Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strong wind blowing in the right direction can put a metre on a high tide in exceptional circumstances , and the wind can also prevent the tide from receding as much as it should . |
| 2 | Claimants in receipt of income support , students and others on a low income may claim a rebate ( up to 80 per cent of the community charge ) , but must pay at least 20 per cent themselves . |
| 3 | The combined projects could produce a total of 457MW by the end of 1998 , and will more than triple the amount of renewable energy financed through the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation levy . |
| 4 | Doctors , patients , and law-enforcing authorities should take a note of this warning and patients should ascertain that the Ayurvedic medicines they are taking do not contain anything other than Ayurvedic medicine . |
| 5 | Roughly speaking , too , this tripartite division would reflect a division between capital-exporting and capital-importing countries . |
| 6 | The associated user will receive a mail message when the DC state changes to Agreed ( if all interested users accept the proposal ) or when the DC state changes to Rejected ( if one or more interested users reject the proposal ) . |
| 7 | While you relax in Rover comfort , the merest touch of your right foot will release a surge of power from the 140 PS engine . |
| 8 | Here is the Government 's big lie : the claim that an increase in the power of the European Parliament would mean a decrease in the power of the Westminster Parliament . |
| 9 | WREXHAM FC Junior Reds will hold a coaching session between 6 and 8pm on June 23 at the Racecourse for boys and girls aged five to 15 . |
| 10 | If in partnership , the purchaser 's solicitor could ask another partner in the firm to undertake this responsibility , whilst a sole practitioner could approach a solicitor in another firm . |
| 11 | Who in their right mind would avoid a road or a railway track simply because it had once been the scene of an accident ? |
| 12 | Who in their right mind would build a conservatory with Athletico Whaddon FC emblazoned along the side , and have window frames made from wood bearing the wards ‘ Seats 1–10 ’ and ‘ Ticket holders only ’ ? |
| 13 | WACC 's Pacific Regional Association will host a Workshop on Media Awareness for Youth Trainers from throughout the Pacific in Suva , Fiji , from 26 April to 1 May 1993 . |
| 14 | A rule with hierarchical action will have a form : |
| 15 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 16 | In a recession , automatic fiscal stabilizers will cause a growth in government expenditure and a cut in tax revenues . |
| 17 | by Sir David Attenborough Trustee , WWF-UK In the early 1950s , the London Zoo announced that one of its Scientific Meetings would include a lecture by Peter Scott . |
| 18 | Polarization measurements of these streams in the mid-infrared , and milligauss field strengths obtained from Zeeman measurements in the circumnuclear molecular material that envelops the streams , suggest that the magnetic field may play a role in their dynamics . |
| 19 | Yesterday 's ruling suggests companies seeking to protect their commercial secrets may have a case under Section 10 . |
| 20 | Given IMF projections that the world economy will grow by nearly 3 per cent in 1993 , lower interest rates , and the potential for a GATT talks deal , the bulletin believes Scottish exports should experience a surge this year . |
| 21 | It is always possible that a degenerating programme might make a come-back . |
| 22 | A linear cell will give a response profile like that of the middle curve in Figure 4.3 . |
| 23 | BRITISH fans will get a rematch of this year 's Super Bowl — or a semblance thereof — when the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills play an exhibition game at the Wembley Stadium , London , on 8 August . |
| 24 | The Inland Revenue will place a value on the future worth of an earnout agreement and , where this is to be satisfied in cash , capital gains tax may again become payable before the earnout payment is received . |
| 25 | Some electronic units will start a lamp in less than 0–5 seconds ; dimming the source to 5 per cent of normal output is also possible . |
| 26 | Even the heyday of tomb-robbing was over ; his scavenging could n't be called by such a piratical name and the local labourers could not be inspired to sift the soil scrupulously when they could break it with a pickaxe so much faster , and the mounted overseers might take a crack at them with a rifle butt if they dawdled . |
| 27 | Like his other courses this one-year programme will comprise a mix of practical and business studies , though the practical side is more likely to look at machining , timber technology and forestry . |
| 28 | If not , your entire beautifully prepared interview may prove a waste of time and you run the risk of appointing someone who is the least unsuitable candidate rather than someone who satisfies all the specifications . |
| 29 | To survive in a rational era , the irrational institution must have a function , and must appeal to the population . |
| 30 | Although all interested parties must have a say , surely it is time that the marine environment is given the recognition and protection it deserves . |