Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The benefits of a successful computerised personnel information system are potentially very great . |
| 2 | Herein lies the secret of a successful licensed dealers longevity : dealing relationships that span every class of society . |
| 3 | Meanwhile pacifists were generally content with the abstract moralizing suggested by the Manchester Guardian 's opposition to the formation of a Liberal Foreign Affairs Committee on the grounds that the ‘ success or failure [ of foreign policy ] depends on the application of a few simple principles to facts which as a rule are not very numerous nor very complicated . ’ |
| 4 | Observers believed that the ruling opened the way for the first prosecution under the UK War Crimes Act approved in May 1991 [ see p. 38219 ] , and that 30 members of a former Lithuanian police battalion living in the UK could soon be charged with the killing of thousands of civilians and Jews in eastern Europe during the Second World War . |
| 5 | We have included in our proposal this year twenty thousand revenue effects of a hundred thousand pounds capital bid on traffic calming and other similar measures , something which is very popular around the city , as long as you ask people what they want first and which in previous years we put forward as a revenue bid . |
| 6 | I was particularly interested in the fact that a firm of architects , one of the public companies , is offering this insurance as part of a total professional services package . |
| 7 | AT&T Co has signed an agreement with the People 's Republic of China allowing it to supply personal telecommunications products with manufacturing partner S Megga International Holdings Ltd 's S Megga Telecommunications Ltd unit : the two have a memorandum of understanding with the China National Posts & Telecommunications Industry Corp to market and distribute AT&T-brand telephones , facsimile machines and other consumer items through hundreds of mainland outlets ; consumer products account for an estimated 20% of a total Chinese telecommunications market of $7,000m a year . |
| 8 | On illegal drugs the summit urged the establishment of a European central drugs intelligence unit before the end of 1990 and greater police co-operation . |
| 9 | This included the establishment of a European central drugs intelligence unit , a centralized data information bureau and a training unit for drug enforcement agents . |
| 10 | US government spending on open systems is estimated at around $4,000m , a figure he contends is reasonable to expect from European governments and one that should be enough to support the development of a European open systems industry . |
| 11 | O'Donnell cited a case study within Harris of a home-grown open systems environment known as AP:Elite , an accounts payable system , which replaced a third party mainframe-3270 dumb terminal system . |
| 12 | Danforth 's efforts to draw up a compromise bill followed the approval of a Democrat-sponsored civil rights bill by the House of Representatives and a pledge by Bush that he would veto the measure if it was endorsed by the Senate . |
| 13 | The Quality Scotland Foundation is also exploring how to raise quality awareness by working towards the creation of a new extensive awards structure in Scotland to recognise achievements in this field . |
| 14 | There was one deterrent , the formation of a new rural police force in 1839 . |
| 15 | Arms control and related issues were high on the agenda and significant agreement was reached on the status of air-launched and sea-launched cruise missiles , which had been the major stumbling blocks in the way of a new strategic arms limitation treaty ( START ) . |
| 16 | The eventual dissolution of such right-wing paramilitary security bodies as the Treasury Police and National Guard , and the formation , under international supervision , of a new civilian police force which former FMLN guerrillas would be allowed to join . |
| 17 | Complementing this development is the formation of a new Biomedical Products Division in the UK which will look after the servicing and supply of analysers and reagents for this country . |
| 18 | Ali Haroun , who had entered the Cabinet at the head of a new Human Rights Ministry in June 1991 , and since January had been a member of the HCS , was no longer a member of the Cabinet . |
| 19 | This race had all the earmarks of a mediocre 1,000 Guineas rehearsal and it was no great surprise to see Musicale , the winner of last Friday 's Fred Darling Stakes , at Newbury , cut to as low as 11–4 favourite for the 1,000 Guineas , on April 30 after yesterday 's race . |
| 20 | Although the dog-collar is but an innovation of a mere 100 years antiquity , the wearing of robes are more venerable . |
| 21 | A consortium of China 's government ministries is pushing for the establishment of a second national telecommunications network , according to the South China Morning Post . |
| 22 | The research aims to find out whether and in what ways , the introduction of a computer-based medical records system causes hospital doctors to alter their working practices . |
| 23 | This is the culmination of a unique 18 months engineering programme which achieved its objective on 23rd December when Consent to Start-up was obtained from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) . |
| 24 | Twenty-nine people including members of the Camorra ( Neapolitan Mafia ) and of the dominant Corleonese clan of the Sicilian Mafia were arrested in Italy on Sept. 28 as part of a massive international drugs operation aimed at the Colombian drug cartels and the US and Italian Mafia . |
| 25 | The table shows the actual performance of a Clerical Medical with-profits endowment plan over the 10 years to 1991 . |
| 26 | In the words of a senior industrial relations manager , |
| 27 | In the case of many of the former British territories in Africa they had something of a common industrial relations heritage built around an institutional framework in the British mould which was fostered by colonial administrations . |
| 28 | The Quebec authorities proposed the creation of a special human rights tribunal to try Mohawks charged with offences during the siege , while Indian leaders demanded that Indian police agencies be established because of the widespread distrust of white law enforcement . |
| 29 | As a first step , the institutional users want the rapid but phased introduction of a secure rolling settlements system aiming to cut the cycle to T+3 eventually , but initially to T+10 then to T+5 . |
| 30 | The key recommendation is for new legislation , in the form of a fresh National Parks Act , stressing conservation and " quiet enjoyment " as the priorities in Park management . |