Example sentences of "[subord] a [adj] [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a small hill or depression had to be crossed in the course of building a canal , a cutting or an embankment was often the engineering solution . |
| 2 | The Notes to the Rule emphasise that independent advice is particularly important in the case of a management buy-out , or where a controlling shareholder or group of controlling shareholders is making the offer . |
| 3 | Microprogramming was first used on a large scale in the IBM System/360 range of computers , where a common architecture and instruction set had to be implemented on a number of different models the range with widely-varying basic hardware . |
| 4 | Areas facing irreparable damage include the Dee estuary in Wales where port , road and recreational development and pollution threaten 105,000 birds ; the Wash , where 260,000 birds are threatened by industrial development , an airport and oil refining ; the Mersey , where a tidal barrage and airport development threaten about 60,000 birds ; and the Thames , including the Medway and Swale , which is facing immediate damage from development and pollution threatening 177,000 birds . |
| 5 | A number of Romanesque structures were built in Cracow on Wawel Hill , where a royal castle and church were erected , surrounded by a walled , fortified town . |
| 6 | Where a particular level or competence in numeracy is a course requirement , the following qualifications in Mathematics will be acceptable : |
| 7 | So far , no one has put forward any specific plans for the new network , although a national news and information service , on the lines of London 's LBC , has been mooted . |
| 8 | But this answer is still not satisfactory , for the question remains , why is it necessary for such a unitary space and time to be other than a phenomenological space and time ? |
| 9 | If he does not , you may even wish to suggest one of them yourself , in circumstances where it seems a lesser evil than a final warning or dismissal . |
| 10 | A rocky shore almost certainly provides a clearer echo than a sandy slope or mud flat . |
| 11 | Thus , it is clear that the system is not going to get easier for advisers , and it is going to be increasingly important for them to have more than a passing understanding and experience of it . |
| 12 | Participatory democracy necessarily has implications for social life , and is better regarded as a way of life than as no more than a political device or method . |
| 13 | The report , Forests Foregone : The European Community 's Trade in Tropical Timbers and the Destruction of the Forests , reveals that more than a hundred logging and timber processing companies owned or backed by European firms are operating in West and Central Africa . |
| 14 | It seems , then , that the average undertaker was little more than a speculative cabinet-maker and joiner who , either by direct contact with the metalworking trades , or via such funeral houses as Richard Green 's , was able to buy in at wholesale all that was required for a funeral . |
| 15 | This includes works where the substantive and theoretical consequences of the internationalization or globalization of capital rather than a particular industry or country are the focus . |
| 16 | If we want extended music , we must have long-breathed periods , rather than a rapid rise and decline . |
| 17 | Such technical recommendations are of little practical value and sometimes provoke vigorous protest from professional aviation people , but from the patient painstaking AIB inspector who has gone to great lengths to provide the sheriff 's court with as much guidance , information and advice as he can , there will be little more than a wry smile or shrug of the shoulders . |
| 18 | Arrest is a more fundamental interference with the liberty of the suspect than a transient stop and search . |
| 19 | In order for an apparent consent or refusal of consent to be less than a true consent or refusal , there must be such a degree of external influence as to persuade the patient to depart from her own wishes , to an extent that the law regards it as undue . |
| 20 | Second , Mr Deng was less an idealist than a sensible moderniser and nationalist . |
| 21 | Remember to make the shape of your mount echo that of the letter you are designing — for example , if you want to create a capital I , it will fit far better in a long , thin , rectangular mount , say 22.5 × 15cm ( 9 × 6in ) , with an aperture 5cm ( 2in ) smaller all round , than a circular frame or mount . |
| 22 | In terms of use , the status of e-mail messages ( excluding mailed WP documents ) , in most companies , is somewhere higher than a telephone call or a hand-written note but lower than a formal memo or report . |
| 23 | Dr Charles Suckling , formerly General Manager ( Research and Technology ) at ICI , provided a sharp mind and clarity of thought invaluable both when we discussed our assumptions about values and in the final drafting stages . |
| 24 | The full benefits of price stability and statutory independence for the European central bank , and indeed for the Bank of England — that must be a necessary institutional corollary — will be enjoyed only if a future Government and Parliament agree in good time to adopt a single European currency . |
| 25 | If a sole trader or partner , for instance , dies his business or interest in the business is wholly outside the charge to inheritance tax . |
| 26 | Demand can not be measured or estimated , but demand will materialise if a suitable product and marketing mix are introduced . |
| 27 | We need to know how we feel about the sounds because if a certain accent or tone is anathema to us we often instinctively turn away from it , forget it . |
| 28 | If a personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy elects to be registered , and is , he becomes personally liable for any amounts unpaid on the shares and not merely representationally liable to the extent of the estate . |
| 29 | If a frost-free greenhouse or shed is not available , place them on trays indoors for a week , then pack them in peat or vermiculite , or surround them with screwed-up newspaper . |
| 30 | ‘ If a black man or woman made a film about that it would come out totally different . |