Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All these accusations , rebuttals and counter-accusations are largely covert and known in detail only to the prince or chief whose judicial oracle confirms or refutes all witchcraft-murder accusations ; hence the same death appears in different guises to the various parties concerned .
2 This creature ( hereinafter referred to as the Blessed Dawg ) possesses a divine expression of sadness , perception and sensitivity which many humans do not possess .
3 Another important finding of the study was the confusion and ambivalence which these carers exhibited in relation to role reversal .
4 Today we are more able to understand and appreciate the sound principles of diet , hygiene and medicine which these laws express .
5 Finally , we have a cultural anal trauma associated with pastoralism and monotheism whose modern adult equivalent is obsessional neurosis and whose pre-Oedipal focus lies in the anal-sadistic phase .
6 Hilton says that the possibility of reformation thus open to man 's free choice has two aspects : first , reformation in faith which is based on the process of recognition and destruction of the image of sin which has occupied the greater part of Scale 1 ; and second , reformation in feeling which involves a development possible for some who can progress further to an inner freedom and joy which such discipline enables .
7 Whether the primary motive for the association was the wish to appear to be in partnership or to avoid being identified as sole practitioners was not clear , but the Tribunal drew attention to the fact that " such a sham partnership would serve to mislead the public who are entitled to believe that the persons being held out as being partners would enjoy the full relationship of support and responsibility which that state engendered " .
8 When the author of the Life of Edward the Confessor says that he trusted the cause of God to his bishops , and ordered secular judges to act fairly , so that honesty could have royal support and evil its just condemnation , this may be an indication that someone did for Edward what Wulfstan had done for Æthelred and Cnut .
9 No-one who sees a golgi-stained preparation of neurons can fail to be awed by the complexity and elegance their branching patterns reveal .
10 The Gloucester ski racing team are out on the slopes training all winter … except this time we 're not high up in the Alps but right here in England in Telford in shropshire … this is artificial snow … its the only slope of its kind in the country … and to save money and time our young racers are coming here to train …
11 Many informed commentators in England also take this view that the GCSE relates to an approach to secondary school curriculum and selection which social change is rapidly rendering inappropriate ( see , for example , Nuttall , 1985 ) .
12 A characteristic of subdivision is an attribute or property which all concepts in a given facet have in common and by which isolates can be grouped .
13 The Report stressed the need for a nationally recognized form of certification and recommended the establishment of an autonomous body for vocational courses in art and design whose validating functions should resemble those of TEC and BEC , thereby enabling it where necessary to devise suitable courses as well as receiving submissions from colleges .
14 The demanding schedule of a soap meant that Kylie was often working 12 hours a day and spending what little time she had left in the evening reading her script .
15 It invites denigration , even denial , of the link between physical care and care for the whole person whose body needs tending , and therefore of the knowledge and skill which such activities may require .
16 ‘ The breadth of knowledge and expertise which each person brings to the team is enormous and by working together we have been able in a short space of time to see the company woods from the departmental trees . ’
17 To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received in connection with state schools in west Norfolk .
18 To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received about education in Northumberland .
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20 They are also considering modifying the questions on race and culture which some respondents say must reflect the needs of children from minority ethnic groups more closely .
21 The PNP coordinator idea , whatever its problems and imperfections in practice , represents a vision of professional collaboration , development and decision-making which primary schools can ill-afford to abandon , least of all in the era of the National Curriculum .
22 If nostalgia for another age is high on the list then there are hotels of special quality and character which still offer the sort of service and ambience which were the hallmark of the grand days of travel .
23 Although she kept Alison so firmly , as in some austere yet not malevolent discipline , at a distance , she could not hate her , even felt a companionable pity observing the discomfort and guilt which proud Alison could not altogether dissemble .
24 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the need for the United Kingdom to remain a receptive and attractive base for inward investment .
25 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the impact of the Trades Union Congress 's attitude to Japanese inward investment into the United Kingdom .
26 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received from business men about the impact of regulatory burdens on industry .
27 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what new incentive to manufacturers he intends to introduce to stimulate the home machine tool industry .
28 Currently much effort is being directed at understanding the organizational processes of questioning and debate which such audits should stimulate rather than seeing the problem in terms of administrative techniques alone .
29 That puts me in mind of Montesquieu ’ — ; the French philosopher and belle-lettrist whose Persian Letters may have formed the inspiration for Goldsmith 's Citizen of the World : both employed the satirical device of having their society scrutinised by visitors from a far-off land .
30 It would , it seems to be implied , have suggested that the forces of civilisation ( the British police and legal system ) were capable of acting as savages , seeking to punish people guilty only through shared racial origins in order to maintain the appearance of control and order which civilised societies require .
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