Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the context of cuts in military expenditure made possible by disarmament in Europe , a Defence Diversification Agency would administer a fund within the defence budget to supplement private resources devoted to diversification , in order to encourage investment in civil manufacturing and the retraining of workers within the defence industry .
2 The Defence Ministry said last night : ‘ They are not there to fight a full-scale war .
3 The division in Cabinet between Dalton plus Attlee ( plus , occasionally , Morrison ) versus Bevin and the Chiefs of Staff , supported by A. V. Alexander , the Minister of Defence , was reflected in the Defence Committee 's first meeting on 11 January 1946 , when Dalton and Attlee queried the level of British forces around the world , and Bevin and the defence chiefs defended that level .
4 THE majority party passes this bill or admits it ca n't govern ’ , said the Washington Post on May 26th .
5 The majority report recommended that cash allowances financed by the state should be paid in respect of children whose parents were not subject to income tax .
6 Unlike systems theory , the contingency approach examines particular organisations .
7 The boiler unit takes seven pints of water .
8 The Unity Campaign made considerable progress when compared with the old United Front .
9 The 7th ( D ) here , if played , would be natural and not a major 7th ( D♯ ) as the guitar accompaniment makes frequent use of a sus 4 chord on the bars of A : that chord containing A , D natural and E. Check out both tab suggestions here to find your preferred position — they both work equally well .
10 The ‘ Artist ’ denomination of the guitar model meant gold-plated hardware , block position markers and a bound fingerboard .
11 Favourite Encores for String Quartet brings together 15 lollipop items to defy any idea that this is an austere medium , with the Delme Quartet making persuasive advocates .
12 This involves the link person visiting each school from three to five times at appropriate stages of the project .
13 In the field of research and development , a new programme has been launched under the LINK initiative to support collaborative research into the biological treatment of soil and water .
14 Will the Minister make absolutely certain that the funding councils use up-to-date figures ?
15 The LSX 5000 runs the Olivetti Unix V.4.0 operating system and the LSX 3000 runs the X/OS implementation of Unix System V. The base product provides object-oriented filing , electronic mail , diary and administration services such as printing and word processing .
16 If the screen looks full of files use the direction keys to view any files that may be offscreen .
17 The Galloway cows have wide pelvises and calve easily , even to Charolais and Romagnola bulls , and they respond well to quiet handling and familiarity , though naturally they tend to be shy if left alone in the hills .
18 Meanwhile Chris Protheroe , who spent much of the next few months at the massive Boeing plant in Seattle , was trying to discover the origin of the fatigue fracture of the stabilizer rear spar top chord .
19 Compelling evidence that the NMDA receptor performs this function is reviewed in the next section .
20 The regression analysis indicates that completeness of information and team ability correlated positively , per cent of research correlated negatively and the three variables explained 45 per cent of the variance between them .
21 It would be prudent to consider the use of a layer of Terram 1000 geotextile , or equivalent , to cover the backfill/drainage material to reduce future maintenance .
22 The FAOR team noted these differences , but unfortunately did not realise the true significance in terms of the detailed user requirement that would eventually be needed to progress the IPS proposals .
23 Sadly , thought , there 's nothing new on the T-shirt front to match last year 's classic ‘ Did You Miss Ned 's Atomic Dustbin — Then You F—ed Up ’ .
24 The trial judge rejected that submission and , on appeal , counsel argued that he had not specifically dealt with the issue of breach of the Code .
25 The trial judge rejected this claim .
26 The trial judge rejected this submission , whereupon the defendant pleaded guilty to count 4 , but defended himself on count 5 on the basis that he had acted under duress .
27 The failure of the trial judge to put this defence before the jury in his summing up was the major ground for upsetting the conviction .
28 The first of four complaints was that the trial judge exerted undue pressure by sending the jury out to consider their verdict at 5.28 p.m. after they had spent the day listening to the end of the prosecuting counsel 's closing address and the whole of the summing up , but their Lordships consider that this was a reasonable course to have taken .
29 The trial judge found undue influence to have been established .
30 As their Lordships understand the judgment , the trial judge found this reconciliation primarily in the decision of Donaldson J. in North and South Trust Co. v. Berkeley [ 1971 ] 1 W.L.R. 470 .
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