Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies .
2 Some subjects are painful , sensational , controversial or just a bit too exciting .
3 plastic ones which were close to the ceiling , can you , could you give me a bit more of a description of that or perhaps a manufacturer 's name ?
4 Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ?
5 He died in 594 or perhaps a year later .
6 While some studies indicate a direct or indeed no relation between the serum cholesterol concentration and large bowel cancer , others indicate an inverse relation .
7 If the dice roll is 2 or more the unit passes the test and may fight normally this turn .
8 The Act is perhaps not so clear where only the claimant with a possessory title is before the court , for example , because the true owner does not appear or can not be found .
9 At this point you have got to say something interesting or else the conversation will pass on and leave you isolated once more .
10 They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response .
11 It makes it abundantly clear that even the possession and academic presentation of information necessary for an ethnography could be actionable .
12 Though many of these posts overlapped and the bulk of the membership were passive , it is clear that almost every avenue of expression or opinion — from welfare to warfare , from motoring to flying — was controlled , regulated and policed by the NSDAP .
13 It is also clear that though the accident may have slightly lowered her I Q , she remains an intelligent young lady who is fully aware of everything that she has lost , but determined not to dwell on that loss .
14 The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities .
15 After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital .
16 From the behavioural point of view , the principal male characteristic is sadistic sexual egoism , since is it clear that only the male who is capable of driving off his rivals can hold on to the females of the breeding group .
17 This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed .
18 The strongest impetus , he said , comes from museums ' reassessment of their role in society which the profession sees as far broader than even a decade ago .
19 There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather .
20 She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established .
21 President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term .
22 It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit .
23 The corporate objectives of managers may often appear in conflict with this and hence the tension between the two groups .
24 This and also the danger which , as it seems to me , lurks in the encouragement of judicial excursions into the parliamentary preserve of legislative policy , may be illustrated by reference to two cases .
25 Fishman acknowledges the skill involved in this and indeed the necessity for someone to do it ; but she sees it as something women are coerced into .
26 And then er just work out the length of this and then the length of that and then subtract these two lengths .
27 But Gallagher does not decide this and only a House of Lords judgment on the point can resolve the uncertainty .
28 With regard to children 's adjustment when there is a step-parent and a non-custodial visiting parent , the research evidence is less clear and obviously the age of the child can be a crucial factor which has not yet been properly researched .
29 The state does become omnipotent and now the delusion of passive impotence — perhaps the central conflict in paranoia — becomes a reality .
30 At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this .
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