Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] in [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have to be on a race tract or a rally circuit to push these to the limit , but on normal roads in normal cars motoring can be more dangerous . |
| 2 | They laugh scornfully when they find my Fabulous Thighs in Thirty Days book : ‘ Oh , how pathetic — next you 'll be getting plastic surgery … ’ |
| 3 | By the end of the day , Brigadier Horsfield , the commander of 24th Brigade , had the equivalent of half a brigade with tank and air support with which to reinforce the small Kuwaiti army in defensive positions north of the city on the Mutlah ridge . |
| 4 | Finally , when patients receive privately funded care in private facilities health authorities have no access to data at all . |
| 5 | His shrewdness in the transfer market has meant that approximately 20 million pounds have been spent on incoming ‘ talent ’ and many of those world class players such as Jim Leighton , Mike Phelan , Neil Webb and Danny Wallace have played a crucial part in this seasons triumph . |
| 6 | Tribalism in the pre-amalgamated forces produced a very constricted vision of the world , so that spatial concepts and a narrow geographical containment held a paramount place in determining police reality . |
| 7 | Despite the recent tremendous advances in synthetic fillings goose or duck down is still favoured by those after good performance , light weight and small pack size . |
| 8 | Digital data occupy a central position in this applications field and a number of examples are given to illustrate the extent to which their development has been hampered or facilitated in various countries by the policies of the organizations with responsibility for digital data provision . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I have an urgent meeting in ten minutes time . |
| 10 | The central purpose of this project is to obtain a better understanding of China 's attitude towards , and likely role in international arms control . |
| 11 | Those entitled to free legal aid in special Children Act proceedings will not need to use the scheme . |
| 12 | Mr Ben Plowden , energy and minerals campaigner for the Council for the Protection of Rural England , said : ‘ There could be no worse time to allow an extension to Whatley when major changes in national minerals policy are almost inevitable . ’ |
| 13 | One of the most famous names in British sports car history is being reborn . |
| 14 | In addition , recruitment is a major activity in any personnel department and it frequently gives rise to administration problems of an essentially mundane nature which are , nevertheless , a major irritant as far as the personnel manager is concerned . |
| 15 | We can not clear the matter up until Stirling returns from his present party in three days time … . |
| 16 | Perhaps whoever becomes Secretary of State for Industry after the general election in four weeks time — what a mercifully short election period — should be called the Secretary of State for Industry and Technology . |
| 17 | This was perhaps the most violent 2-year period in American industrial-relations history . |
| 18 | If the present population is eighty three percent calculate the planned population in five years time . |
| 19 | Still , the priestly colleges in other cities boast of some fairly excellent specimens … ’ |
| 20 | Seventeen people died in armed clashes in Palestinian-controlled areas east of Sidon on Feb. 15 , when members of Fatah suppressed a rebellion by other Fatah regulars who were refusing to hand over their positions to the Lebanese army . |
| 21 | Either English for Business ( First Level ) or English for Commerce ( First Level ) must be passed for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies award ( which will be offered for the first time in 1993 ) . |
| 22 | World Cup assistant coach Bob Templeton , an indomitable figure in most things rugby for more than 20 years , is outspoken about the game guiding its future . |
| 23 | Unfortunately it now enjoys common usage in social services parlance , and I use it here principally as an umbrella term for those people you may be close to , and have some responsibility for , be they elderly or disabled relatives or friends , children or other family members . |
| 24 | This is a particularly pleasing parallel with human armament races , since the brain is the on-board computer used by both carnivores and herbivores , and electronics is probably the most rapidly advancing element in human weapons technology today . |
| 25 | For some male manual employees in certain industries overtime and other payments are even more important in determining average earnings : for example , on average , 30 per cent of the wages of manual employees in the metal manufacture and mining industries is made up in overtime payments , etc . |
| 26 | ( b ) Other areas In other areas party structures are regulated by the common law and by the Law of Property Act 1925 , s38 . |
| 27 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 28 | A recent development in small parts storage has been the use of automatic miniature stacker-cranes in conjunction with modularized tote-pan racking systems of back-to-back construction . |
| 29 | These traits are , in fact , ingrained and stable dispositions to respond to certain situations in particular ways characteristic of the personality . |
| 30 | These traits are ingrained and stable dispositions to respond to certain situations in particular ways characteristic of the personality . |