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

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1 Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies .
2 While some studies indicate a direct or indeed no relation between the serum cholesterol concentration and large bowel cancer , others indicate an inverse relation .
3 With regard to children 's adjustment when there is a step-parent and a non-custodial visiting parent , the research evidence is less clear and obviously the age of the child can be a crucial factor which has not yet been properly researched .
4 The state does become omnipotent and now the delusion of passive impotence — perhaps the central conflict in paranoia — becomes a reality .
5 At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this .
6 Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves .
7 Gavin Jones is 12 years old and also a pupil at Llantarnam School .
8 But when he spoke it was not of her but of Peach , how to feed him , what sort of supplements he should have , that although he had had his routine immunizations , he must have a booster at a year old and also an injection against a new sort of feline virus .
9 Kevin O'Neil was just thirty years old and already a part of it in Dublin .
10 He was a Polynesian Hawaiian , thirty-two years old and already a legend on the North Shore .
11 Then from her robe she took another chip , silvery and translucent and twice the size of the others .
12 Internationalization is the notion that each country 's economy has become less self-contained and more a part of a global process of production and change .
13 What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place .
14 It is already residential and only the degree of care would change .
15 It is already residential and only the degree of care would change .
16 Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed .
17 Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise .
18 From now on , music could be no more than tone-painting or else a stimulant for jaded nerves , where the words hardly mattered ( as was already the case in Euripidean lyrics ) .
19 The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor .
20 The plan of the book is related to its overall purpose of demystifying research , making it more accessible and more a part of everyday work and decision making .
21 Dave is very much his own man — young and impulsive and finally the arbiter of his own convictions .
22 Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight .
23 The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come .
24 Just saying br , just saying briefly er Mr I , I had something I do find it most of the time we do find it very instructive and certainly the strength of the economic development strategy is about the partnership and all those partners contributing their particular field of interest and that 's I think is .
25 It was not long before we had to try our swords , as the billhooks had become , on something real and so a row of perfectly harmless Brussels Sprouts were decapitated .
26 It seems to me that this is a situation the reverse of liberal and even the reverse of democratic , in the sense in which the word has hitherto been understood .
27 Concepts , criteria , definitions , and their implications seem at first just verbal and so a matter of convention or even arbitrary .
28 The angle of view determines the amount of background visible and also the angle at which leaves are viewed .
29 The following four German folktales relating to this theme , as collected by the Grimm brothers in the nineteenth century , are typical but only a fraction of the many variants known .
30 In no manner does the birth of this child put the other out of my mind nor can I accept he is a substitute but rather a reminder as if God wished to show me what I have lost and reprimand me for my carelessness .
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