Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now possible for a GIS to incorporate databases from many sources , while in the near future developments in networks will mean that remote access to databases at institutions other than the users ' own will become possible . |
| 2 | My Lord erm , er one ca n't of course draw conclusions from one market to the next , they are all different certainly is a self regulatory market is different from a futures market |
| 3 | Other contributors who are working within this tradition ( Brenda Almond , Morwenna Griffiths , Mary Midgley and Anne Seller ) also consider in what ways central philosophical issues might look different from a women 's ( or feminist ) points of view . |
| 4 | Clients who are interested in a Poppies franchise travel to the town for discussions and training . |
| 5 | One class I proposed to visit , but was warned off as only one member was likely to be interested in a workers movement , all the others were retired from professions and it was thought I ( a gardener ) might offend them … |
| 6 | URGENT — NDO would like to hear from any teacher interested in a men 's class in London SW1 ( evening ) or a handicapped children 's class at Dartford . |
| 7 | Adopted as their National Anthem , and the words mean something like , Let Him in Whose Veins Flows the Blood of the Netherlands Remains Free from a Foreigners Strain . |
| 8 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 9 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 10 | These " festivals " are actually more redolent of a between-the-wars country-house party , frequented by a well-disposed audience of theatrical folk , the likes of David Frost and Derek Jameson , BBC producers , investors and divas . |
| 11 | He paused to light the green-brown dirigible of a partagas perfecto with a flickering windproof lighter . |
| 12 | It is virtually impossible for a Police Authority to obtain a report from a chief constable contrary to his wishes . |
| 13 | Joseph 's expression remained dubious for a moments then his face lit up again and he pointed westward over the captain 's shoulder . |
| 14 | An announcement of a firm intention to make an offer ( as distinct from a talks announcement ) must contain the following information ( Rule 2.5(b) ) : |
| 15 | The geometric assembly of components to produce an identifiable unit , such as a gearbox , is thus recorded in a hierarchical file having a structure similar to a bill-of-materials listing ( see Figure 2.25 ) . |
| 16 | It is proposed to extend the circumstances in which the price and number of shares under the British Gas Sharesave Scheme may be adjusted to include an ‘ open offer ’ ( an offer to shareholders similar to a rights issue ) or any other variation of share capital which the Inland Revenue accepts as sufficient ground for such an adjustment and at the same time to allow for adjustments to reflect changes in the class of shares , or the rights attaching to shares , under option . |
| 17 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 18 | Windows makes it much easier to exchange information between different packages ; there are various mechanisms , one of which allows you to use the mouse to highlight a chunk of information in a spreadsheet , say , to be cut-and-pasted to a Windows word processor via an intermediate storage area called a clip-board . |
| 19 | Anyone entitled to free legal aid who is then a party to an appeal against a care or supervision order will qualify for non-means tested legal aid in respect of the appeal subject to a merits test . |
| 20 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 21 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 22 | The National Deaf Club , as will be remembered , was originally founded for the oral deaf , but by the 1930s had become so well-established as a sports and social club for independent-minded deaf people who were mostly well-bred and upper-class , and so dominant in the Federation of London Deaf Clubs ' sports tournaments , that oral deaf people were once more isolated from social activities . |
| 23 | Those worthy of a runners-up slot are over the page , but this is the car that 's second to none — the Bentley Turbo R |
| 24 | HERR NORDERN would have recognised the scene inside the Station as if it were a replay of a film , or a remake , rather : the shady characters and the drunks , and the badinage reflecting a curious bonhomie between the Duty Officer and the offenders , although the cast was different and , it being later , the Station was busier ; the offenders looking more offensive and the policemen more policeman-like , bigger , harder , and , in all senses of the word , more arresting — although , big and hard though they were , two of them , bundling out an unfortunate to a police van , gave way respectfully to Frau Nordern as she stalked towards the desk . |
| 25 | Such symptoms may be present for a days or weeks and then clear up but in many , the symptoms are persistent . |
| 26 | Neat and logical as a four-times table , M. Frontenac had stuck doggedly to the sequence of events in Alain-Fournier 's story . |
| 27 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 28 | This is the second time the college has been involved in a drugs scandal . |
| 29 | During their trial separation , Robyn became deeply involved in a Women 's Group at Cambridge who met regularly but informally to discuss women 's writing and feminist literary theory . |
| 30 | She could n't be involved in a police investigation . |