Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this region the integration of the drainage pattern is so good that practically every point in the area can be assigned to one or another of the former drainage basins . |
| 2 | Although there is a very wide range of coldwater fish which may be kept in a garden pond the majority of pondkeepers choose Orfe or some of the many varieties of goldfish . |
| 3 | There are frequent references in his diary to air-raids , sometimes two or three in the same day . |
| 4 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 5 | Lower courts will be bound by that precedent , while superior courts or those of the same rank will not upset it without reasoned consideration . |
| 6 | Policy statements which emanate from government departments are often , in practice , the product of prior consultation and negotiation between the centre and one or more of the many associations — not least the professional bodies , which on occasions serve to ‘ unite ’ civil servants and local authority employees . |
| 7 | Do n't be tempted to buy three or more of the same species . |
| 8 | Perhaps you could acquire a taste for decaffeinated coffee or one of the many herb or fruit teas . |
| 9 | Whatever the technique — be it radiocarbon , TL , or one of the many others — there are optimal circumstances under which it works best . |
| 10 | Everybody has seen Fantasia or Snow White , or one of the many Tom and Jerry cartoons , and the majority of those old enough to understand will realise that they 're made up of literally thousands of drawings . |
| 11 | You might try drinking mineral water or fruit juice or one of the many varieties of herbal teas with their delicate and delicious flavours . |
| 12 | If any readers know anything of the current whereabouts of Tin Tin , Milly Molly Mandy , Jennings and/or Derbyshire , Rupert Bear , any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven , Billy Bunter , My Naughty Little Sister ( presumably now in freelance tax-free employment round the back of King 's Cross ? ) or any of the many others , I 'd like to hear about it . |
| 13 | I 'm no braver than Mrs Smith or Mr Jones , or 2-year-old Tommy , or any of the many people who have cancer . |
| 14 | You you do n't go from er you you 're not you have n't got like ongoing assignments three or four at the same time ? |
| 15 | Advanced Diplomas are intended for those who already have an HND or equivalent in the same discipline . |
| 16 | ‘ The visit was a valuable lesson for the children — and taught us a thing or two at the same time , ’ says marketing manager , Jock Miller . |
| 17 | One or two of the few houses that make up the hamlet of San Sano were acquired and transformed by the owner with great mastery into the attractive Hotel Residence San Sano , Signor Matarazzo 's taste runs to what could be called a ‘ glorification of simplicity ’ . |
| 18 | But without the help of clock or compass , the terns will arrive back within a day or two of the same date each year , around 6th May . |
| 19 | From these later inspections , the proportion of children with problems appears to have been low : for example , of four schools in Shepherds Bush , London , sending 670 children to Pontypridd in June 1940 , there were ‘ only one or two with a few nits ’ ; of 300 children being evacuated from Northwold Road Public Elementary School , in the East End , in June 1940 , only twenty-five were marked as needing special attention ( or 8% ) , comprising one with scabies , five with nits , eight with eneurisis ( bed-wetting ) and eleven with ‘ other conditions ’ ; of 1,211 children going from Stretford ( Manchester ) schools in the same month , only eighty suffered from vermin or nits , and only fourteen from eneurisis . |
| 20 | Whatever the intrinsic properties of a form may be , its reception by our sensory equipment may be distorted by one or other of the many factors that we have considered . |
| 21 | However , new academic journals are regularly launched , devoted to one or other of the many specialisms into which English is fragmenting , and in their earlier issues , at least , are likely to be looking for contributions . |
| 22 | Or both at the same time ? |
| 23 | Adam thought of himself and Rufus as being wild and laid-back at the same time , equally like that , young adventurers with all the world before them and all the time they wanted to do what they liked with . |
| 24 | Theology in all its guises should step down from its exalted position and take its place alongside all other human activities and contribute to an autonomous religion only what is relevant , and that with no more authority than is accorded any other sphere of human endeavour . |
| 25 | The composition of the new cabinet announced in February 1957 constituted Franco 's attempt to resolve the dilemma he faced by being both immobile and innovative at the same time ! |
| 26 | But we also know that good experiences with objects in the environment also get forgotten and repressed in the same way . |
| 27 | And on the walls , cemented into place , are these three stone tablets , 5ft by 10ft , each a little different , and each in the same style — the first writing found in the ancient civilisations of the Andes , ’ Mr Savoy said . |
| 28 | It was both wet and dry at the same time . |
| 29 | She felt cold and clammy at the same time . |
| 30 | Schrödinger 's original reason for putting forward this thought experiment was to demonstrate the folly , as he then believed , of the quantum theory : clearly it was ridiculous to think of a cat being neither dead nor alive — or , as an obvious corollary , both dead and alive at the same time . |