Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The privatisation programme has been an enormous success in recent years and not the least part of that success has been the extent to which it has widened and deepened share ownership around the country . |
| 2 | Again it 's cheap , and offers the least resistance to outside interference . |
| 3 | If there 'd been the least sign of magical activity we 'd know about it . ’ |
| 4 | Whilst byelaws therefore go some way to control fish trying odours from existing fish and chip shops , the primary most effective control still lies with planners to ensure that new premises , or those where a change of use to a fish and chip shop is contemplated , are sited where they will cause the least irritation to local residents , perhaps siting them together with other shops . |
| 5 | for every naive state N , h(N) is not more than the least cost of any path from N to a goal ; and |
| 6 | Atlantoaxial subluxation with subluxation of less than 9 mm carries the least risk of neurological damage , while atlantoaxial subluxation of more than 9 mm , atlantoaxial impaction , subaxial subluxation , non-reducible rotational tilt of the head , and combined deformities are all associated with a higher risk of neurological deficit . |
| 7 | However , pregnant girls gave the least number of alternative solutions to the problems , and were least competent at describing the steps an imaginary protagonist should take to achieve her aims in five stories . |
| 8 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 9 | She did not even realize her hair had come down and that she had lost her hat until she found herself leaning against a wall somewhere on the other side of St Jude 's Passage , her lungs bursting , her temples and her pulses hammering out their distress , her whole appearance wild and dishevelled and attracting not the least attention in that place which-no matter what might have befallen her — had seen it all before . |
| 10 | Of all the elements that go to make up the accident causation system , the one that has received the least attention in residential areas is the design of the road network itself . |
| 11 | And then — because the deepest questions curiously acquire the least importance in such interviews — did they ever really think they would return to ‘ Palestine ’ ? |
| 12 | First , allow loo calories from the half pint of skimmed milk , and another loo calories for your daily apple and orange . |
| 13 | The Commercial Property account produced an unchanged deficit at the half year despite exceptional losses during the period of $20m . |
| 14 | There was improvement in all the major lines during the half year except Personal Property which was adversely affected by weather claims in the first quarter . |
| 15 | As for the price paid of 550p , half in cash and half in convertible preference shares , the prospective p/e may be around 14.5 , to judge from an estimated 10 per cent rise in Caradon 's pre-tax profits to £17m in the half year to 1 October . |
| 16 | A pre-tax profit for the half year to 30th June 1993 of $126.2m is announced today ( August 10 ) by the Scottish-based insurance group General Accident . |
| 17 | Page 30 Cluff glitters : Rising gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
| 18 | RISING gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the mining and oil group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
| 19 | NMW Computers , the computer bureau which specialises in settlement systems for the City , has returned to the black with pre-tax profits of £48,000 in the half year to 30 June , writes Neil Thapar . |
| 20 | As one would predict , the few experiments on auditory deprivation confirm that there may be extensive loss of functioning . |
| 21 | The few genera of veterinary interest are considered in order of importance . |
| 22 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 23 | For the men , work means construction or security — one of the few areas of economic expansion . |
| 24 | One of the few areas of common ground which both Keynes and Friedman occupy centres on the definition of a state of overall full employment : full employment prevails when the aggregate supply of labour , L s , equals the aggregate demand for labour , L d , at a unique , market clearing real wage rate , w * ; . |
| 25 | No , each hitch was only temporary — and the few minutes of unplanned stillness was welcomed by photographers . |
| 26 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 27 | Judging by the way he has padded out his script with old theatrical chestnuts , this is the stage Chaplin himself has reached : the few passages of real insight are surrounded by yards of whiskery patter , strained attempts at sophisticated wit and specious topical references . |
| 28 | As Tim Whittome of the Cairngorm Chairlift Company points out , skiing represents one of the few forms of sustainable development in these thinly-populated and sometimes remote areas . |
| 29 | One of the few lawyers in modern times to have reached the Woolsack other than via membership of the House of Commons and ministerial office , Gardiner was a visionary who came to government late in his career , with the result that his idealism had not been exhausted by previous struggles to get things done . |
| 30 | ‘ That is one of the exceptions , made by one of the few directors in this country who has huge energy , a great deal of talent and knows how to address an audience . |