Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , he was warned of the errors likely to be associated with naive projections of past accounting profit calculations , whether based upon historic or upon current costs . |
| 2 | The epidemiology of H. contortus is best considered separately depending on whether it occurs in tropical and subtropical or in temperate areas . |
| 3 | the spread of desert conditions for whatever reason , desert being land with sparse vegetation and very low productivity associated with aridity , the degradation being persistent or in extreme cases irreversible . |
| 4 | Equally , some heads were struggling to deal with colleagues who were challenging by any standards — individuals who were combative , touchy , recalcitrant , bitter , lazy or in any of a variety of other ways uncooperative . |
| 5 | A question which still greatly puzzles utilitarian thinkers , on which Sidgwick seems to have been the first to touch , is whether the utilitarian goal is the maximisation of total or of average welfare . |
| 6 | They will have a fixed budget to spend on construction , either in total or in particular financial years . |
| 7 | All dogs who are bred in Holland have to be X-rayed for hip dysplasia and must have a normal or near normal rating . |
| 8 | Normal or near normal renal function was classified as previously described as a plasma urea concentration of <14 mmol/l and plasma creatinine concentration of <160 µmol/l ; moderate renal dysfunction as that when concentrations were higher than those quoted above ; and severe renal dysfunction as that when renal dialysis was instituted . |
| 9 | Older subjects on normal or near normal diet |
| 10 | Three of four patients with the highest faecal bile acid losses had normal or near normal fat excretions of 4.5 , 6.9 , and 7.1 g/24 hours . |
| 11 | Of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence , nine were first or second generation Scots ; nine of General Washington 's 22 brigadier generals were Scots ; nine of the 13 governors of the newly created United States were Scots or of Scots descent , and the Reverend John Witherspoon , formerly Minister of the Laigh Kirk in Paisley , was the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence . |
| 12 | So … it is immaterial whether the act occurs in private or in public . " |
| 13 | In the 1920s , generally all state schools — whether for the deaf or for those with normal hearing — had conditions which were grim . |
| 14 | Some of the missioners were deaf themselves , but most of them were hearing people who were either related to someone deaf or with some other chance connection with deafness . |
| 15 | It is like that at Aquileia but not so extensive or of such quality ( 202 and 203 ) . |
| 16 | The colours are solid or with various patterns : red-and-white is often seen among the reds . |
| 17 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee regarded this bending of the law as unsatisfactory , and tentatively proposed a new offence of mercy killing where a person , out of compassion , unlawfully kills another who is , or is believed by him to be , permanently helpless or in great pain . |
| 18 | 5.18.2 Nothing in the preceding clause shall entitle the Tenant to withhold or delay any payment of the rents or any other sum due under this Lease after the date upon which they fall due or in any way prejudice affect or derogate from the rights of the Landlord in relation to such non-payment including ( but without prejudice to the generality of the above ) under the proviso for re-entry contained in this Lease The period of grace before interest bites will be a matter of negotiation between the landlord and the tenant . |
| 19 | MATERNAL DEATH — death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy , irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy , from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management , but not from accidental or incidental causes . |
| 20 | Do not fast if you are pregnant or in any way unwell . |
| 21 | By now most of the animals were brindled or red with white markings , though there were still various mixtures of red , black , yellow and white , either blended , combined or in contrasting patches . |
| 22 | These may be auditory or of bodily gesture , but neither the response nor the signal will lie completely outside the creature 's normal behavioural repertoire . |
| 23 | Was it simply that he wished to remain in Istanbul , and , if so , did he wish to do so for professional or for personal reasons ? |
| 24 | It is important to emphasise that older people should not be regarded en masse as ill , frail or in terminal decline . |
| 25 | The demands of the women 's movement in Britain seem overwhelmingly concerned with women who want to avoid having or caring for children , either full-time or at all ( e.g. abortion and contraception , day-care centres , rights in paid employment ) . |
| 26 | Still less did the danger lie in overthrow by Labour or by assorted dissidents or intellectuals . |
| 27 | Tofu is available fresh or in long-life packs ; the fresh variety has a firmer texture . |
| 28 | All agreeing to be wrong or at best ineffective is not going to make the voice of Europe louder in the councils of the world . |
| 29 | Part of the output is sold as compounded granules , clear or coloured , and part in the form of small ‘ beads ’ — clear or as dry-coloured blends . |
| 30 | An ‘ only ’ dream has little effect on us ; we may remember it in the morning because it was funny or for some other reason , but it does not disturb us in any way ; most often , we recollect it only in the moments after waking and have forgotten it by the time we get out of bed . |