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

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1 MATERNAL DEATH — death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy , irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy , from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management , but not from accidental or incidental causes .
2 One is contracting out to private sector firms the production of goods and services which the state provides free or at subsidized prices to consumers .
3 He argues that it is common for a depressed person to grossly exaggerate the negative implications of events ( sometimes called ‘ catastrophising ’ ) : ‘ I did n't get that job I 'm not bright enough — I 'll be unemployed or in low-level jobs for ever — I 'll be bored and boring-my friends will abandon me — my husband wo n't love me any more . ’
4 However , a study commissioned by FRES , the primary objective of which was to give support to these claims , made very clear that for certain categories of worker , particularly secretarial/keyboard staff in central London and computer staff , agency supplied labour was more expensive ( Rothwell/Mingard , 1985 ) .
5 When we look back to the present , it will be perfectly clear that in many sectors of the economy , the recovery has indeed started .
6 Such criticism was premature , as it is now clear that in many parts of the world long dead-straight trackways were laid out and , in several cases , are still used .
7 The levels and movements of urban rent are hard to document , but where substantial series of records survive , it is clear that in some towns at any rate , rents fell in the fifteenth century .
8 Onset of labour was spontaneous except in two cases in the regulated group , in which induction was performed for prolonged rupture of membranes .
9 The products , internally tested over the last six months and now going into formal beta test , will be available direct and through value-added resellers in the current quarter .
10 With the building deteriorating and with other plans for the site , the owner kindly offered it to the W & l , a move backed by the local authority 's conservation officer .
11 when you are talking about er public division , does standards er British and with other companies from er Western , Western economies ?
12 Examples would be the abandonment in the later eighteenth century of figured bass and of optional parts in favour of completely written-out orchestral scores ; and the writing out of vocal ornamentation by Rossini , followed by other nineteenth-century Italian opera composers , instead of leaving it to be improvised — though this did not necessarily mean that singers followed their instructions !
13 The Unit also provides additional resources for housing investment in local authority estates where large numbers of houses remain empty because of insufficient funds for renovation .
14 In our series , fundic argyrophil cell tumours developed in five of 17 patients with MEN 1 while none was seen in the 31 patients with sporadic Zollinger-Ellison sydrome , even when argyrophil cell hyperplasia was as marked as in some patients with tumours .
15 It is possible that for brief periods during construction of the breakwater , barges or other vessels may need to moor in positions which would affect operation of the radar station .
16 As to the question of lower earnings paid in rural than in urban areas for the same industries , four reasons can be suggested for this , although there is some overlap with the earlier discussion of low agricultural wages .
17 From this it can be inferred that monetary or economic activity ( defined as the intensity of coin use and hence loss ) was greater in rural than in urban centres in the last century of Roman rule in Britain .
18 Demand was so strong that after four hours of trading the issue was increased to DM400,000,000 .
19 Michael Jones says : ‘ Brittany is particularly rich in manor houses — thousands survive and the serious study of them is much less advanced than for equivalent buildings in England .
20 The Orb recreating the Pistols covering Iggy , with Paterson simulating Rotten 's every sneer , note perfect except for odd snatches of reggae backbeat .
21 The costs of children may be divided into direct costs — the outlay on the baby and mother around the time of birth , and indirect costs — the amounts foregone by mothers who take time out of paid employment , and who may return to work part-time and at lower rates of pay .
22 Changes in behavioural responses occur not in an individual but over many generations as a consequence of evolution .
23 These first two interpretations of the relationship between subject membership and pedagogical preference suggest that weakness in out-of-subject duties may well be caused not simply by unfamiliarity with content but by deep-seated divisions within secondary teaching as a whole brought about by strongly institutionalized systems of subject separation which inhibit the development of transferable pedagogic skills , restrict teachers ' adaptability and responsiveness to educational challenge and innovation , and limit their commitment to children and to learning in general as against enthusiasm for particular bodies of content .
24 They attended some of the London Stop The Clause meetings in order to gain information and strengthen communication — unfortunately , they often came away frustrated and unsuccessful because of internal difficulties within the London campaign .
25 Some of the industry recognized that change was due and with various degrees of enthusiasm were prepared to go along with such proposals .
26 American and Russian armed forces would have to be withdrawn from Korea as soon as possible and within three months of a Korean government being formed .
27 The key principles for the care of dementia sufferers are set out in the SAD Report " Dementia in Scotland , Priorities for Care , Strategies for Change " as follows : People with dementia are entitled to : the same respect and regard for dignity and privacy as anyone else the same range and quality of services as other citizens opportunities to enhance their capabilities a range of services to support their declining abilities emotional and social care and support live as independently as possible and in familiar surroundings for as long as possible actively participate as far as practicable in decisions affecting their daily lives and future care .
28 The answer would appear to be with less determination than Labour and with fewer changes in policy .
29 Both within the political wing of Labour and in outside groups within the broader labour movement an identifiable " Left " began to emerge as a major influence .
30 General Robert Schweitzer , who told this story to the congressional lawyers , was a trifle envious that after 58 years of daily Mass and ‘ desperate messages to the Almighty ’ he himself had never been woken up at night ‘ with lights on the wall ’ and a vision of saving Nicaragua ; he was not sure Ms Studeley had either , but he gave her the benefit of the doubt .
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