Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 SIX members of a North-East car theft gang have each been jailed for three years after an 18-month undercover police operation .
2 AI welcomed the formation by the Tunisian Government of an official human rights council on 9 April 1991 , although the organization remained concerned at continuing reports of torture and ill-treatment of political detainees in garde à vue detention .
3 Part of the answer lies in the growth of an Irish Civil Rights movement , stimulated , in turn , by the emergence of a larger , better-educated Catholic middle class , less willing to accept a status of inferiority and blatant discrimination than earlier generations .
4 But , I am sure that for the purpose of this case Dr. Walker 's emphasis on peaks , that is the noise of an individual heavy goods vehicle , is more relevant .
5 In Dunlop 's conception of an interdependent industrial relations system three principal actors , namely workers , managers — as well as their representative organisations — together with certain state agencies , all interact to establish a network of rules governing their relationship in the workplace , the rules being the output of the system .
6 It may be appropriate to consider with the client the appointment of an independent public relations consultant depending on the purpose of the transaction and the requirement for press coverage .
7 They also ask : are native enterprises being presented with a powerful ‘ demonstration effect ’ where , given the opportunity , they would prefer to be rid of an old industrial relations system in preference for the one used by their newly-arrived neighbours ?
8 Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence .
9 You will see from the photograph that the Dabs machine is fitted with an Advanced Micro Devices CPU and a Cyrix Fastmath 387DX coprocessor .
10 The roles of estate agent are combined with an experienced financial services adviser , as well as a building society service .
11 a year in real terms since 1978-79 , compared with an average real terms fall of 6.7 per cent .
12 When pressed , he cites a small diversification into an in-house public relations agency , Tiphook Communications , set up to handle the company 's account and to win outside business — which it never got .
13 He was also not above an occasional public relations ploy .
14 We are committed to maintain our clear vision of BP 's long-term business objective — as an integrated international hydrocarbons business , with a well balanced portfolio in regional terms and underpinned by technology .
15 The sale has the complete support of the Wellcome board , and John Robb , chief executive of Wellcome , said that the board believed Wellcome has ‘ an excellent future as an independent global pharmaceuticals group ’ .
16 And we 'd say , ‘ This is Neverending Staircase off an unreleased Rolling Stones album . ’
17 RAPID FIRE : Brandon ( son of Bruce ) Lee fights his way through an above-average martial arts tale .
18 The Conservatives point to the cash provided this year for an extra thousand police officers as evidence of their commitment to tackling the problem .
19 I am considering the police authority 's application for an additional 24 police posts for 1992-93 .
20 For an anguished three minutes Herr Nordern thought that the Lada would not work but , in company with a neighbour s antiquated Volkswagen , after a bout of racking , early morning , heavy smoker 's coughing , it came to a sort of half-life as , quite unnecessarily , because the Lada 's engine could be heard half-way across Berlin , Herr Nordern tooted its feeble horn .
21 A 90-YEAR-OLD three-quarter from Japan is expected to be the oldest player on view in an international Golden Oldies rugby festival in Dublin later this month .
22 A 90-YEAR-OLD three-quarter from Japan is expected to be the oldest player on view in an international Golden Oldies rugby festival in Dublin later this month .
23 He says they were housed in an old infectious diseases ward .
24 British Airways is suing Virgin Atlantic Airways and its chairman Richard Branson for libel only weeks after Branson took his own action against BA over an alleged dirty tricks campaign .
25 The price puts the shares on an historic primary price-earnings ratio of 18.4 times , 23.5 times assuming full dilution .
26 This single speaker unit is designed to add to an existing hi fi setup to provide a dramatic improvement in bass reproduction .
27 Vincenzo Napoli , allegedly one of the Sicilian Mafia 's top men in New York , was arrested after trying to peddle diamonds , guns , stolen paintings and dope to an undercover American police officer .
28 Many have their public relations function handled by an outside consultancy as well as by an internal public relations officer .
29 The liquid emptying plots were all straight lines and were fitted to a single exponential function by an iterative least squares method .
30 Our nucleus of myself , Chris and Alex , along with Marius , had been augmented by an Australian martial arts expert who had fled Australia after half-killing a nineteen-stone truck driver in a fight .
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