Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , if in addition to the sole accounts you operate a joint a joint current or savings account with the same bank or building society , you should check from the outset whether the terms and conditions include a right of set off , whereby funds on these accounts may be required to repay the debt on others held by you or your partner .
2 This might involve the granting of concessions to the subordinate classes or political forms which allow a real degree of choice , in order to maintain an overall world view which preserves capitalism by distorting beliefs , values , common sense assumptions and popular culture .
3 The survey is divided into two simultaneous operations which embrace the surviving records of both persons and organisations .
4 Our ancient woodland , Craig Gock , with impressive oak and beech , is rich in wildlife and from the commons above there are panoramic views which unveil the true beauty of the area .
5 ‘ Concentration , speed and accuracy are the combined skills which make an accomplished marksman with a hand-held automatic pistol or revolver , ’ he explained .
6 And you know I went into that film it was just being launched in America , and there was a sort of prologue to the film and er I did n't know whether to , to become terribly angry or , or just about cry because the prologue was as if Britain was a sinking ship you know , this was the last we would see of this great thing and they made the most of it you know , like er i the g the film was the old private schools you know the old w well the public schools in England .
7 The disk is pentagonal , up to 90 mm in diameter and covered with small stumpy spinelets which have a multipointed crown .
8 As is his wont , the novelist delivers an appropriate come-uppance to not-so-eminent Edwardians who adopt the pompous manners of the Empire and refuse to acknowledge that the rest of the world is due to move on .
9 Radio acting makes specific technical demands on an actor , and classes are usually held by professional tutors who have a wide experience of radio drama and its production .
10 There is a pointed slightly rugose apical papilla flanked on either side by 3–4 pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–3 tentacle scales of the second oral tentacle pore .
11 Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales .
12 There is one , occasionally two , pointed apical papilla flanked by 7–9 rounded oral papillae which form a continuous series with the superficial oral tentacle scales .
13 The blue flag is awarded to those popular resorts which have a high standard of sea-water quality , beach hygiene , good facilities and a ban on dogs .
14 The other titled tots who make the major money league are the four kids of Jordan 's Queen Noor and King Hussein .
15 Again as in The German Ideology we have an elaborate consideration of the growth of classes in ancient Rome and the differentiation between plebeians and patricians .
16 Moreover , this account has demonstrated that social policies themselves reflect the paternalistic assumptions embedded in capitalist relations .
17 In this country , pioneering research by Finch and Groves ( 1983 ) drew attention to the extent to which social policies which place the main burden of family care on women affect their economic comfort and security in later life .
18 Social groups which lack the civic skills to represent their own interests are particularly vulnerable to neglect by decentralizing agencies .
19 The prevalence of dementia is not equally distributed between the different groups which comprise the post-retirement population .
20 Geraldine Percy ended the male domination at the Mechanic 's Institute club , in Skinnergate , by applying for membership alongside the distinguished gentlemen who maintain the 150-year-old traditions .
21 Seismic data which show the deep structure of rift systems have revealed a much more complex pattern of faulting than was suspected in the classic rift model , with the presence of listric as well as normal faults .
22 We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made .
23 In a devastating criticism Jeffrey Stanyer concluded ‘ that the Maud Committee must be regarded as one of the most disastrous uses of an advisory committee that can be envisaged , if one asks and expects that an advisory committee will provide an authoritative analysis of the problems set by its terms of reference , and by rigorous reasoning propose defensible solutions which have a practical use ’ ( Stanyer 1970:66 — 7 ) .
24 They are primitive molluscs which have a curious segmented shell .
25 The aspects of direct social work which reflect the organisational framework have been examined , case management in Chapter 2 and statutory social work in Chapter 3 .
26 This point is emphasized by social psychologists who stress the rhetorical aspects of attitudes in general .
27 Libraries with very small branch establishments have always faced this problem , and it is perhaps not surprising that Scottish libraries who face the additional problem of very low population densities and widely spaced service points , do not score highly on ‘ amount ’ of formal training :
28 There is also a waterwheel in working order , and a stationary steam engine , as well as examples of local public transport which include the only remaining Bradford tram .
29 Their political interests in maintaining and extending their social position and power depend on a stable regime which they help maintain through repression , through the manipulation of potential dissenting groups and through maintaining the loyalty of other powerful social classes who have a conflicting interest in the distribution of state income ( Ziemann and Lanzendorfer 1977 ) .
30 So , instead of thinking that you 're cursed with a problem , consider yourself lucky to be able to grow the staggeringly large and varied range of Mediterranean , South African , Australian or even British plants which love an arid home .
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