Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked whether he would support a constitutional change in Scotland if he did not have proportional representation , he said no ; so he makes it clear that he gives higher priority to the self-interest of the Liberal Democrats and a voting system that would help them than to the issue of principle on Scotland 's constitutional future . |
| 2 | Ford , however , has made it clear that it wants ultimate majority control of Jaguar — something which the company 's board , led by chairman Sir John Egan , is resisting fiercely . |
| 3 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |
| 4 | It was presumably where the community was predominantly free that one finds continual buying and selling of land between peasant families and the consequent development of a group of more prosperous men in the community . |
| 5 | It is particularly interesting that he notes that science has come to hold , for some , the status of a religion : students of the arts , for example , might regard science as ‘ mystical ’ . |
| 6 | The coat colour can be all white , blue , blue roan or pied and it owes this variety to the Shorthorn ; the ‘ blue ’ is the equivalent of the Shorthorn 's roan . |
| 7 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 8 | scale is not linear and it puts enormous weight on being alive and not much on whether you are active or working . |
| 9 | This process is particularly interesting because it involves two types of irreversible physicochemical changes ( problems in a general subject area that has recently seen the award of the Nobel Prize for physics to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ) . |
| 10 | The noticeable familial disruption occurring in other cases is particularly interesting because it reflects social role expectations of women , where the primary role traditionally is that of homemaker , family manager , and housewife ( Oakley , 1981 ) . |
| 11 | A simple unipolar drive circuit — so-called because it produces unidirectional currents suitable for use with a variable -reluctance type motor is discussed in Section 2.2 . |
| 12 | Salamanca Old Cathedral , so-called because it forms one unit with the much larger New Cathedral , was built in 1120 78 ( Vol . |
| 13 | It is not clear whether it makes any difference if those words are omitted . |
| 14 | Sebastian de Ferranti , Basil 's brother and now a director of Ferranti 's competitor GEC , is a trustee of the interests but it is not clear whether he shares these views . |
| 15 | Of course it 's just possible that she has poor eyesight — a woman like that would be too vain to wear spectacles . |
| 16 | Many believe it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit in a time of recession and high unemployment , and income support is already so low that there seems little scope for cuts there . |
| 17 | In a sense this is an extreme form of heterogeneous accretion of volatiles , though the separation of planetary accretion from the veneering by volatiles is so complete that it merits separate consideration . |
| 18 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
| 19 | Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced that it has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 20 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 21 | The pattern of change over the 1970s and 1980s is similar if one considers different definitions of pay or broader classes of worker . |
| 22 | Our Susan and Vera saga in Bewley 's is not that far-fetched and it replaces negative comment in many cases . |
| 23 | ‘ At this early stage positive intervention , while not easy and which demands sensitive work with child and parent or parent substitutes , can succeed . |
| 24 | Except for drummer Simon Gilbert , who 's a screaming redhead , which is brilliantly ironic considering he says one thing throughout the entire two-hour interview . |
| 25 | Mr Cable should get his facts straight before he makes false allegations . |
| 26 | Jim'£s chances of winning are tremendous when he plays each point as though it was match point . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She 's innovative and she understands new technology and how to apply it . ’ |
| 28 | I am glad that he finds such favour with the Opposition . |
| 29 | ‘ My gown will be lucky if it gets any attention at all ; you forget some of the top designers are taking part . ’ |
| 30 | My tape recorder used to load practically every game I bought , but now I 'm lucky if it loads one game a week ! |