Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By eluting self-peptides from HLA-B53 we identified a sequence motif for bound peptides and have synthesized 60 octamer , nonamer or decamer peptides bearing this motif from the four pre-erythrocytic-stage P. falciparum antigens that have been cloned and sequenced : each of these antigens has been used in or is currently awaiting human vaccine trials . |
| 2 | Then Duncan sent his allies away , proudly declaring that he would allow no English or Norman troops to continue military service in his homeland . |
| 3 | It is that , in their various fields , professionals rarely act through any explicit theory or articulated principles governing professional practice , and much more on the basis of tacit principles and knowledge which are embedded in their professional behaviour . |
| 4 | This hatred of Lloyd George on the part of both Baldwin and MacDonald made it very difficult for the Conservative or Labour Parties to contemplate either coalition with the Liberals , or even a tacit understanding with them to sustain a minority government ; and the politics of the 1920s can not therefore be understood without appreciating the widespread antagonism both to coalition and to Lloyd George personally . |
| 5 | Unfortunately natural enemies alone may not be sufficiently effective , especially in annual crops where climate or agricultural practices destroy these enemies at a critical period . |
| 6 | Red lentils are the easiest and quickest to cook ; although the green or brown varieties have more flavour , they do require soaking . |
| 7 | There are plenty of Russian or British bureaucracies to fill any gap and a fertile general theory of bureaucratic role-play to cement any cracks . |
| 8 | Examples might include the need for strengthened floors for heavy equipment or high ceilings to house special machinery . |
| 9 | Furthermore , if outside agencies — such as courts or social workers decide that socialization has in some way been inadequate , it is to the family that they are most likely to turn in the allocation of blame or responsibility . |
| 10 | On the one hand , the Act tries to encourage judges and magistrates to sentence more petty offenders to punishments in the community rather than to custody ; but on the other hand , the Act allows people convicted of violent or sexual offences to receive harsher sentences than hitherto . |
| 11 | But even internally within the EC , protectionism is highly damaging , both economically and politically , for the notion of sponsoring either national or EC-wide champions distorts fair competition and the level playing field . |
| 12 | It hopes the findings of the survey will provide ammunition to press for government funding as well as policy changes to encourage housing associations or similar schemes to help local people . |
| 13 | The size and variety of charitable effort and the absence of universal or consistent principles underlying such activities was a major reason for the foundation of the Charity Organization Society ( COS ) in 1869 . |
| 14 | High-sounding jargon or pointless platitudes cut little ice when one is alert to the actual message being conveyed . |
| 15 | Reform may sometimes be preceded by Green or White Papers allowing pre-legislative consultation in Parliament . |
| 16 | ( ii ) In both fiction and non-fiction texts , they should be taught to use information or contextual clues to infer authorial points of view that are not explicitly stated . |
| 17 | In the end , people have a stark choice : use less water or accept environmental deterioration — reduced flow of streams , or costly reservoirs flooding valuable land . |
| 18 | As far as we know , they all used two or three microphones spaced some yards apart along the front of the orchestra , a technique favoured by American engineers to this day . |
| 19 | And they just could n't , he lost his job which is the same old story and er anyway they went back to visit and they kee they go back every two or three weeks to visit this house . |
| 20 | Most young Asian or Asian-Mauritian girls have long hair ; very few have short hair . |
| 21 | Dryness and thinning can leave the vagina vulnerable to infection , so anyone with a history of cystitis , itching or pruritus needs to take extra care with hygiene ; but avoid over-enthusiastic washing . |
| 22 | Further , non-exclusive consortia which are composed of firms with different skills producing complementary products or multi-product firms undertaking pro-competitive research projects whose effects are likely to be felt in many output markets are likely to be more attractive than those which are narrowly focused on particular output markets , competitive or not . |
| 23 | With current inflation most wage-earners or salaried employees have regular increases in basic remuneration . |
| 24 | To distort reality further , large or bright or moving or repeating or noisy objects attract more attention and are more likely to survive our filtering than small , dull , stationary , non-recurring or quiet objects . |
| 25 | The armoured or plated dinosaurs include some species that seem too heavily burdened with protective armour to have been very active , but this does not necessarily mean that they had to be cold-blooded . |
| 26 | Some people had baby-sitters of varying degrees of unreliability , mostly young girls in their teens , who were themselves expecting illegitimate babies and needed a temporary home , or elderly women lacking much strength to deal with children . |
| 27 | For example , a barely detectable innate bias toward the use of body adornment , if combined with a moderate sensitivity to peer usage , would result in most or all members using such adornment in all societies . |
| 28 | Philosophically , it could be argued in any case that most or all words present analogous difficulties , and need to be put in scare quotes ( " the 'topic' of this 'essay' is the 'issue' of the 'author's ' 'intentions ' " , etc . ) . |
| 29 | There are some privileges — families with eight or ten children get free kindergarten places — but that is nothing compared to the low salaries and high prices . |
| 30 | Is it going to take more men or less men to get this job done ? |