Example sentences of "[adv] of the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other theories of the segmental composition of the insect head are based largely on the comparative anatomy of adult forms , especially of the central nervous system . |
| 2 | The driver 's morals were obviously of the same low standard as his/her driving , as no apology or name and address was left . |
| 3 | Staff need to be made aware of the indicators that trigger off their own prejudices — snotty noses , nose- and ear-rings , coloured hair , leather jackets , elaborate and expensive school uniforms , gum-chewing — all those things that set off an expectation of a certain kind of behaviour , regardless of the individual young person 's personality . |
| 4 | Thus although it is recognized that regulatory agencies can influence behaviour , it is also true that the framework on to which they impose constraints is not the same regardless of the underlying institutional structure . |
| 5 | If it is set too low , then Offline will accomplish its workload using less ‘ portions ’ ie. it will calculate how many blocks can be stored and then continue until it has achieved that workload regardless of the 15 minute factor . |
| 6 | But regardless of the precise predictive value of this threshold , our findings show clearly that patients destined to suffer recurrence presented a persistent upward shift in the proliferative pattern which could be detected before the relapse occurred . |
| 7 | The CIA also spoke highly of the British Labour government . |
| 8 | The effect of interrupting sleep after two or three hours is to deny the subjects almost all REM sleep , while allowing them much of the deep slow wave sleep that they might be expected to have in a normal night . |
| 9 | History lovers will be fascinated by the excavations currently taking place on the south of the island at Akrotiri — here much of the original Minoan city , dating back 3,350 years has been unearthed , revealing three storey houses , utensils and beautiful frescoes , preserved by the volcanic ash that covered the city . |
| 10 | It is pointed out that in many instances much of the needed supporting evidence will have to be produced by the auditors themselves , which in turn will give rise to independence issues . |
| 11 | Insiders attempt to maximize the utility only of the representative employed worker ( that is , the representative insider ) ; they attach no utility to the welfare of unemployed workers ( outsiders ) . |
| 12 | A Diocesan Assembly is the coming together of the whole Diocesan family to take stock of where we are and to plan our next step . |
| 13 | The success of this strategy led , despite a more repressive turn from the later part of the 1960s , to the undermining from within of the formal Francoist system of labour regulation . |
| 14 | Roll out a little of the remaining white fondant and use to cover the top and sides of the spaceship . |
| 15 | On one evening each week , guests can take an after-dinner excursion to the nearby town of Villasimius to stroll the shops , cafés and bars and sample a little of the low-key local nightlife . |
| 16 | Luc Besson 's The Big Blue , for all its follies , had some lovely brooding moments , and The Abyss ( 12 ) , the biggest and almost certainly best of the current American wave of subterranean movies , nurtures expressly metaphysical intentions : it is , says the producer Gale Anne Hurd , about ‘ the abyss inside each of us ’ . |
| 17 | THE ABYSS This , the biggest and almost certainly best of the current American wave of subterranean movies , nurtures expressly metaphysical intentions : it is , says the producer Gale Anne Hurd , about ‘ the abyss inside each of us ’ . |
| 18 | Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost |
| 19 | Tunnel linings on the British side are generally of the expanded grouted type used successfully in the 1973–75 project but in poorer ground cast iron linings are used . |
| 20 | Opposition leaders Ganesh Man Singh and Girija Prasad Koirala ( leader and general secretary respectively of the banned Nepali Congress Party ) and Manmohan Adhikari ( leader of the Nepali Communist Party — also banned ) were briefly arrested on Dec. 15 , 1989 , after demanding the immediate abolition of the existing political system in Nepal and the formation of a national government . |
| 21 | And descending from the dizzy heights of Labour 's megalithic conference platform , he was as caustic as ever of the slick political selling job it symbolised . |
| 22 | And each cough that forced its way past his throat brought with it more of the bright frothy blood , which dribbled from the corners of his mouth faster than his red-soaked handkerchief could mop it up . |
| 23 | A High Court jury in London on May 21 awarded £400,000 in libel damages to Wafiq Said , a Syrian financier who was described as a friend of the former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and also of the Saudi royal family . |
| 24 | As far as Britain was concerned , the failure showed the limits not only of British power , but also of the Anglo-American special relationship . |
| 25 | Here the question is not merely one of sensitivity but also of the enormous additional cost of preserving amenities by placing cables underground . |
| 26 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 27 | More importantly , however , the model alone is not sufficient , for it must be placed in the context both of the individual social work team and of the local authority department as a whole ( Hill , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | It was noted that allies were fearful both of the current American theme of " liberation " and of a sudden lapse into at least some degree of isolationism . |
| 29 | In July 1969 , the select committee reported in favour of the publication both of the five-year rolling programme in the form of an annual White Paper with a full explanation of what changes had been made that year , and of the Medium Term Economic Assessment . |
| 30 | The Western world had already had a foretaste of this combination of factors following the price increases in the wake both of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and of the Iran revolution itself in 1978–79 . |