | American Ann Marden ( 80 ) , silver medallist in the Seoul Olympics and winner of the women 's division for the past four seasons , will be the first woman to start , the next highest woman being British international Alison Gill ( 363 ) . |
| 22 | Thomson , singles winner for the past three years , is not at Melton Mowbray in the Manchester Unity Championships to thwart Allcock this year — he is playing in Australia — but there were others . |
| 23 | An analysis of the biology of the hill sheep problem and a synthesis of the available knowledge has been made and this shows the potential for production of the hill ewe to be adequate and that manipulation of nutrition during the important physiological phases — lactation , pre- and post-mating , and late pregnancy — can lead to significant increases in the lamb crop both in numbers and quality ( 8 ) . |
| 24 | The house alone had been like a dream come true after the two-bedroomed flat on the outskirts of Stirling where she and her mother had lived in near penury for the past seven years since Shiona 's father 's death . |
| 25 | Such a picture is of necessity tragic , and this " tragic " dialectical interaction between the objective social forces crushing men and women in their everyday lives , and the dynamic subjective response of those same men and women refusing to be crushed , has as its counterpart a " tragic " dialectical interaction between revolutionary writer and oppressed reading public . |
| 26 | In general , though , the book is written in a fresh style and conveys a real enthusiasm for the high alpine peaks . |
| 27 | Some antelopes have been recorded fleeing at 42 miles an hour for a mile , or 35 miles an hour for 4 miles , and deer have been able to sustain 30 miles an hour for an astonishing 20 miles . |
| 28 | The research examines the relationships between objective consumer conditions , mass perceptions of the economy and levels of political support for the major political parties |
| 29 | These Six Articles affirmed royal support for the central Catholic doctrines of transubstantiation , communion in one kind for the laity , clerical celibacy , the inviolability of priestly vows of chastity , the validity of private masses , and the necessity of private auricular confession . |
| 30 | The large-scale youth unemployment coincided with a collapse in apprenticeship schemes as industry , in recession , withdrew its support for the part-time vocational courses that were the stock-in-trade of the further education colleges , many of whom had evolved from the old mechanics institutes . |