Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expectant crowds lined a fenced-off area divided into 1,000 yard-square plots . |
| 2 | In the 1980s a change in political attitudes affected a long-standing commitment to public-sector plan making , and different policy initiatives have sought to reduce local authority provision of housing and play down other forms of local planning . |
| 3 | PROPOSALS to form a Premier League second division were thrown out as England 's top clubs achieved a rare showing of unity at a London meeting yesterday . |
| 4 | The improving economic climate and government measures to increase importers ' access to foreign exchange placed a downward pressure on the rial 's black market value from $1.00=1,410 rials at the beginning of June to $1.00=1,250 rials in December 1989 . |
| 5 | A light drizzle cast a threatening hue over the day . |
| 6 | But despite the generalized emotional expressiveness of such works , English composers achieved a true marriage of words and music only in the next generation . |
| 7 | Has my right hon. Friend seen a recent public opinion poll which says that 66 per cent . |
| 8 | The American War of Independence and the French Revolution marked a turning point after which the new meaning became universal , Britain excepted . |
| 9 | Some possible criteria for this area of work are listed below : The pupil can : I name , draw or sort 2-D shapes ; 2 name , draw or sort 2-D representations of 3-D shapes ; 3 visualize 3-D shapes represented in 2-D ; 4 construct accurately 2-D shapes with a ruler , protractor and compasses ; 5 find the area and perimeter of a rectangular shape ( whole units only ) ; 6 find the volume of a 3-D cuboid given a 2-D representation ; 7 compare and measure angles . |
| 10 | Can find the volume of a 3-D cuboid given a 2-D representation Most of the success rates for items exemplifying this criterion were around 40 per cent . |
| 11 | Another significant report appeared in 1961 , when the British government appointed a working party to determine the basic requirements for an efficient public library service , with particular reference to authorities of under 40,000 population . |
| 12 | During the week the BBC took the opportunity to broadcast part of another pre-recorded interview on Radio 4 's ‘ File on 4 ’ , while Capital Radio broadcast a four-part feature on AIDS , again including a ‘ canned ’ interview with Patrick . |
| 13 | Some economists argue , however , that German unification required a real appreciation of the D-mark to help shift resources from its current-account surplus into domestic investment and consumption . |
| 14 | The prospect of fresh elections marked a dramatic turnaround in political events following the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in May [ see pp. 38894-95 ] . |
| 15 | Her assurance has obviously come with age and experience , but there is no doubt that her first major public speech marked a turning point . |
| 16 | The Social Democrats called a general strike in protest ( denounced by the leadership of the Petrograd Soviet as mob rule ) , which the Russian Governor General banned , promising to put down all disorders by force . |
| 17 | In particular , the fall of the old regime rendered a serious blow to the political dominance of the Pashtun ethnic group , raising serious concerns over an eventual Pashtun rebellion against the newly powerful , northern-based Tajik , Uzbek and other smaller ethnic minorities . |
| 18 | The French referee awarded a dubious penalty to make it 1–1 in Germany , and then dismissed Wednesday goalscorer Hirst after Kaiserslautern defender Marco Haber dramatically fell to the ground after the players brushed together . |
| 19 | LOTHIAN REGIONAL Council promoted a large number of events during the UK 's presidency of the EC from July to December 1992 . |
| 20 | In the uplands , National and Regional Parks have been designated ; there are also more specific sites given a certain degree of protection . |
| 21 | It was in this major area of economic policy that early on the civil administration exercised a high degree of autonomy even from the totalitarian party . |
| 22 | But the new policy went ahead from the following autumn , 1956 , with the former resident tutors for Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire being redeployed as staff tutors and with Vivian Ramsbottom as Administrative Officer of the Joint Committee given a roving commission to encourage WEA branches in those counties now deprived of resident tutors . |
| 23 | When Pascoe woke , the room was a cave ; the shrouded lamp cast a dull glow . |
| 24 | A Roman woman inscribed a simple lament on the casing stones : " I saw the pyramids without you ; sadly I shed tears here . " |
| 25 | Beant Singh as Chief Minister headed a 27-member government . |
| 26 | The earlier failure of East Suffolk organising-tutor scheme cast a long shadow over the discussion between Jacques and martin Wilson , the new Secretary of Education . |
| 27 | The ten-member panel prepared a 20-page dossier detailing reasons why a bypass was needed . |
| 28 | Yet it was also wealthy and powerfully organised , a strong weapon given a strong hand . |
| 29 | Broadly the period 1951–87 can be divided into four parts : 1951–64 , a period of comparatively little social policy innovation which may be regarded as a time of consolidation or stagnation , according to one 's political viewpoint ; 1964–74 , a period of fairly intense policy change stimulated by both political parties , in which considerable difficulties were experienced in translating aspirations into practice ; 1974–78 , a period in which rapid inflation and government by the Labour party without a parliamentary majority administered a severe shock to the political and social system , and to all who believed that there was still a need for developments in social policy ; and 1979–87 , when much more explicitly anti-welfare state Conservative administrations reinforced that shock by deliberately treating inflation as more deserving of its attention than unemployment , attacking public services which were seen as inhibiting economic recovery and seeking ways to ‘ privatize ’ public services . |
| 30 | Quite rightly strategies to cope with the problems of electronic records are being implemented from the top down , with the various national archives taken a leading role ( Higgs 1992 ) . |