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

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1 The various government measures — regional policies , anti-discrimination legislation , etc. — have been far too weak to counter the impact of market forces that affect more adversely the industrially weak groups in society .
2 Karl Marx ( 1919–1993 ) was not only the founder of modern communism but also originated one of the most influential traditions in sociology .
3 One of the most typical structures in classroom dialogue is the teacher asking a question , a pupil responding , and the teacher evaluating the pupil 's response ( Sinclair and Coulthard , 1974 ; Stubbs , 1976 ) .
4 These reforms represent the most radical changes in education since the 1944 Act .
5 We might expect that aggressive fighting would be common in nature , because natural selection will favour the most successful animals in competition , and the strongest animals are probably the most successful in fights .
6 During a visit to the hairdresser 's I realized that we women are prepared to put ourselves through the most extraordinary practices in order to improve our image .
7 To meet these demands , Daintyfit make use of the most recent developments in fabric technology such as ‘ coolmax ’ , which is used in its sports bras to draw moisture from the skin and hold it within the fabric .
8 The most recent trends in family therapy have tended to suggest that seeking merely to increase self- and family awareness may be insufficient to bring about effective change within the family dynamic .
9 There is an additional problem since coin designs might sometimes deliberately avoid the most recent currents in art .
10 What I very much hope is that industry will now respond by coming forward , particularly this year with trail blazing apprenticeship schemes that will ensure that we have got the most relevant structures in place for those modern apprenticeships next year .
11 ( 3 ) A continuum must be considered , from gross changes in stance to the most subtle shifts in tone that can be perceived .
12 Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour , meant nothing .
13 He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ .
14 They are all small and are the most crowded countries in mainland Europe .
15 Following these discoveries one of the most noticeable trends in skin care over the next few years looks set to be the development of products which are specifically ‘ Retin-A compatible ’ .
16 Because the effects observed in the C1300 cells were small we decided to analyse the effect of the promoter deletions which had the most pronounced effects in cell culture in transgenic mice .
17 On 24 August A.D. 79 , with all its preliminary stirrings ignored , Vesuvius burst into life , and one of the most momentous eruptions in history commenced .
18 Rex , for instance , has argued that most black people form an underclass in British society , occupying the most disadvantaged positions in employment , housing and other areas relative even to the white working class ( Rex and Tomlinson , 1979 ) , while Miles refers to the formation of a distinct black ‘ fraction ’ of the working class ( Miles , 1982 ) .
19 The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability .
20 BARRY FRY capped one of the most astonishing comebacks in football yesterday when he won his old job back as manager of Third Division Barnet .
21 That either man was capable of summoning any more drama after their extraordinary efforts in the 10th , which will be remembered as one of the most astonishing rounds in heavyweight history , was remarkable in itself .
22 The Starrs — who met when Sandie , 38 , was a dancer in Freddie 's show — were said to have one of the most solid marriages in showbusiness .
23 In the first years of ‘ stabilization ’ , the government put in place various measures , including feeding programmes , to assist the most vulnerable groups in society .
24 If community care is intended to give priority to the most vulnerable groups in society , the rising numbers of people with dementia and their carers must be addressed urgently as a specific group by local authorities , policy makers and government .
25 Since Mao they 've definitely taken the view that they should stabilize their population numbers as soon as possible , and they now have the most restrictive policies in relation to families , deferral of marriage , penalties for those couples that in the towns have more than one child erm and this is leading to a dramatic reduction in crude birthrate .
26 It is arguable that while the most powerful groups in society have placed their cultural tastes at the top of a hierarchy of artistic forms , not all people will be equally devoted to these fashions and traditions .
27 It was conceived as the highest body in the land , 1,000 or so of the most powerful figures in industry , agriculture and science .
28 Granted , he does have five- bedroom house in Bayswater ; he is married to one of the most powerful women in publishing ; but his children go to state schools , a good deal of the time he wears clothes from Marks & Spencer and he does not drive a car .
29 Having made their name as the most mischievous men in pop , their audience watched uneasily as Madness turned down the corners of their mouths .
30 The most violent eruptions in fact leave some of the least impressive landforms ; in extreme cases these consist simply of a broad depression surrounded by a plateau of ignimbrite .
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