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

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1 They considered the activities available in the centres incompatible with their needs .
2 From the point of view of the landlord , the income payable by the headtenant remains secured by the income payable by the subtenants .
3 The board responsible for the orphans sometimes checked on the health of the children , but they always sent the beadle , a kind of local policeman , to announce their visit the day before .
4 Above all else the guiding principle is to tease out the meanings inherent in the images ; to ask : " What 's important here ? "
5 It will become home for his earthly shade , and will join those of his predecessors which line the balconies hewn in the death-cliffs .
6 In rug-making it refers to the contoured areas at the four right-angles of the field adjacent to the borders , usually only found in rugs employing a central medallion .
7 De Man 's writings on language theory , like his wartime journalism , merely remind us that it is sometimes important to hold the ventriloquist responsible for the pronouncements of his dummy .
8 The expert refused to do what the lessors wanted him to do , namely to rewrite his certificate in a way which he thought would make the certificate conclusive against the lessees ' interests .
9 The groups involved in the initiatives are the National Farmers ' Union , Council for the Protection of Rural England , Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group , Royal Society for Nature Conservation-The Wildlife Trusts Partnership and the World Wide Fund for Nature .
10 Faecal concentrations , however , provide only an indirect estimate of the drug available in the tissues .
11 I am pleased with the improvements evident from the negotiations that have taken place .
12 If by any chance there are errors in the minutes , then by accepting such a motion you are authorising the Chairman to sign the minutes complete with the errors as the correct record of the previous meeting .
13 Does it measure the distance it has swum from the start-point , for instance , or does it orient by use of the environmental cues given by the objects visible on the walls surrounding the tank ?
14 Like the rest of the water-borne world , they can see parts of the spectrum invisible to the eyes of land creatures .
15 As the suppliers of a ‘ green ’ product , he uses recyclable packaging and gives an explanation of the term organic on the cartons which helps keep customers informed and hopefully helps to educate some of them too !
16 A rent review is a procedure enabling a landlord and tenant to revise the amount of the rent payable under the terms of their lease to reflect changes in rental levels or circumstances : if they do not agree on the rental , the revision is referred to a third party .
17 Faced with a massive upsurge in poaching , Zimbabwe has embarked on a crash programme of de-horning its remaining black rhino population , in an effort to make the animals worthless to the poachers .
18 Another early problem was to uncurl a twist in the fuselage due to the skins having been removed without the airframe being placed in a jig .
19 After this preparation the dressmaking technique can proceed , using the appropriate seaming that your own sewing machine offers , zig-zag stitch and/or overlocking stitch ( possible the most suitable to keep the fabric supple at the seams ) .
20 Driving through the market place I thought again that Darrowby on Christmas Day was like Dickens come to life ; the empty square with the snow thick on the cobbles and hanging from the eaves of the fretted lines of roofs ; the shops closed and the coloured lights of the Christmas trees winking at the windows of the clustering houses , warmly inviting against the cold white bulk of the fells behind .
21 Mentioning his education only in the most general terms , he goes on to say that the offices suitable for the likes of him appeared to be ( tedris , teaching ) and kada " here , the office of of which " one [ teaching ] is the intimate companion of poverty and need and the other [ kaza ] is unmitigated misfortune " .
22 These links were crucial , given the numerical strength and revolutionary role of the CNT and the leverage available to the Communists once Soviet aid began to arrive in October .
23 Have you ever felt angry about the misogyny rampant in the lyrics of certain rap groups ?
24 The opposition inherent in the terms active and contemplative is a useful way of delineating issues fundamental to the structure of the human personality and therefore of Christian society .
25 The combined effect of the two should ensure that cost of forward cover , as reflected by the rates , fluctuates closely around the interest rate differential of the currencies concerned in the Euromarkets .
26 This is the fear uppermost in the minds of the jockeys who predict racing would become slow and uncompetitive .
27 But some brief comment is needed on the remedies available to the holders of other types of security interests .
28 We will continue to work strenuously for a political agreement which is acceptable to all the parties involved in the talks which the Secretary of State has had during the past year with the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland the Government of the Republic of Ireland .
29 This ‘ hard line strategy ’ reveals yet again the contradictions inherent in the Conservatives ' law and order policy .
30 Second , the contradictions inherent in the demands made on the state were likely to intensify as capitalist development proceeded .
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