Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric would perhaps have been killed or wounded and the suspicious position of the car might well have been noticed by somebody . |
| 2 | None was more famous or strange than the notorious Victory Arch ; and in his latest book , THE MONUMENT * , Samir al-Khalil weaves round the arch a fascinating and thoughtful study of totalitarianism and art . |
| 3 | As a result the viewing audience may feel alienated and become bored or hostile unless the original lecture is interesting enough to overcome this reaction . |
| 4 | Students specialise in either Danish , Norwegian or Swedish and the chosen area may then be studied as a single honours course or part of a joint honours course in Modern European Languages and with Scottish Ethnology or Linguistics . |
| 5 | The attributes of any volume which is empty or full after a hard copy run may be changed , with the exception of the volume name and charge code ; the minimum fill mark of partially filled volumes may be revised between hard copy runs . |
| 6 | In order to show conscious memorising the employer will have to demonstrate that the complexity of the process or that the list of trade connections was so lengthy or important that an honest employee would have realised that these were the property of his employer . |
| 7 | Of all the species visible in Bharatpur , none is more romantic or mysterious than the Siberian crane . |
| 8 | They specialised in questions which , to quote Bowley , " required an answer of 'yes ' or 'no' or a simple number or something equally definite and precise " . |
| 9 | It is difficult to tell whether they are disappointed or pleased when the expected end seems delayed . |
| 10 | In a number of large irrigation schemes in the tropics , the continuous cultivation of a range of crops now allows certain key pests to survive ; previously a closed season or fallow provided a natural check on insect populations . |
| 11 | That is not a retrospective or prescriptive but a descriptive process and will allow the citizens of this country to measure the standards of service that they receive from their local authorities . |
| 12 | It is easy to get thrown by a detail or a minority comment , to grow elated or dejected before the full position emerges . |
| 13 | If reference to Parliamentary material is permitted as an aid to the construction of legislation which is ambiguous , or obscure or the literal meaning of which leads to an absurdity , I believe as I have said that in practically every case it will be incumbent on those preparing the argument to examine the whole proceedings on the Bill in question in both Houses of Parliament . |
| 14 | In my judgment , subject to the questions of the privileges of the House of Commons , reference to Parliamentary material should be permitted as an aid to the construction of legislation which is ambiguous or obscure or the literal meaning of which leads to an absurdity . |
| 15 | In Pepper v. Hart , Lord Browne-Wilkinson stated that ‘ … reference to parliamentary material should be permitted as an aid to construction of legislation which is ambiguous or obscure or the literal meaning of which leads to an absurdity ’ and subsequently carefully established the ambiguity in the statutory provision in issue before relying on parliamentary material as an aid to its construction . |
| 16 | The electronics inside the pistol consist of a light detector or photo-diode and a small amplifier and buffer . |
| 17 | He is also an inch or two taller than I am , Not even the most stupid policeman in the land could possibly mistake him for me in an identity parade , but I suppose I am being too optimistic in assuming that literary critics are likely to be more intelligent or perceptive than an ignorant cop . |
| 18 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 19 | Something have you heard Of Hamlet 's transformation , so call it , Sith nor th'exterior nor the inward man Resembled that it was . |
| 20 | He was neither forgiving nor generous because the heroic figure , the truly great man , having nothing to resent could have nothing to forgive . |
| 21 | The difficulty in acknowledging the possibility of harm from a method of prophylaxis that seems natural is that the potential hazard is unspecified and hypothetical whereas the potential benefit is specific . |
| 22 | The writer , Steve Brady , criticized the notion of the state being so powerful and monolithic that a secret leadership was necessary to prevent MI5 spies from taking over the party . |
| 23 | Instead , in a piece of design as simple and innovative as the original notebook clamshell , GRiD engineers have invented a special hinge that 's enabled them to conceal a proper QWERTY keyboard beneath a machine that looks like a conventional , flat tablet pen computer . |
| 24 | W.H. Hudson says somewhere that 18 May is the crown of the English summer : in the Midland fields on that day these miles of snowy hedges reach perfection , so dense and far-reaching that the entire atmosphere is saturated with the bitter-sweet smell whichever way the summer wind is blowing . |
| 25 | The bottom notes have often been maligned in textbooks , but , as a matter of fact , they are rich and luscious and admirable when the dynamic force is mf or more . |
| 26 | I have a few niggles about design , finding the waist drawcord on the Solos awkward and annoying and the elasticated buckle on the Colorados inclined to slip and get in the way of a harness . |
| 27 | After a buffet lunch with various head office guests , Mike Bloy and Morton Henderson led a discussion and syndicate session entitled Managing People Through Change which analysed the various factors both physical and emotional that the modern manager must be aware of in order to react and communicate in a positive and constructive way . |
| 28 | Nicandra looked disconcerted and prim before a great light of kindness broke , telling her to spread a little happiness at any cost to herself . |
| 29 | The unique nature of Piffetti 's pieces , their present scarcity and the fact that the Ashburton piece was unknown and unpublished until the present sale should all have contributed to its chances , and the final figure of £700,000 ( $1.27 million , to a private Italian buyer ) was felt by some members of the trade to be low : ‘ It 's a bargain : a jewel-like piece of furniture . |
| 30 | Martin Luther King had a vision as personal and private as the sleeping child or the cross-legged meditator , but he turned it outward as a prayer for peace so that it became shared . |