Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she 's off for eleven full days and John could only afford to supply the three of them . |
| 2 | Justice for All analysed the unmet need for professional legal services and proposed the establishment of local legal centres in places of deprivation , to be staffed by salaried lawyers and to exist with and be supplemental to the private profession . |
| 3 | ‘ To provide a model for citizens doing their own research , growing out of their own local people needs and concerns , rather than for professional consulting firms doing research based on the needs and interests of government agencies . ’ |
| 4 | Further , some very salient Liverpool dialect phenomena such as syllable-final aspirated fricatives ( e.g. [ bu ? h ] ‘ bush ’ ) are probably best described not quantitatively , but qualitatively in terms of the articulatory setting peculiar to the dialect , which can account for a number of superficially quite diverse phonetic characteristics . |
| 5 | The Commissioner proposed that the grant of afforestation costs increased from 1800 ECU per Hectare to 2000 for conifers and 4000 for broad leafed trees . |
| 6 | In effect , the transplant hospital , which started out as a centre for wounded Australian troops in the First World War and was then used as a TB sanatorium , exists in its own world , untainted by the big bad world outside . |
| 7 | ‘ North Yorkshire county council , unlike a number of other education authorities it would seem , has included within its contingency budget for 1992–93 sufficient funds to meet the teachers ’ pay award , ’ said Mr Fred Evans , County Education Officer . |
| 8 | Only Canada , concerned as ever about US reaction , had reservations , insisting that any such body should not be too centralized , and that routes should be decided through interim bilateral agreements . |
| 9 | As for possible premalignant changes , all the patients had severe chronic atrophic gastritis in corpus biopsy specimens consistent with the diagnosis of pernicious anaemia , and four patients had slight atrophic changes in antral specimens . |
| 10 | Obviously further work needs to be done in this area , and long-term studies now in progress using antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and dipyridamole need to be evaluated for possible protective effects on the development of microvascular and macrovascular disease in diabetic subjects . |
| 11 | Vigilance must be kept for possible new cases of tuberculosis both in immigrants and in the indigenous population . |
| 12 | Now is the time to prepare the way for possible new opportunities for the future . |
| 13 | It plans to use the $12m or so net proceeds to expand manufacturing operations and for possible strategic acquisitions . |
| 14 | The National Rifle Association , the powerful lobby which had successfully blocked most gun controls , announced its support for a national computerised system to check prospective gun-buyers for possible criminal records . |
| 15 | He says they stopped selling replica handguns because he suspected that some of his customers wanted them for possible criminal reasons . |
| 16 | On that occasion , the inspectors ' report was handed to the press at the same time as it was referred to the DPP for possible criminal proceedings . |
| 17 | On Dec. 12 , 1991 , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved standby credit of SDR75,000,000 ( about US$105 million ) for 1992 in support of Ecuador 's programme of economic reform ; 25 per cent of each of the five disbursements were be set aside for possible debt-reduction schemes agreed with Ecuador 's commercial bank creditors . |
| 18 | The wealth of information collected and most ably synthesised in the project 's report was used as evidence on which to base suggestions for possible key topics round which teaching could be based . |
| 19 | But the TCCB have emphasised that acceptance of his explanation is certainly not a precedent for possible future cases . |
| 20 | We roamed the streets together looking for possible future providers of parchment and , taking advantage of the good weather , rode north to Oxford to the parchment-sellers along Holywell and Broad Street as well as the little shops on the Turl near Exeter College . |
| 21 | As for possible civilian contenders for political leadership , Calvo Sotelo was dead before the war began , Gil Robles remained discredited by political failure , and José Antonio was languishing in a Republican jail . |
| 22 | The daily Clarín reported on March 3 that under a decree signed by Menem on Feb. 26 , 1990 ( expanding an earlier decree of March 10 , 1989 , introduced after the La Tablada attack — see p. 36394 and below ) , the armed forces were entitled to intervene in the event of " a state of internal disturbance " serious enough to endanger the life , liberty , property or security of the country 's inhabitants ; with this in mind the National Security Council [ see p. 36613 ] was to draw up plans for possible joint actions by the police , the security forces and the armed forces . |
| 23 | Since magistrates are no longer able to make approved school orders , it appears that some are sending children to the higher courts for possible custodial sentences . |
| 24 | The National Union of Teachers has voted for possible nationwide strikes in protest at the planned introduction of performance-related pay . |
| 25 | ‘ And I have not ruled out being available for possible British Lions selection . |
| 26 | At the same time , incentives including tax breaks were offered for innovative import-substitution industries . |
| 27 | He is the key wheeler-dealer and Mr Fix-It operating behind the scenes to push through controversial European policies and other measures . |
| 28 | Mr Kinnock has to be protected from questions because he is likely to give the wrong answers , even about specific Labour policies he is supposed to know by heart . |
| 29 | Record your wishes about medical treatment if you become terminally ill or incapacitated , including any wishes about specific medical procedures or investigations ( these are known as ‘ Advance Directives ’ ) |
| 30 | This guide contains information about specific medical conditions which may affect older people in residential and nursing homes and other places where they may be cared for — such as hotels and guest houses . |