Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Alternatively , if lifts and hoists etc. are capable of operation from ground level it may be possible to develop the means by which the progress and success of fire fighting might be judged by infra-red scanners mounted on them and providing readings or other indications to the control point .
2 88open has decided to offer its system and application compatibility test suites — ITS/88 , AVS/88 and ACT/88 — to industry consortia and companies : although to date they have only been available for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC based systems , interested parties would presumably customise the sets for other architectures .
3 They had not only been active in discussion among themselves , but had become a source of commentary about the state of the nation .
4 Manchuria had for long been subject to encroachments by Russia .
5 The sections below are concerned with heads of recoverable damage commonly encountered .
6 But interest payments on debt are treated as a cost of doing business , and so are deductible from profits before tax .
7 This would quite naturally be true of adjectives of colour , size , and weight , and of other adjectives expressing basic perceptual notions .
8 He noted that return on individual lots would obviously be better for vendors at 9% than Christie 's current 15%-10% but that the levelling off to one figure meant that Christie 's will look more competitive overall whenever they enter the market .
9 Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught .
10 If the wind at a meteorological height of 10 metres ( 33ft ) is gusting up to 32kmh ( 20mph ) , it will be 48kmh ( 30mph ) at 60 metres ( 200ft ) and pro-rata , so be satisfied with drops from moderate heights .
11 After a transitional period of three years from 1 January 1992 , such companies will only be operable as part of a solicitors ' incorporated practice .
12 That could only be upset by pig-headedness in the Gulf or dumb-mindedness in Washington .
13 It will only be available to women in the first nine weeks of pregnancy ( that 's the only licence for which the makers have asked ) , so not all women who could benefit from it will do so .
14 The point being that because the income is within Case V relief for the 35 per cent is only available or can only be available by way of concession as s687(1) states that it applies in lieu of ss348 or 349 which are Case III Schedule D payments .
15 Their reputation now rests in the professional audio industry , and the ordinary muso might only be aware of Dynacord as providers of amps to the accordion players of Bavaria .
16 The concept of associative relationships is a necessary supplement to the idea of the differential nature of the linguistic sign , since difference in language can only be functional in conjunction with similarity .
17 It is suggested that this conclusion renders section 15 of the Act of 1968 otiose since a person who , by deception , persuades the owner to consent to part with his property will necessarily be guilty of theft within section 1 .
18 This is strongly implied in John chapter 6 where the Spirit is brought closely into relation with ‘ eating his body and drinking his blood ’ and so being confident of dwelling in Christ , being fed by him , and being raised up by him at the last day ( 6:54,56,63 ) ; just as he is in chapter 3:3–8 in connection with the new birth .
19 Last year , the businesses earmarked for ICI Bio accounted for only 34% of group turnover , but generated 69% of trading profits ; pharmaceuticals alone were responsible for 12% of sales and 52% of trading profit .
20 What they mean basically is that in relation to sand and gravel , the County Council will , will continue to look to four areas of the County er for most of the sand and gravel production , that 's the Sutton Courtney area , Sutton Wick area , er the Stanton Harcourt area and the Cassington/Yarnton area ; most of the sand and gravel workings will be there .
21 From a study of 200 infants Stunden et al suggested that diagnosis by means of clinical methods alone is possible in 84% of cases .
22 In general the gap between lip-reading with fingerspelling , and lip-reading alone is greatest for comprehension of larger units such as sentences , and least for single words .
23 By the end of the 1970s there was substantially more conflict between central and local government than there had been before and , by the early 1980s , not only was Labour in control of almost every urban council — even when very weak at national level — but in some places the controlling Labour groups had swung dramatically to the left .
24 Politicians thus are dependent on officials for advice as to the practicability of new proposals .
25 The Court of Appeal said that the press should have been allowed to remain : " … the public generally are interested in cases of this kind , and for not unworthy reasons .
26 They had already been parachute-trained at Ringway near Manchester and were led by the redoubtable Commandant Bergé , whom Stirling later acknowledged as a co-founder of the SAS .
27 With the prospect of supporting her grandfather she had somehow been full of confidence about the future .
28 Keith Joseph and Kenneth Baker , though I believe they are genuinely anxious to improve the lot of all children at school , have nevertheless been subject to pressure from the most inflexibly conservative thinkers .
29 She had lately been excited by reports of the exhibition at Bullock 's Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , London , of Monsieur Jerricault 's Great Picture , 24 feet long by 18 feet high , representing the Surviving Crew of the Medusa French Frigate on the Raft .
30 The important effects they should be able to identify will nevertheless be insignificant by comparison with the effects of mobilization for war itself .
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