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 | The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union . |
| 10 | To help those in this position Scottish Provident has published a free Guide to the Carry Back and Carry Forward of Tax Relief . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And although my department and British Rail had produced a joint report , this did not mean we automatically accepted BR 's views . |
| 13 | I particularly wanted to know Sir Alec 's views now that British Rail had submitted a scaled-down plan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | British Rail has offered a wide range of economy fares for off-peak periods as a result of its surveys . |
| 17 | For feminists , the acknowledgement of lesbian experience has become a central theoretical issue . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One-room living has come a long way from the old bed-sitter image with its general note of poverty and desperation . |
| 23 | The Inland Revenue has released a consultative document that proposes a heavier tax charge for certain cars . |
| 24 | The Inland Revenue has published a revised edition of booklet , IR 20 , Residents and Non-residents — Liability to Tax in the UK . |
| 25 | The Inland Revenue has published a new leaflet , IR 115 , Tax and Childcare . |
| 26 | The Inland Revenue has published a consultative document , A Simpler System for Assessing Personal Tax ( p 129 ) . |
| 27 | The Inland Revenue has published a consultative document , A Simpler System for Assessing Personal Tax . |
| 28 | Following the success of its Code of Prompt Payment Practice ( see ACCOUNTANCY , April 1992 , p 50 ) , the Confederation of British Industry has published a full list of its supporters , now numbering over 400 . |
| 29 | Foreign investment continued to play a vital role in industry . |
| 30 | The new development has attracted a £2and1/4 ; million grant from the department of trade and industry ; a regional spokesman says foreign investment has made a huge impact on Telford . |