Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , the authority felt them to be impractical to implement because of the assumptions about resources .
2 IT is heartening to see that in the wake of Glasgow 1990 and despite increasing difficulties in funding , large scale multi-media events can still take place .
3 ‘ As Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observations , it is not superfluous to relate that under the name Aberdeen are comprised two towns standing about a mile distant from each other , but governed , I think , by the same magistrates . ’
4 It is interesting to speculate that in the fetus the G cells may , by a means yet to be identified , lead to the disappearance of parietal cells in their immediate vicinity .
5 The watch is British made except for the movement which comes from the best Swiss supplier .
6 Similarly , telex and faxing were more analogous to mail than to the press .
7 And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances .
8 I was particularly interested to note that in the Whitefield area of Nelson in my hon. Friend 's constituency , largely occupied by ethnic minority households , a neighbourhood watch scheme has recently been set up and is helping to build bridges between the ethnic minority residents and the police .
9 The thought occurs that if Darlington Museum , free to enter and in the town centre to name its two advantages , can so describe itself then Bowes and Beamish will be running out of superlatives .
10 And I 'm certainly prepared to admit that from the point of view of erm evolution , I too am er little more than a biodegradable package er for my genes , because , after all , if natural selection really were about fitness and perfecting the organisms , in terms of making the organism more perfect , more fit , more survivable , why do n't we live forever , or , or almost forever ?
11 Erm , if we were willing to throw that into the pot ,
12 It was interesting to note that as the election results came through , political commentators were readily able to offer a viable explanation : ‘ Labour made no headway in Battersea due to the local authority , plus change in electorate profile ’ .
13 It is also interesting to note that in the aftermath of the October Crisis both Castro and Kennedy sought to exploit the low point in Soviet-Cuban relations .
14 It is also interesting to note that in the case of A5pC6 and T8pC9 junctions , the transition to B II almost causes the facing phosphate to change at the same time with final ε-ζ values of +18° and +26° respectively .
15 It is interesting to note that in the US , Congress has expressed an overriding concern for fairness in the securities markets .
16 It is interesting to note that among the fruits taken by birds in southern Europe , it has been shown in the case of Smilax aspera ( Liliaceae ) , there is selection in favour of greater pulp : seed ratio ( with a loss in seed numbers ) in those conditions of high competition for dispersers , which , faced with an apparent glut , select the most nutritionally valuable .
17 I am delighted to report that despite the increase both of magpies and crows last year , I have observed over the winter feeding period the usual mixture of birds .
18 But it might be more appropriate to wait until nearer the time to send a memo , I do n't know .
19 Even so , the potential gain from a lower rate — even if it had been negotiable through the International Monetary Fund — is not easy to estimate because of the problems of relative elasticities of demand for both exports and imports and the problem of the cost effects of higher import prices , not least as they would have affected wage bargaining [ Ball , 1967 ] .
20 Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn .
21 There was about half an hour when It was impossible to sleep because of the noise of military aircraft
22 However , another striking example of this type of mismatch arose when a student teacher CDL used a very simple program that asked children to estimate angles : it was simple to run and at the time had no documentation .
23 This has rated some fish species impossible to keep as in the case of a number of polyp-feeding butterflyfish species .
24 The vast majority of these fish I have kept over long periods and know to be reliable , easy to keep and in the case of some , very long lived .
25 Although I do agree with some of his points — the need for more public courses and more emphasis put on rules of etiquette — I was somewhat alarmed to read that in the interests of quicker play , we high-handicappers were being relegated to a boring , 9-hole course until we improve our game enough to join ‘ the big boys on the big-boys ’ course ’ .
26 It is easy to forget that alongside the architecture of Nash and Soane , the engineering work of Rennie ( whose London Docks were the largest buildings of their date in Europe ) , Maudslay and Telford had few European rivals .
27 The existing case law is for the citizen impossible to understand and for the lawyer difficult .
28 Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated .
29 Most often , related papers are easy to determine because of the specificity of titles in the field , and unrelated papers are very obviously unrelated .
30 Of the written words available , the Club 's own records , in particular the minutes , were infuriatingly incomplete , largely impossible to read because of the writing , and either terse about something important or long winded about something trivial .
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