Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These extinct fishes were unlike their modern counterparts in possessing a dermal skeleton of minute scales and/or bony plates . |
| 2 | Most LDCs experience at regular intervals external current account ( deficit ) problems due to a lack of diversified exports and/or deteriorating terms of trade because many obtain more than 50 per cent of their export earnings from one or two products , e.g. Zambia regularly obtains over 90 per cent of its foreign exchange earnings from copper . |
| 3 | Should you find yourself in this situation , and to prevent it , always use a gravel cleaner to syphon sediment from the substrate and check water conditions for high nitrates and/or low pH . |
| 4 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 5 | Where there are objections to this , it may be possible to arrange lessons at other times and/or outside school . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it should again be stressed that decisions about weeding programmes and/or new building programmes are rarely made on the basis of such calculations . |
| 7 | You should aim at very least to talk to two or three financial institutions or other specialists such as insurance brokers and make it clear to all of them that you are doing so . |
| 8 | Public response to the controversial share sale was so strong that virtually all the £5.3billion of shares could be sold without offering any to financial institutions or overseas investors . |
| 9 | Charles 's territories could already have been described as an empire , in the sense that he ruled over a collection of different political units held together by the allegiance his subjects felt they owed him rather than through a sense of common institutions or common language which could serve as the foundation for a unifying national spirit . |
| 10 | This , she explained , is because the politics of the country have provided few government institutions or educational bodies capable of guiding people and industry through such an upheaval . |
| 11 | National Certificate courses can be taken in FE colleges , central institutions or secondary schools , and students can transfer between these institutions , or between them and other forms of training . |
| 12 | historically in this way , as has been done in the histories of particular institutions or particular subjects . |
| 13 | Here , it is necessary not only to highlight the diversity of ‘ managers ’ influencing housing but also the fact that key ‘ gatekeepers ’ tend to represent institutions or public bodies . |
| 14 | The furniture should be arranged to allow free passage , and it is probably wise not to have breakable ornaments or glass-fronted cabinets in the areas where the patient will be . |
| 15 | RULES & PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS |
| 16 | A full ‘ English ’ breakfast would include fruit juice , cereal , sometimes kippers or smoked haddock , bacon or sausages , eggs , tomatoes , toast , marmalade , and tea or coffee , usually at an extra charge . |
| 17 | NEW in June ‘ 92 , a cost effective way to promote your application notes or technical information . |
| 18 | The purchase price will be paid in either cash and three-year promissory notes or all cash , but it expects to pay a significant portion with the three-year notes . |
| 19 | The vendors are seeking a cash deal and , hence , will not accept consideration in the form of shares , loan notes or other securities . |
| 20 | In a general index it may only be possible to distinguish between different meanings of the one homograph by using scope notes or qualifying terms wherever the term arises , and thus in some way replace the context that is normally absent in respect of index terms . |
| 21 | Lithological continuity or marine transgressions or orogenic phases or any other physical phenomenon , must always be measured ( in the absence of anything better ) against the scale provided by organic evolution . |
| 22 | Around half of those approaching social services , and 60% of those calling at a CAB , already had debts or direct deductions from their benefits . |
| 23 | Before annulling the bankruptcy order , the court must be satisfied that all proved debts have been paid in full , but if there are disputed debts or untraced creditors , the court may require security , in the form of a bond or money in court , should the creditor prove his debt or be traced ultimately ( r 6.211(3) ) . |
| 24 | Employees who work in areas where exposure to ionising radiation is possible are issued with personal film badges or other dosimeters to monitor their exposure . |
| 25 | Representation of the support functions would be accomplished by nominating a ‘ Support Executive ’ from those officers who would be responsible for the revised finance , personnel or administrative groups . |
| 26 | There were no injuries to personnel or structural damage to the Ula installation . |
| 27 | Do not hand over the job of introducing formal appraisal to the personnel or organizational experts . |
| 28 | Each has a named assistant , with their address and phone number , plus direct recourse to the manager if times or other arrangements need to be changed . |
| 29 | There is evidence from America that costing by ‘ Diagnosis Related Group ’ may provide a disincentive to offering support and aftercare to elderly people , as average figures for ‘ cost per case ’ may not take into account the higher costs incurred by some elderly people who need longer recovery times or more aftercare . |
| 30 | To be organic to somebody else 's idea is an experience not to be sneezed at , in these divided times or any other . |