Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 . |
2 | There is no form of advertising so valuable as word of mouth . |
3 | ‘ Why are Catholic churches here not so good as Church of Ireland ones ? ’ the man asked me . |
4 | However , N-Oct 5 are transcriptionally inert since cotransfection of N-Oct 3 and N-Oct 5 gave the same test gene expression as N-Oct 3 ( Figure 4 , lanes 8 , 9 ) . |
5 | Candidal infection of the penis is much less common than infection of the female genitalia . |
6 | From the literature it is not clear whether prolongation of therapy beyond four months yield a higher response rate . |
7 | These infections are generally asymptomatic until maturation of the EL4 takes place during winter and early spring and if large numbers of these develop synchronously , Type II disease materialises . |
8 | The Party Rockin' label proves that talk of any ‘ Bristol sound ’ ( ie a Massive Attack sound ) is as overly simplistic as talk of a ‘ London drum and bass sound ’ . |
9 | Knighton , McColl and Elliott all get a statistical raw deal , he insists , but none is more wronged than bottom of the table Len Ashurst . |
10 | The Athletic News snorted indignantly : ‘ As a matter of commerce , ten young recruits at £100 a piece might have paid better , and as a matter of sport , the Second Division would be more honourable than retention of places by purchase . ’ |
11 | It is , however , no more paradoxical than speaking of John 's arm , when the arm in question is part of the John who is said to possess it ( or the chassis of the car , for ) . |
12 | ‘ For me , sumptuousness of fabric is more effective than importance of shape . ’ |
13 | Good sight lines are more important than evenness of chair layout . |
14 | Editor , — Since the advent of the NHS reforms and the internal market , expedient treatment and patients ' convenience often seem more important than quality of care . |
15 | The mythic animals are an even stronger reminder that the fresco artists were depicting another world than the everyday one ; it is a symbolic world where general concepts such as fecundity were more important than accuracy of detail . |
16 | Priorities in economic policy have changed ; growth becomes more important than redistribution of wealth , and growth is encouraged by deregulation of the economy rather than by state intervention . |
17 | As in the case of genes , fecundity is much more important than longevity of particular copies . |
18 | The need to ensure that the new all-regular Army lived in conditions that would not deter recruiting became more pressing than consideration of the risks of capital expenditure on accommodation in areas where reasonable security of tenure was not assured . |
19 | But he did n't even wait to hear her protests that she was all right , and came back a minute later with two hospital pillows which he arranged for her , and she thought the faintly male , musky and intensely sensual smell of him as he bent over her was making her more faint than loss of blood . |
20 | Perhaps more significant than evidence of this kind is the simple fact that Jesus , on a number of crucial occasions in the Gospels , acts like a king , and does so quite deliberately . |
21 | And the Bonn government was also shocked when news of the celebration at Peenemunde , scheduled for this coming weekend , leaked out . |
22 | While the legislation is clearly to be seen as evidence of a government 's entitlement to legislate in connection with a national responsibility , it is also interpretable as evidence of the government 's impatience with local authorities . |
23 | Parts of the University as diverse as History of Art , English , Sociology , Medicine , Continuing Education and the Information Office have produced authors following their fascinations with the rich history of the city of Bristol , as well as respected local historians such as the archaeologist Leslie Grinsell , and former City Archivist Elizabeth Ralph . |
24 | To these offences were soon added the brutal measures which the Bolsheviks took to cling to power , the barbarous excesses of the ‘ Red Terror ’ during the Civil War ( 1918–20 ) , the suppression of all rival parties , the curtailment of liberties as basic as freedom of speech and conscience . |
25 | The WEU , which began life in May 1955 , was in many ways an irritant to Britain , placing upon it a burden as great as membership of the EDC might have done , with the pledge to maintain British forces in West Germany . |
26 | Her success is just wonderful and , although this is not as good as Body of Evidence , the next , which comes in hardback , is better . |
27 | But for many cities jealousy of Milan was as powerful as hatred of the emperor 's control , and a rival faction formed under Pavia which was for a time loyal to Frederick — a map of the two teams shows in a fascinating way how difficult it was to love one 's neighbour in this world of riotous freedom and traditional internecine feuds . |
28 | Other than in the early stages of a completely new programme it also requires evaluation of existing training , so that evaluation may be as important as identification of needs . |
29 | Exchange of information on techniques is as important as knowledge of new instruments or accessories . |
30 | As important as level of fees is cash flow — the life blood of any business . |