Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [adj] [noun sg] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the case of the early home-grown British firms , many of the Big Four's consultants were of the first two types of headhunter we have identified : either the aristocrat with the old-boy network contacts or the practical selection and management consultant type whose experience was more in personnel than commerce and industry . |
| 2 | When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement . |
| 3 | The apparently fragmented organization of the state apparatus represents not polyarchic pressures but rather the outcome of intra-state conflicts or the deliberate fragmentation and disorganisation of policy-making by state officials . |
| 4 | Who but Gibbons has been able to reproduce in wood the precise bloom of a ripening peach , the very texture and mass of a bursting apricot , or the exact weight and trajectory of an ear of corn on its stem ? |
| 5 | Should it be the proud Russian eagle , or the old hammer and sickle ? |
| 6 | One has the sense that everyone now thinks well of Bakhtin , whether a Marxist like Terry Eagleton , a historical scholar such as Jerome J. McGann , or a practising novelist and critic of fiction , David Lodge . |
| 7 | And she would wear something to show that she was a maid , a uniform , or a white collar and apron anyway . |
| 8 | It also does n't account for the shattering effect of the great climaxes , nor the invigorating range and quickness of Birtwistle 's motivic thought . |
| 9 | Examples of government regulation in the UK are the Health and Safety at Work Acts , legislation controlling food and drugs production , the Fair Trading Act which governs consumer protection , and the various traffic and motoring regulations . |
| 10 | From Alan , Steward of the King of Scots , who was holding Bute from King William I the Lion around 1200 , is descended by one line Charles , Prince of Wales , the present Duke of Rothesay , and by another John Crighton Stuart , Sixth Marquess of Bute and the present Captain and Keeper of Rothesay Castle . |
| 11 | Statements about infrastructural developments highlighted a number of weaknesses in existing provision , including the poor geographical location of the library building , the problem of split-site provision , the difficulties involved in freeing the library from timetabling for subject lessons , and the poor decoration and furnishing of the rooms themselves . |
| 12 | The military solution had proved elusive , largely as a result of the difficulty of the terrain , the extent of passive local support for the rebel cause , and the poor training and discipline of the security forces . |
| 13 | It is not possible to accept the belief that ‘ God pervades everything that is to be found in this universe down to the tiniest atom ’ , and not at the same time accept the idea of universal brotherhood and the essential unity and equality of all earthly creatures . |
| 14 | The popularity of cider seems to have grown up around the time of the Norman Conquest , and the best soil and climate for growing apples dictated that the south-west became predominant in cider-making . |
| 15 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 16 | The £100,000 project — including a Scottish Arts Council grant of £20,000 and funding from the Gaelic Television Committee and the National Gaelic Arts Project — is the brainchild of Alisdair MacDonald of the Aberdeen-based Invisible Bouncers Theatre Company and the Gaelic actor and writer Domhnall Ruadh , now infamous nationwide as the anti-hero of Gaelic' first soap opera , Machair . |
| 17 | The £100,000 project — which has a Scottish Arts Council grant of £20,000 and funding from the Gaelic Television Committee and the National Gaelic Arts Project — is the brainchild of Alisdair MacDonald of the Aberdeen-based Invisible Bouncers Theatre Company and the Gaelic actor and writer Domhnall Ruadh , now infamous nationwide as the anti-hero of Gaelic' first soap opera , Machair . |
| 18 | Our CHC did not oppose the centralisation of casualty at Basildon and the Labour district and borough councillors from Basildon and Thurrock who served on the CHC did not demur from that position . |
| 19 | If we accept , however , that additional disclosure in interim financial reports is a good thing — and the current trend and commentary indicate that many believe that it is — then the question becomes : What additional disclosure ? |
| 20 | For his own part , the prince would cheerfully have bedded down in the cramped military quarters he normally used on his periodical visits , but he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests , and the greater space and grace of the abbot 's apartments made approach to his own person easier , and brought more petitioners in search of his favour , which at once satisfied his thirsty sense of duty , and wore him out into childish sleepiness by nightfall . |
| 21 | J Wood in the Custom House and Silvertown Ward expressed the need to administer effectively the 1918 Education Act , 1918 Maternity Act , and the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act : ‘ In a period of reconstruction only a majority of conscious Socialist and labour men and women on the council will have the determination to make West Ham a healthier , cleaner , more sanitary town to live in ’ . |
| 22 | This peaceful strategy eventually failed not so much in the face of Western attempts to restrict Japan 's military strength to a lower level than that of Britain or the US , but in the face of rising nationalism and militarism at home and the economic depression and protectionism on which they flourished . |
| 23 | The twelve hour bash also features Otis B. Driftwood , Marilyn Middleton Pollock from Chicago and the Real Ale and Thunder Band . |
| 24 | Secondly , the Uniqueness of Jesus Christ as God the Son and the only saviour and meditator between God and mankind . |
| 25 | And the sheer speed and skill of the special stage . |
| 26 | Such was the response from readers who wrote to me with their amazing success stories , that it was decided I should write an extended version of the book and the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet was published last January . |
| 27 | The board have been set up by the Countryside Commission , West and East Sussex Country Councils and the 11 borough and district councils in the area . |
| 28 | The highly successful relocation of the BLS has been well documented elsewhere and construction of their new museum around the former goods shed is steadily proceeding with the steel framework erected and the concrete floor and pit being prepared . |
| 29 | The fragmentation of the Nazi ‘ élite ’ groupings had shown itself plainly in 1924 , and the inner-Party factionalism and opposition in the early 1930s had been countered only through the strength of Hitler 's personal position . |
| 30 | In July 1941 , the Commissioner General for Jewish Affairs , Xavier Vallat , passed a law that aimed to ‘ eliminate all Jewish influence in the national economy ’ , and the forced sale and requisitioning of Jewish property began . |