Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Emphasis should be placed on mental calculation where appropriate and on the use of both digital and traditional " clock " display .
2 The dock itself , I well understood , was deeper than usual because of the height of the river .
3 As the depth is obviously restricted this form of extraction would take place over a wider area than normal but in a district like this where the overburden is thin this is no real hardship .
4 True , they have D-marks , though their pay is less than half that in the west , and in principle full rights under the constitution .
5 Sometimes agreement is apparent rather than real because of the tendency to conform and fall in with majority opinion .
6 At such close quarters , mistakes would have been more than evident but to the merit of all those involved , these were at a minimum and more than compensated for by sheer enthusiasm .
7 It is more than probable that during the period of Haymo that the Church at Halling was repaired and enlarged ; the chancel and tower being a century earlier however was most likely built during the time Laurence was Bishop , 1251–74 .
8 The new agreement with the Soviet Union is for one year , rather than five as in the past .
9 Such changes are made in English to account for the notion more than one and for the notion meaning approximately in the past in verbs .
10 Third , bureaucrats are expected to be politically committed rather than neutral as in the West .
11 Temporary workers hired for a fixed-term in excess of one year were not identified by WIRS , although other than in the academic/research area numbers so employed are likely to be small .
12 Point of Ayr A spokeswoman for British Coal has denied union claims that redundancies at the pit were actually compulsory rather than voluntary because of a lack of options .
13 If you continue deferment , which as a woman you can do until 65 and as a man until 70 , you will earn what are known as ‘ increments ’ and your pension will be bigger when you receive it .
14 They were first assessed by the researchers , then — if eligible and in the action areas — they were passed to the development officers .
15 I believe that if somebody kills another person while drunk and at the wheel of a car , then that person should be disqualified for life .
16 A manager can also take the initial foundation course which tackles those issues that may be relevant to any manager , whether inside or outside the CAB .
17 that deposited , whether inside or outside the curtilage of a sewage treatment works , as an integral part of the operation of those works ,
18 Steroids were begun soon after this and in the absence of further relapse it is possible that they have had an effect on the disease .
19 Finally , there were occasional commendations , whether verbal or in the form of small sums of cash , from philanthropic organizations .
20 However , what both share is the merging , whether temporary as in the case of the intoxication , or permanent in the case of the monarch , of the ego and superego and the resulting release from the oppression of the latter .
21 Over one-half of the houses in rural districts of England are owned by their occupiers , whether outright or on a mortgage .
22 Miss Potts left and Mademoiselle arrived , not quite so beaming as usual because of the heat .
23 I do n't think it 's as simple as that because at the time that we were doing the budget , we were doing it really in September , and most of those other cate categories of work , apart from like auto-offs reports and things , were n't having an impact .
24 This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit .
25 The UK 's position in the mid 1960s provides a good example since she tried to avoid a change in her par value for as long as possible but in the end was forced to devalue because of increasing capital outflows .
26 I tried to make him as comfortable as possible and with the assistance of a French Commando placed a shell dressing into the large wound in his back .
27 She called for an exposure of the headhunting industry as a whole , accusing consultants of a variety of sins : of perpetuating another form of updated old-boy network , of ignorance about systematic interviewing practice , of poor report writing , of rushing through assignments as quickly as possible and of an inability to handle complex , highly specialist assignments : they would either fail to find anyone or send someone completely unsuitable .
28 On Nov. 15 the French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said in Bahrain that sanctions against Iraq , necessary to curb its war-making potential , should be lifted as soon as possible because of the hardship imposed on the Iraqi people .
29 ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said .
30 ‘ We suspect that he was primarily concerned to leave the course as soon as possible because of the proximity of his selected position to the start , ’ it said .
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