Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A proportionate tax distributes these burdens as a ratio of income : each taxpayer contributes the same proportion of income in tax . |
| 2 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 3 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 4 | An intact skin protects the internal structures from water loss and assists in temperature regulation . |
| 5 | Does he agree that that money underlines the huge benefits to the taxpayer that will come from the privatisation of the industry , to which the Labour party is opposed ? |
| 6 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with an almost straight distal edge or may be rounded triangular in shape . |
| 7 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with a slight distal lobe . |
| 8 | The oral shield has an obtuse proximal angle , indented lateral sides and a convex distal edge ; the distal portion of the shield appears enlarged , extending approximately half-way to the disk edge . |
| 9 | The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area . |
| 10 | Each component forms an independent contribution and nowhere are these drawn together to explain the operation of the market in any overall sense . |
| 11 | Conduction velocity is average , spatial summation within the receptive field is linear ( they have a null position usually ) , the receptive field has a centre-surround organization , and receptive fields are small . |
| 12 | Each decision involves a calculable opportunity cost of not having opted for something else . |
| 13 | Each pectoral has a vertical orange band and there is a small orange spot at the end of the dorsal fin near the caudal peduncle . |
| 14 | Carbon dioxide generation for the Tertiary coals follows the same trend as that for the Palaeozoic coals , though the yield is only about half . |
| 15 | Each course has a substantial Teachers Book which not only explains how Fast Forward works and provides teachers notes , but also gives ideas for possible classroom organization , lesson plans , and guides to the different types of exercises and activities . |
| 16 | Each part has a clear learning focus and language points are consistently signposted through the use of headings . |
| 17 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 18 | The formulation and implementation of pilot , demonstration and otherwise innovative projects plays a crucial role in unlocking and mobilising the full potential of Glasgow 's assets . |
| 19 | Consequently due diligence forms a larger and more important part of share sales than of asset sales and in terms of legal costs can be an expensive process . |
| 20 | Each story contains a different claim by Jesus that set himself against the religious leaders and pointed to the new way of Christianity : |
| 21 | Each ministry controls a vast empire of research institutes , design bureaux and production enterprises . |
| 22 | But if that hysteria does no more than feed the seemingly insatiable appetite for publications on microcomputers then it will have been a waste to have trundled the IT bandwagon around Britain . |
| 23 | Now , as from the times of childhood , she rode Fenna , seated in the deep hollow of the meeting place of scaled neck , veined wing and rising battlement of spine ; a throne protected from the great gale of his flight , as safe as the rocky cradle secures the foetal child , leaning back towards the bumpy spine as she had leant before , she gave herself over to their journey . |
| 24 | Kalpana Inc , the Sunnyvale , California pioneer of Ethernet switching , whereby an Ethernet is recast as a star network with a central switch , so that each user gets the full 10Mbps Ethernet bandwidth , reports that it received $9.1m in mezzanine financing . |
| 25 | Many users can be active at a given time but it is an assumption at present that each user holds a single current record position at any given time . |
| 26 | Each user has a unique username and a password which must be used in order to log on to the network . |
| 27 | Twelve hours as an average in normal times seems a fair measure . |
| 28 | Another important criticism , associated especially with Bernard Williams , is that utilitarianism ignores the real significance which life has for mature human beings . |
| 29 | The Reserve Winner receives a purple and white ribbon and moves up to the Winners if the Winners Dog is for any reason disqualified . |
| 30 | They must scoop up or snap up huge numbers of insects each day to fill their stomachs , and each insect contains a large percentage of rather non-nutritious outer-covering . |