Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major pharmaceutical companies often did not have the multi-disciplinary expertise to develop the necessary products and processes and Chiros was collaborating with several of them , Richards said . |
| 2 | An intact skin protects the internal structures from water loss and assists in temperature regulation . |
| 3 | The Palestinian intifada resumed in early March as the Israeli authorities relaxed the strict curfews imposed on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the Gulf war . |
| 4 | Each day 's meals have been put together by nutritional experts to provide the right foods in the right proportion and this includes proteins , fats , fibre , vitamins and minerals . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Conservative councillors have rounded on their Labour opponents saying the latest announcements will lead to complete chaos in the town centre . |
| 6 | ‘ It should not only be retained but given the go-ahead for further development , involving new advanced PWRs to replace the aging Magnoxes . |
| 7 | The hourly off-peak service from Euston to Liverpool and Manchester was an early casualty when the service was cut back to a ninety-minute headway , but the most far-reaching change concerned the Anglo-Scottish services between Euston and Glasgow . |
| 8 | It 's a striking contrast to see the sullen faces in our streets . |
| 9 | The questions which are tackled at Advanced level reflect the many aspects and problems of History as a subject . |
| 10 | The political storm disguised the fundamental problems facing Westland which Cuckney , as chairman , and chief executive Hugh Stewart set about tackling . |
| 11 | With very few exceptions , judges are required to be selected from amongst practising barristers and it is difficult for anyone without a private income to survive the first years of practice . |
| 12 | She 'd fled , but not before he 'd accused her with brutish , angry words of a number of character and personality deficiencies , the greatest of which appeared to be her total inability to appreciate the finer qualities of Marcus Pritchard . |
| 13 | Together we spent many painstaking months refining the best features from all the entries into one package . |
| 14 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 15 | Hammer fielded a largely reserve side to conserve the first-team men involved in the following day 's Hospital Cup Final . |
| 16 | Chapter 3 : Nature conservation : economic aspects considers the economic aspects of nature protection , and stresses that scientific and technological progress can be achieved and can and must reduce the cost of the recovery and that these costs are borne in mind at the planning stage . |
| 17 | The mainstream parties describe the Right-wing successes as a ‘ protest vote ’ that will run its course as soon as they have solved the political asylum question . |
| 18 | It can be seen that many issues on the administrative side affect the social services . |
| 19 | ‘ If there is any suspicion at all , it is normal practice to inform the local police . ’ |
| 20 | Do-it-yourself practice compares the visible differences in sentences which are spoken naturally at normal speech but not exaggerated . |
| 21 | Saddam claimed on Sept. 2 that Iraq had repelled an Iranian attempt to infiltrate the southern marshes , and on Sept 8 he warned that Iraq would " inflict losses on anyone trying to tamper with its unity " . |
| 22 | The drive shaft assembly PARTA can then be inserted into a convenient working drawing to allow the 12 increments of rotation to be observed ( see Figure 7.11 ) . |
| 23 | A bitter cup of coffee , a rude salesgirl , a failed attempt to get the right ingredients for a vegetable lasagna , are the signposts of the day , and they are massive . |
| 24 | My favourite story involved the joint telecommunications company set up by GEC and Plessey in France and called GPT . |
| 25 | If approached by a predator , the crab confronts it with its outstretched claws bearing the stinging anemones , rather as primitive man might have held a wolf at bay by using a flaming torch . |
| 26 | On Jan. 9 the Greek Foreign Ministry challenged the Albanian authorities to prove that the Pressos brothers were alive . |
| 27 | This hugely entertaining , funny play recalls the glorious days of the fit-up companies , touring the country with everything from Shakespeare to melodrama . |
| 28 | The broad social framework underlies the specific problems which education policy attempts to tackle . |
| 29 | If we aggregate together everyone in that ‘ dependent ’ age group , i.e. , those below the age of 16 and above pensionable ages remembering the heaviest demands on services are made at each end of the age range , the percentage of dependants to total UK population has indeed remained remarkably stable throughout this century — 30 per cent in 1901 , 36 per cent in 1951 , 41 per cent in 1977 — and it is likely to remain so for the remainder of the century ; it is projected to be 40 per cent in 2001 ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 21 ; table 5.4 ) . |
| 30 | When this is not the case there will almost certainly , however , be periodic attempts to reconcile the two sets of accounts , by comparing the profit shown in the financial accounts with that revealed in the cost accounts . |