Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Associated Newspapers did the same , and both groups thereby had a useful cushion when the oil price rises and economic crises of the early 1970s saw newsprint prices quadruple . ) |
| 2 | Starting with a blank sheet of paper and using the wisdom accumulated through more than 150 years of life-saving , the designers and operators together specified a new concept in lifeboats . |
| 3 | Rebate-only plans apparently offered a free pension , as all the money came from the Government . |
| 4 | You can add objects together to make a complex outline or intersect the shapes to produce holes in one object with another . |
| 5 | For hand scanning , there 's the facility to ‘ stitch ’ scans together to form a larger image than the standard ‘ 4″ wide by as long as you like ’ , which is automatic , quick , and accurate . |
| 6 | ‘ This is particularly true of offices , although properties like warehouses and night clubs obviously have a higher-risk record . ’ |
| 7 | The waves and the pebbles together constitute a simple example of a system that automatically generates non-randomness . |
| 8 | On Nov. 29 , 1989 , the second reading began in Parliament of a bill which would empower the government to nominate six non-elected members to the 81-seat legislature [ see p. 33403 for introduction of constitutional amendment in 1984 which created three " non-constituency " seats in parliament for unsuccessful opposition candidates thereby ensuring a limited opposition to the PAP ] . |
| 9 | Because these relationships rarely form a coherent totality , political cultures themselves , including labourism , are replete with internal contradictions and inconsistencies . |
| 10 | If they were relatively inactive and presented their demands through what the councillors defined as the " proper " ( private ) channels then their demands rarely secured a favourable response . |
| 11 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 12 | How did you put all those pictures together to make a whole person ? |
| 13 | It is traditional to praise those who have died , and there are times when it is hard to recognise the person from the fine words , but in this case the words merely reflect a small insight into the very big man and loyal friend called David Pym . |
| 14 | The mosaics of the fifth and sixth centuries especially have a glowing richness of colour and a vividness of draughtmanship which complements their hierarchical treatment of figures and compositions . |
| 15 | If that is the case that each of the political parties , as I assume is the case for er the Conservative party , I know it to be the case of the Labour party I assume the same is true for the Liberal Democrats and other parties represented in this house , that they undertake the very considerable organisational er er process of selecting candidates only to find a few weeks before June the ninth , that as a result of the difficulties that I 've described as far as the French government attitude towards these elections is concerned , that er in fact we have to revert to the existing arrangements and that we can not have these new er boundaries in place . |
| 16 | Since the April 1992 elections [ see p. 38869 ] these parties together commanded a slim majority of 16 , with 331 seats in the new Chamber of Deputies . |
| 17 | It all ties together to give a simple scheme of explanation . |
| 18 | Many schools already have a regular item on the agenda of each full governing-body meeting which encourages discussion of a key educational issue . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend is right because many grant-maintained schools already have a high degree of support . |
| 20 | The relationship between divine powers and animals as images thus remains a constant feature throughout Egyptian history . |
| 21 | Dogmatics thus has a critical function in relation to the present witness and preaching of the church , recalling it to its basis and assisting it to uncover and hear what it is called to say today . |
| 22 | The fabliaux generally retain a strong sense of the sexual difference , so that either sex can find fulfilment only with the other . |
| 23 | Voluntary organizations already play a major role in providing day centres , lunch clubs , advice and pastoral counselling , and probably the most effective way of providing an acceptable mental health service is by attaching professional workers to the places where homeless people already go willingly for help . |
| 24 | Having identified the relevant markets , the Commission will then consider : ( a ) whether either of the parties already enjoys a dominant position in any such market which will be strengthened by the merger ; or ( b ) whether the concentration will create a dominant position in any such market ; and ( c ) whether ( if a dominant position will be created or strengthened ) that will significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part of it . |
| 25 | Magnus was a great orator whose rousing speeches soon created a massive following among the common folk of the Empire . |
| 26 | NURSING HOMES always have a qualified nurse or nurses on duty . |
| 27 | First things first : schools still need a speedy mechanism for getting rid of those guilty of gross misconduct , negligence and incompetence . |
| 28 | Many schools still have a remedial department or are visited by peripatetic remedial teachers who withdraw children for extra tuition in reading with little time for consultation with school staff . |
| 29 | The architectures for parallel computers still cover a large range , and these two machines represent two disparate approaches — using a small number of quite powerful processors , or a large number of weaker processors . |
| 30 | Ordinary polythene netting will deteriorate within two or three seasons , but manufacturers usually add a uv stabiliser , which considerably extends its useful life . |