Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weak banking structure of the USA was in imminent danger of collapse . |
| 2 | This technique has been utilised successfully in adults to elucidate the pathophysiology of constipation , diarrhoea , and as a clinical test to determine the severity of colonic motility disorder in symptomatic patients . |
| 3 | If the quality is n't high enough for the final product the flexibility gained by using industry standard coding or a page description language such as PostScript means the same file can be passed to a professional typesetting system without the need for re-typing . |
| 4 | When the camouflage of this praying mantis fails and a killer is closing in , the insect adopts the last-ditch defence strategy of flashing its wings open and rearing up with its front legs spread . |
| 5 | A full-time Blink line-up of Dermot , Robbie Sexton ( keyboards ) , Brian McLoughlin ( bass ) and Barry Campbell ( drums ) was put together — and then the fun began . |
| 6 | For instance , Corbett , in support of the observation that Swift uses abnormally long sentences in A Modest Proposal , cites a much lower sentence length from a sample from A Tale of a Tub . |
| 7 | And that Spitfire pilot in the photograph in Mrs Wright 's house . |
| 8 | Cheered and keyed up in expectation of the pleasant story-book sight in prospect , her hot hand squeezing the scone in her pocket , she followed the path as it passed under the line of windows , before it skirted the domed conservatory where flowers were grown for the house : cactus , geraniums , gloxinia , palms , bird of paradise , passion-flower , maidenhair fern , all throve here in damp and forceful luxury . |
| 9 | Doctors have given warning that drug abuse in East Lothian is developing into a major health problem with worrying signs of a high level of needle sharing . |
| 10 | Has not he realised that the CAP is the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place ? |
| 11 | Despite the linguistic anomaly that the season called ‘ the time of inundation ’ would in due course fall in one of the other seasons , the Egyptians retained the 365-day calendar right down to the Roman period because of its convenience as an automatic record of the passage of time in an era , each year containing the same number of days , unlike our years . |
| 12 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 13 | In his Lordship 's view , the wife should receive the full sum and in due course account to the Revenue for any tax due . |
| 14 | From the gently misleading acoustic opening chords of ‘ Power Missy ’ to the final screaming guitar frenzy of ‘ Peace ’ nothing is as it should be . |
| 15 | The other face of Milton Keynes … a young population … many feel isolated … crime and vandalism is high … homelessness a growing problem … ironic in a city that boasts a high standard of housing … low rise building with low costs … fuel conscious homes surrounded by green and pleasant land . |
| 16 | The data were acquired using ground-based differential absorption spectroscopy at Arrival Heights , Antarctica ( 78°S , 167°E ) . |
| 17 | EON aka Ian Loveday ( right ) releases his long-awaited debut LP on October 26 entitled ‘ Void Dweller ’ ( Vinyl Solution ) and features previous singles , ‘ Light , Colour , Sound ’ , ‘ Infinity ’ , ‘ Inner Mind ’ , ( featured in the soon to be released movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer ) and ‘ Spice ’ amongst others . |
| 18 | Since 1991 , the CIB has supported the Eastern and Central European banking section of the Overseas Development Administration . |
| 19 | Charles Dickens had something similar on his mind when , in an embittered flogging essay of 1860 , he accused ‘ The Ruffian ’ of making London 's streets as perilous as a ‘ solitary mountain-spur of the Abruzzi ’ . |
| 20 | One device we are testing is an advanced maschotrometer system with three small maschotrometers coupled together in a series . |
| 21 | A month ago MB Group used up the £164m cash proceeds of its Carnaud merger by purchasing ABS Holdings for $300m ( £194m ) to make it the second largest cheque printer in the US . |
| 22 | Metronidazole is a narrow spectrum antibiotic with activity against primarily anaerobic organisms , particularly bacteria and protozoa . |
| 23 | The Torygraph gave us the usual shite report of the game — it did however comment on the poor state of the pitch and also get Sgt Wilko to display his disgust on it 's current state . |
| 24 | The Torygraph gave us the usual shite report of the game — it did however comment on the poor state of the pitch and also get Sgt Wilko to display his disgust on it 's current state . |
| 25 | Are you saying that greenfield development on the edge of York would be in the greenbelt as you have defined it in the deposited local plan . |
| 26 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 27 | BR 's corporate planning was reformed to fit in with the new structure by devolving responsibility for planning largely to the five businesses and by developing ‘ action plans ’ to commit lower level management to business objectives ( Heath 1984 : 221 ) . |
| 28 | One of the most important factors is the reliability of the individual sources which contribute to the search space , and particularly the performance of the components involved in lower level analysis of the speech waveform . |
| 29 | The Historic Building Council for Scotland gave a major grant of £1.1 million so that the spire could be dismantled and rebuilt . |
| 30 | Mix used cooking oil into your hoof oil to make it go further . |