Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of the newly desperate and ruined petit bourgeois , and those faced with crushing poverty on the dole , Le Pen , the Lombard League and the German neo-Nazis have refound the classic base of racism and fascism . |
| 2 | The presence of vitamin D 3 receptors in normala nd malignant colorectal tissue , together with the increased colonic absorption of calcium after small bowel resection , had previously suggested that the colon could be a target organ for 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 . |
| 3 | Although there were no differences in faecal bile acid concentration in those patients with colorectal cancer , total daily excretion was significantly lower than in patients with polyps , an increased colonic absorption of bile acids may in part account for this . |
| 4 | It is tempting to try to cram as much information as possible on to the page , a solid mass of print is unattractive to the eye and is unlikely to be read . |
| 5 | When you see a cheap little bird carved in China you realise that language is an unnecessary part of play . |
| 6 | As we fail to remember our previous situation , a slow and subtle change of heart takes place . |
| 7 | While they do not mark a return to a prescribed curriculum ( like that which applied to schools in England and Wales before 1926 ) , they do signify a subtle change of direction . |
| 8 | Children or adolescents who become absorbed by a particular topic , a specific branch of science or period of history , are exercising their imagination . |
| 9 | The farm worker is as likely as not to be found standing shoulder to shoulder with his employer defending the farm and its game — a literal case of poacher turned gamekeeper . |
| 10 | Emilia was tallow-pale , a frail parcel of flesh , shedding a life that was her own and not her own . |
| 11 | The efforts of the management and the work force now in the shipyards on the Clyde and in Yarrow 's have done a great deal to restore that badge of quality , which was in danger of slipping away . |
| 12 | He constantly fiddled with that badge of office , a ready-made , multicoloured , bow tie , as he talked to Jane . |
| 13 | These include passivity and intellectual slowness ( motivational deficits ) , a belief that one 's actions are doomed to failure ( cognitive deficits ) and the emotional component of depression . |
| 14 | To the extent that a given CR , separately acquired to each of two CSs , is likely to be evoked with particular vigour when the two CSs are presented together so the conditioned response of inattention will be especially strong when A and B have separately undergone latent inhibition training . |
| 15 | According to Rado , its specific origin is to be found in the blissful unity of mother |
| 16 | Each stage of the occupation had its specific brand of collaborator . |
| 17 | Remembering the bloody tide of revolution in France , paid informers and Government agents lured leading revolutionaries into a trap at Bonnymuir that was to end in transportation for life to the antipodes … |
| 18 | This category has the least security , but the greatest freedom of manoeuvre . |
| 19 | To avoid this problem and to allow the greatest freedom of competition between financial institutions , the alternative is to use monetary base control with no statutory cash ratio . |
| 20 | Those countries which are least isomorphic in their institutional arrangements have the greatest freedom of movement and choice either way . |
| 21 | The characteristic that courses for career women , courses reclaiming the curriculum on behalf of women 's history and culture , and courses providing useful knowledge and skills for women reconstituting their traditional roles have in common is the recognition that some women at least have expectations , aspirations and preoccupations which are not well catered for in the mainstream provision of adult education . |
| 22 | Thus , while the principal economic function of state enterprises is usually quite well-defined and stable over time , they also perform many other economic functions which may place complex and often contradictory demands on them . |
| 23 | Diana admits that she was n't easy to handle during that baptism of fire . |
| 24 | First , history is a coherent story of progress . |
| 25 | Given the current arrangements in primary and secondary care , it is hardly surprising that there has been so little assessment of efficiency to date . |
| 26 | Any substance that tends to re-awaken the craving for the primary addictive " drug of choice " is cross-addictive with that drug of choice . |
| 27 | What is the normal function of insect orientation detectors ? |
| 28 | Small units like bricks and crazy paving have to be bedded on a solid base of hardcore , with the finished paving bedded in concrete . |
| 29 | With a solid base of competitor data that is continually updated to maintain its currency , senior executives and general managers — the corporation 's key decision-makers — will be in a much stronger position to : |
| 30 | My rebellion came on a solid base of love , admiration and imitation which I had done when I was very young . ’ |