Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dishevelled hair and open-necked shirt signal his bohemianism , but any inclination to romanticise himself is denied by the remorselessness of his gaze , the terse expression of the mouth and the severity of the draughtsmanship . |
| 2 | A HARD-UP Middlesbrough man who travelled to London in search of work but ended up plastering sex-for-sale stickers in the capital 's call-boxes to raise some quick cash , was going straight back to his parents as soon as he could , Marylebone Magistreates Court heard . |
| 3 | The pollution is exacerbated by the 90-year-old outfall pipe which has broken , in the past , in at least four places . |
| 4 | The client will in due course bill its parent for the work . |
| 5 | In due course Tommaso himself brought the wine . |
| 6 | De-differentiation refers to the reversal of that differentiation process which observers such as Weber ( 1978 ) saw as central to the processes of modernity . |
| 7 | The Ness Co-operative have moved , in nine months , from an attitude of , ‘ They should do it ’ to a conviction of , ‘ We must do it ourselves ’ , and have established a vegetable co-operative , bought a combine harvester , leased an unused schoolhouse garden which they will sponsor as a Job Creation Scheme to be prepared for use as a nursery and demonstration area for horticulture , and intend leasing an entire croft belonging to a member of the Community Association . |
| 8 | This chapter tells the story of a collaborative curriculum project which involved pupils and teachers from two schools in Dudley , in the West Midlands . |
| 9 | In each West Court there were large cylindrical granaries , and the curious pattern of paved causeways suggests that the granaries , as well as the temple entrances , were focal points . |
| 10 | The lead adviser must be seen to be controlling the progress of the transaction and therefore it is useful to appoint a chairman for each progress meeting which should be attended by the principals and the senior member of each professional team . |
| 11 | It is a strange sister party which wants to see Labour 's sworn enemies back in power . |
| 12 | The causal explanation must be that old age causes poverty , not that poverty causes people to be old ; in a cross-tabulation of age by poverty , it is more natural to examine the proportion of each age group who are poor rather than the proportion of each income category who are old . |
| 13 | There is nothing inherently blippy or noisy about that bit pattern Nothing about it tells you that it will have that effect on the loudspeaker . |
| 14 | It was the first multi-cultural CPRW meeting I have been to — most refreshing ! |
| 15 | Whether you are a novice or advanced computer user you will find programs and information that will be of use day after day , and at affordable prices . |
| 16 | Whether you are a novice or advanced computer user you will find programs and information that will be of use day after day , and at affordable prices . |
| 17 | The danger , however , is that by creating a western European defence force we may repeat the errors of old . |
| 18 | If your training contract starts in 1994 , you will be required to take the Professional Skills Course which will cover the areas of accounts , investment business , personal work management , professional conduct and advocacy . |
| 19 | Though small , it had wonderful views across the gardens and fountain from a tall sash window which took up most of one wall . |
| 20 | In the early 1980s , such churches were not yet recognised as vehicles for providing housing and this ignorance of the potential of All Saints and St Barnabas generated a low purchase price which was a vital element in making the financing of this publicly funded scheme work within accepted limits . |
| 21 | However the modish concept of " proto-industrialisation " ( above pp. 4 – 5 ) has led to a dominant image of women 's work as having been hidden because in rural cottage manufacturing it , as with the work of children , was subsumed in a family unit of production in which it was neither separately waged nor described . |
| 22 | It was believed that Colombian drug cartels , harried by the Colombian authorities , had shifted their operations across the border to take advantage of the sophisticated Venezuelan banking system which made the business side of drug trafficking difficult to detect . |
| 23 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 24 | ‘ Doors Open Day ’ is part of the Council of Europe 's European Heritage Day which involved 48 properties in Edinburgh . |
| 25 | It seems an odd word until you discover that this little boy was born with a devastating skin condition which is baffling the medical world and making his young life a misery . |
| 26 | On a total responsibility package we will survey , measure up , agree the design and dimensions , and guarantee its fit . |
| 27 | Clearly , then , a progressive income tax which makes individuals pay a higher marginal rate of tax as they earn more will penalise work . |
| 28 | In January 1981 , Emsley and others reported in the Journal of the American Chemical at Society ( vol 103 , p 24 ) that they had found a new strong hydrogen bond which formed between fluoride and amides — organic salts of ammonia . |
| 29 | All the sales fall was in the technical products division which makes seat covers and other motor fittings . |
| 30 | There is a research team at the European University Institute who are gathering enterprise level data on the basis of both balance sheets and questionnaires put to workers and managers . |