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

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1 The new policy shifted emphasis away from fighting inflation , aiming to halt recession through greater investment in state enterprises and by boosting exports .
2 Each patient had three measurements of bone mineral density and rates of bone loss were estimated by linear regression for each subject .
3 In fact , Lucas actually substitutes for from equation ( 6.4 ) and estimates the following regression for each country :
4 Thus Lucas can be seen to be estimating a regression for each country in which that country 's deviation of real output from its natural level is regressed on its own lagged value and Lucas 's measure of the unpredictable and therefore unanticipated component of aggregate demand .
5 By 1906 Picasso had known the work of Gauguin for some time .
6 The next morning , Mr Mitterrand appointed Pierre Beregovoy as Prime Minister .
7 The solid-coloured , hardy breeds of central and southern France include some traditional dairy breeds now developed as suckler cows for commercial crosses , and the massive traditional draught breeds which are now so important as sires for those beef crosses , a role in which their influence has become widespread in Europe and elsewhere in recent years .
8 However , the British breeds are considered better for meat quality and taste and also for thrift and adaptability ; they remain in demand as sucklers , whereas the French and other large continental breeds are perhaps better suited as beef sires for commercial crossbreeding in dairy herds .
9 The failure of the conference underlined the absence of any institutions for co-ordinating policy on the western side of the Atlantic .
10 On the other hand , there were grave limitations in using existing adult education institutions for radical education and action .
11 Firstly , institutions for long-term care for elderly people in many countries consist of nursing homes and relatively few have the numbers of long-stay hospital beds evident in the United Kingdom .
12 A comparison of the prospectuses for 1980–81 and 1986–87 of a number of institutions for this study suggested that , contrary to the arthritic stereotype purveyed sometimes by the press and others who should know better , degree provision in higher education is by no means static .
13 The proposals , supported by the lead banks , are reported to have been sent to all 82 financial institutions for detailed consideration .
14 Short-term performance is then to be judged by a comparison of budgeted and actual ROI for that year .
15 Now even the BBC is planning a Virtual Reality gameshow for next year .
16 In some instances formal committees and similar bodies are established to provide a mechanism for the exchange of information and views between central government and the various interests within the national local government community .
17 Under these conditions , it is not surprising to find that superiors and subordinates hold optimistic and pessimistic views about each other .
18 If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans .
19 Do they implicitly reinforce particular views about paid work and the inevitability of unemployment ( the social control model ) ?
20 Continuing with the Lois Lane example , suppose that she still expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures ( ignoring the effects of any general price movements on their relative prices ) , and she has no views about general price movements .
21 We want to hear your views about any issue affecting the countryside .
22 We want to hear your views about any issue affecting the countryside .
23 She added that Miss Owen had been sacked for asking the elderly residents their views about another member of staff .
24 They do run counter to the views about national sovereignty held by most peoples in Europe , not just the British .
25 One need not partake of overly sentimental or nostalgic views about academic freedom and communities of scholars to recognise that open doors and free and easy communication — face to face and in print — are the fundamental difference between the aridity of Soviet science and the fabulous productivity of American science .
26 Chris Thau on conflicting views about proposed Law changes
27 It gave us a marvellous opportunity to listen to your views about IDEAL HOME , face to face .
28 He often put his pupils off from tutorials because he was at the television studios , smilingly outlining rather shocking views about constitutional history , and the role of the trade unions .
29 Essentially this was based on optimistic views about social progress and economic growth .
30 Time and again , she would turn to simple , homely precepts drawn from the grocer 's shop in Grantham , embellished with strongly held views about human nature .
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