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

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1 A serious limitation of the Wada technique is that the risks inherent in puncturing the carotid artery preclude its use without obvious medical justification and testing is therefore restricted to those patients who are candidates for brain surgery .
2 The steps involved in generating a synthetic sequence are :
3 A question which is often asked is , ‘ Are there any risks involved in using the quicker procedure of submitting a Building Notice rather than depositing full plans ? ’
4 Of the numerous formulations available for expressing a given message , a speaker or writer will normally opt for one that makes the flow of information clearer in a given context .
5 He appears to have made his own luck and , despite setbacks such as presenting the short-lived TV quiz show Scruples , it looks as if Simon will continue to be a success .
6 It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle .
7 ( d ) Such an intent is not needed in most other Theft Acts offences such as obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception ( s.16 ) .
8 Although materials like clay , dough , aloplast and plasticine have quite different qualities , they do all provide opportunity for mathematical experiences such as moulding the same amount into many different forms , sharing , or comparing size , shape , pattern and texture .
9 If there was a widespread desire to alter the degree of influence exercised by Parliament and to make the life of a backbench MP an attractive prospect in its own right for public-spirited men and if this could only be done by the acceptance of some new countervailing powers , this would be no harder for successive governments than , for example , accepting the limitations involved in joining the Common Market .
10 If , however , C.N.L. were to fail , they would have exposed themselves to the additional financial perils involved in advancing an insupportable plea of justification .
11 The research has 3 principal aims : a ) to throw light on the process of assessment from the viewpoints of parents , children , professionals responsible for identifying special needs , and administrators responsible for producing a formal Statement of a child ; s needs ; b ) to describe , and provide an analysis of , sources of conflict and of agreement in the assessment process ; c ) to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of EBD from the view-points of the various people involved in assessment , whether as clients or as professionals .
12 It was also reported that the Justice Department was conducting a criminal investigation of contract payments to the General Dynamics Corp. and the McDonnell Douglas Corp. , the contractors responsible for building the A-12 .
13 The advisory service Mr Llambias offers to firms , which covers areas relevant to running a successful practice such as advice on management structure and profit sharing , led him into dealing with mergers .
14 For example , family responsibilities such as helping an elderly relative with shopping , or parents and children being unconvinced about the quality and relevance of what the school has to offer make regular attendance seem less important .
15 But , so far , government officials involved in negotiating the 1992 directives can not point to instances of the Germans becoming more obstructive .
16 The sunk costs involved in building a strong market position may additionally become a barrier to entry , even if the intention was ‘ innocent ’ competition rather than a deliberate strategy to exclude potential competitors .
17 It is estimated that the extra costs involved in employing the extra 20 officers would be £331,700 .
18 It is estimated that the extra costs involved in employing the extra 20 officers would be £331,700 .
19 While the Blue Jays licked their wounds , the Athletics began the celebrations prior to hosting the first two games of the World Series at the Coliseum next weekend .
20 It would not do , he once wrote , for others to think that there were no Catholics capable of appreciating the Copernican arguments .
21 Clearly there are dangers involved in drawing a hard-and-fast line between the two principles of participation and identity .
22 Students ' attention should be drawn to the problems inherent in calculating the economic value of a business that has not started and to the problems with historic cost in changing economic conditions .
23 The difficulties inherent in creating a successful broadcasting structure are immense .
24 It seems that the author has deliberately left things vague by choosing the intransitive verb construction : that she wants us to have the delicately ironic impression of a deferential , high-class shop in which doors , as it were , open and shut almost of their own accord .
25 But the disappointment was restrained , even if Mr Lawson left important questions such as joining the European exchange rate mechanism unanswered .
26 It includes the difficulties involved in producing a coherent definition of racism ( cf.
27 However , the difficulties involved in providing a safe and reassuring environment for staff working with this group of people are one reason why so many professional staff still clamour to retain the old asylums ; in such asylums staff know they can summon help at a few minutes ' notice from a neighbouring ward and from resident medical staff .
28 The dominant paradigm within class-based urban and regional analysis nevertheless usually recognises the difficulties involved in creating a well-organised international working class .
29 PAPER : A new BRE paper , ‘ Information paper 11/93 : Ecolabelling of building materials and building products ’ , summarises recent developments and the difficulties involved in developing an environmental labelling system for building components .
30 The case was seen as demonstrating the legal difficulties involved in using the judicial system of unified Germany to deal with cases which occurred under the East German legal system .
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