Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Gates , of Durham University , is working with Middlesbrough Botanic Centre in what all parties hope will be a profitable venture . |
| 2 | Using a CRAY X-MP supercomputer in the late 1980s , BP exploited oil reservoir simulations in its North Sea operation . |
| 3 | COLIN STURGESS , Britain 's world pursuit champion , has pulled out of the final round of the McEwan 's LA professional series in Manchester on Sunday because of tendinitis . |
| 4 | Now I could not countenance , and I 'm sure none of the authorities around us could countenance a new settlement that scale in Greater York . |
| 5 | A DRAMATIC improvement in safety standards earned Performance Fabrics , Littleborough , the first award of 1993 in a Team Safety competition run by Courtaulds Aerospace Advanced Materials in the UK . |
| 6 | ICI Agricultural products in Cold Creek , USA , reduced the amount of liquid hazardous waste produced by the annual clean-out of one of its reactors by 87 per cent since 1991 . |
| 7 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 8 | Not that she spent more than half an hour each night in her own dressing-room . |
| 9 | It not only offers chefs total control in the kitchen , but also has the added advantage of being a more flexible , practical and energy efficient alternative to conventional cookers — points that will please the person responsible for the finances . |
| 10 | Lovely shades she could invest in include Almay Moisture Rich Lipstick in Copper Leaf ( £4.55 ) , Boots No 7 Luscious Lipcolour in Polka Dot ( £2.75 ) or Revlon Moisture Lipstick in Bajan Brown ( £6.96 ) . |
| 11 | Lips : Lined with Lip Liner Pencil in Rich Red and filled in with Moisture Rich Lipstick in Paprika |
| 12 | Below left — Face : Maquimat Beige 031 ( £16 ) and translucent Poudre Majeur ( £18 ) , both by Lancôme ; Shadowbase Concealer by Almay ( £5.25 ) — apply it with a brush , after using foundation , to give a more natural effect Cheeks : 02 Blusher by Prescriptives ( £15.50 ) — a few light swirls give your face natural warmth Eyes : 03 compact of red-browns by Prescriptives ( £20 ) ; No 7 Fashionline Chocolate Kohl ( £1.95 ) and No 7 Superlash in Brownish-Black ( £2.80 ) , both by Boots Lips : Moisture Rich Lipstick in Tawny Blonde ( £4.55 ) by Almay |
| 13 | AN experienced England side overcame a determined home team 39-24 in the first round of the World Rugby Classic tournament in Hamilton , Bermuda . |
| 14 | The SPD-led coalition governments in West Germany used Aussenseiter in order to integrate politics and administration in the persons of strategically sited officials ( Mayntz and Scharpf 1975 pp. 85 — 6 ) . |
| 15 | Tony himself suggested attending at different times each week in order to familiarize himself with different subject areas of the curriculum . |
| 16 | A minimum state participation of 51 per cent was nevertheless retained in the legislation , although provision was made for majority private ownership in exceptional circumstances , subject to approval by the Cabinet and the central bank . |
| 17 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
| 18 | ‘ The Liberal Democrats have changed their policies eight times in seven years , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Gyngell again had seat problems and spent several hours that evening in a major rebuild , fortunately successful . |
| 20 | He spent hours that Christmas in the garage with my son and the BMW and at the end of his stay , he gave him his leather jacket . |
| 21 | Gary Drake and Jonathan Smith , past winners of the now defunct junior hardcourt championship at Wimbledon , lead Royal Berkshire into the semi-finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Trophy in Sheffield today . |
| 22 | Even before the build-up to the Hinkley C Inquiry , the sum set aside by the Board each year in its special ‘ future provisions ’ fund had risen sharply from £133 million in 1982 to £604 million in 1986 . |
| 23 | So he had lived in childhood and adolescence in the same country rectory , taking part each Sunday in a familiar liturgy which reflected , interpreted , and sanctified the changing seasons of the farming year . |
| 24 | The CCO 's position underwent a fundamental change in March 1942 when Lord Mountbatten ‘ was made an Acting Vice-Admiral , an Honorary Lieutenant-General , an Honorary Air Marshal , with a seat on the Chiefs of Staff Committee itself , and was thus one of the four military leaders in charge of the higher direction of the War as a whole and in my case Combined Operations in particular ’ — to quote Lord Mountbatten . |
| 25 | With the disaffiliation of the Socialist League in 1937 and of the University Labour Federation in 1940 , the Party ended the possibility of a political affiliate being able to oppose official policy within the Labour Party . |
| 26 | The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA , Dirk Mudge , pres. ; Mishake Muyongo , vice-pres. ; the majority political formation in the previous South African-appointed transitional government , and since independence the main opposition party , with 21 Assembly seats ) ; the United Democratic Front ( UDF , Justus Garoeb , l. ) ; the right-wing Action Christian National ( ACN , led until Janni de Wet until May 1990 , and since then by Kosie Pretorius , whose National Party of South West Africa , part of the ACN , decided in August to change its name to the National Party , NP , and to admit non-whites into its ranks ) ; the Namibia Patriotic Front ( NPF Moses Katjiuongua , l. ) ; the Federal Convention of Namibia ( FCN , J.G.A. Diergaardt , l. ) ; the Namibia National Front ( NNF , V. Rukoro , l . ) . |
| 27 | Three days after admission ultrasonic appearances in the abdomen were normal . |
| 28 | The reasons for the surrender of their own control over policy-making by west European nations in the 1950s remain unclear . |
| 29 | Karen Levy , 32 , collected him from the Alexandra private hospital in Cheadle , Greater Manchester , for a two-hour trip after getting the go-ahead from his consultant . |
| 30 | PUPILS at Distington Junior School in Cumbria have made a host of new , long-distance penpals thanks to their close links with Sellafield . |