Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the day , Brigadier Horsfield , the commander of 24th Brigade , had the equivalent of half a brigade with tank and air support with which to reinforce the small Kuwaiti army in defensive positions north of the city on the Mutlah ridge . |
| 2 | Finally , when patients receive privately funded care in private facilities health authorities have no access to data at all . |
| 3 | His shrewdness in the transfer market has meant that approximately 20 million pounds have been spent on incoming ‘ talent ’ and many of those world class players such as Jim Leighton , Mike Phelan , Neil Webb and Danny Wallace have played a crucial part in this seasons triumph . |
| 4 | Tribalism in the pre-amalgamated forces produced a very constricted vision of the world , so that spatial concepts and a narrow geographical containment held a paramount place in determining police reality . |
| 5 | This inter-war model of English studies was " too " literary " to justify its central position in modern Arts studies " , or to educate teachers and administrators for " a changing society " . |
| 6 | Digital data occupy a central position in this applications field and a number of examples are given to illustrate the extent to which their development has been hampered or facilitated in various countries by the policies of the organizations with responsibility for digital data provision . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I have an urgent meeting in ten minutes time . |
| 8 | The central purpose of this project is to obtain a better understanding of China 's attitude towards , and likely role in international arms control . |
| 9 | Led by lively frontman Steven Tyler , the band have enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in recent years thanks to the mega-selling ‘ Pump ’ album of a few years back and several hit singles , including ‘ Rag Doll ’ , ‘ Love In An Elevator ’ , ‘ Janie 's Got A Gun ’ and ‘ Livin' On The Edge ’ . |
| 10 | Those entitled to free legal aid in special Children Act proceedings will not need to use the scheme . |
| 11 | A powerful surge in handheld games consoles has taken place during the last year . |
| 12 | Yet the need to harness the ability of the computer to monitor a dynamic situation far faster than is possible with manual methods was as pressing for SGB , with a Group payroll at the time approaching £13 million , as for the very large organisation able to make substantial investment in computerised personnel records . |
| 13 | In addition , recruitment is a major activity in any personnel department and it frequently gives rise to administration problems of an essentially mundane nature which are , nevertheless , a major irritant as far as the personnel manager is concerned . |
| 14 | We can not clear the matter up until Stirling returns from his present party in three days time … . |
| 15 | These cases led to profound questioning in social services departments , and in the inquiries that ensued , of the desirability of attempting to keep the family together wherever possible . |
| 16 | Perhaps whoever becomes Secretary of State for Industry after the general election in four weeks time — what a mercifully short election period — should be called the Secretary of State for Industry and Technology . |
| 17 | The research aims to identify the decisions and practices which constitute rational management in two police Forces that have explicitly adopted such rational management models but which differ in approach and method of implementation . |
| 18 | This was perhaps the most violent 2-year period in American industrial-relations history . |
| 19 | If the present population is eighty three percent calculate the planned population in five years time . |
| 20 | The only hiccup in Anglo-Argentinian arms deals was immediately following the bloody coup of 1976 when the military seized power . |
| 21 | Either English for Business ( First Level ) or English for Commerce ( First Level ) must be passed for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies award ( which will be offered for the first time in 1993 ) . |
| 22 | However , as we have seen in my interview responses many of these so-called ‘ new ’ approaches have been common practice in good arts departments for many years before the introduction of TVEI . |
| 23 | World Cup assistant coach Bob Templeton , an indomitable figure in most things rugby for more than 20 years , is outspoken about the game guiding its future . |
| 24 | Unfortunately it now enjoys common usage in social services parlance , and I use it here principally as an umbrella term for those people you may be close to , and have some responsibility for , be they elderly or disabled relatives or friends , children or other family members . |
| 25 | This is a particularly pleasing parallel with human armament races , since the brain is the on-board computer used by both carnivores and herbivores , and electronics is probably the most rapidly advancing element in human weapons technology today . |
| 26 | Would my right , would my right honourable friend agree that the use of American and French and British planes to bomb the hills around Sarajevo may not necessarily produce lasting peace in Bosnia and would he further agree that if the idea is to achieve a demilitarised zone , policed effectively around Sarajevo then the best chances of so doing are by ensuring that Russian soldier in United Nations uniforms , in integrated units with British and French forces so help in the policing of that zone . |
| 27 | There is boring work , such as administering the enquiry desk , guard duty in sangers , and paperwork ( on boring work in American police forces see Sykes and Brent 1983 : 31–50 ) . |
| 28 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 29 | A recent development in small parts storage has been the use of automatic miniature stacker-cranes in conjunction with modularized tote-pan racking systems of back-to-back construction . |
| 30 | GALLIFORD , the construction company , boosted full year returns by 30 per cent on the back of a full one-point increase in pre-tax profits margins to slightly more than 5 per cent . |