Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EC customs union , however , was undoubtedly a major success and greater economic unity did have a beneficial social and political impact in Europe . |
| 2 | The political branch have installed a hot line direct to the Ministry 's central computer in Rome and even so they cant keep up . |
| 3 | Rather than wandering around aimlessly , the ovoid twosome decided to visit a nearby castle to obtain directions . |
| 4 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 5 | ( At particular historical periods political ideology helped provide a unifying force for labour , instilling a sense of perspective and purpose beyond the mere rectification of current grievances . ) |
| 6 | Although the proposals contained within Roh 's message were not made public , it was confirmed that the South Korean President had requested an early meeting with Kim — in Pyongyang or Seoul ( South Korea ) or in a third country — for talks aimed at normalizing relations between the two states . |
| 7 | The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death . |
| 8 | Iskandarov 's Islamic coalition had survived an attempted coup in October by supporters of the former communist President Rakhmon Nabiyev , whose removal from power in September sparked off a smouldering civil war [ see pp. 39097-98 ; 39147 ] . |
| 9 | In the first brief item the court heard that a 27-year-old chef had strangled a 25-year-old homosexual friend with a dog choke-chain after a ‘ slave and master ’ sex session . |
| 10 | In the Faculties of Art and Design , Business and Management , Education , Informatics , Science and Technology , and Social and Health Sciences , practical work is considered an important part of the courses ; although this broad term serves to cover a wide variety of activities . |
| 11 | Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union . |
| 12 | To help those in this position Scottish Provident has published a free Guide to the Carry Back and Carry Forward of Tax Relief . |
| 13 | The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter . |
| 14 | But British Rail failed to obtain an interim injunction against the NUR , the court holding that the union was likely in the highest degree to be able to show that their , ballot was valid . |
| 15 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 16 | I particularly wanted to know Sir Alec 's views now that British Rail had submitted a scaled-down plan . |
| 17 | Where , for example , British Rail wishes to maintain a loss-making rural railway for social reasons , the government attempted to value the divergence between private and social cost and made an explicit subsidy payment to British Rail . |
| 18 | A spokesman said British Rail aimed to provide a good service for disabled travellers but was trying to cut the cost to the tax payer . |
| 19 | British Rail has offered a wide range of economy fares for off-peak periods as a result of its surveys . |
| 20 | Considerations of finance are important in relation to that , because I do not believe that British Rail has to build an underground station in order to achieve its purpose . |
| 21 | For feminists , the acknowledgement of lesbian experience has become a central theoretical issue . |
| 22 | The role of community education in the process of social change has aroused a great deal of discussion and action by socially committed adult educators over the last two decades . |
| 23 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 24 | Renovations in the old kitchen have revealed an impressive array of stone arches and flagstones . |
| 25 | German cinema has had a low profile of late , with the most feted film being ‘ The Nasty Girl ’ by Michael Verhoeven which took the Silver Lion at last year 's Berlin Film Festival , and received an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film . |
| 26 | On Sept. 15 , Egyptian radio had reported that members of the Kuwaiti resistance had assassinated an Iraqi Baa'th party official , Najib Khalaf , in Baghdad , the first such attack inside Iraqi territory . |
| 27 | The company , which is now owned by British Aerospace has made a spectacular recovery from the heavy losses of the mid-eighties to announce pre-tax profits of sixty five million pounds last year . |
| 28 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
| 29 | The Inland Revenue has released a consultative document that proposes a heavier tax charge for certain cars . |
| 30 | The Inland Revenue has published a revised edition of booklet , IR 20 , Residents and Non-residents — Liability to Tax in the UK . |