Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence in support of these allegations was vague and in the event unsubstantiated despite in extensive Social Services investigation which ran parallel to the Statementing procedures . |
| 2 | The report of the Seebohm Committee recommended the creation of unified social services departments which , from 1970 , have been responsible for work under various Children Acts . |
| 3 | Using professional public relations agencies it buys their expertise and contacts to produce high quality slots featuring nationally famous personalities to promote the library nationally . |
| 4 | Mind you , I am under few illusions : it is probably boredom in the short-term few months job I have found , and worry as it is , in real terms , a lot less than half my old salary . |
| 5 | Is it still feasible for the British Parliament to pass an Act repealing or amending the 1972 European Communities Act which enshrined the Treaty of Rome in British law ? |
| 6 | Even though glowing reports of fund raising efforts will have some public relations spin-off they are unlikely to overcome any serious doubts the local community might have about the school . |
| 7 | All this equal rights tosh we have had to endure surely is at an end . |
| 8 | Some 350 articles of equipment were carried in the 12 heavy tools vans which ran in the trains containing the steam cranes , and some of this equipment was so heavy as to need the use of demountable jib gallows with a frame at each double door to get it in and out of the van . |
| 9 | Critics range from Charles Lee , a former president of the British Antique Dealers Association who described the move as a ‘ smack in the eye ’ and castigated Sotheby 's for charging 25% to their customers ( i.e. 10% from vendors and 15% from buyers ) . |
| 10 | we had some carbonated drinks factory I said well they they asked me if I 'd go over there and I said I ca n't work in there I 'm allergic to oranges and he said oh bloody or I 've never seen an orange , do n't worry , you know it 's all chemicals ! |
| 11 | But you 'd be amazed actually the few small bits areas there are , cos they put the , well the nice thing is it 's a light building and there 's loads of windows everywhere |
| 12 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 13 | The vessel used by the smugglers on this occasion was the sailing yacht Eloise , a forty five feet sloop which had loaded her illicit cargo in the Mediterranean . |
| 14 | In a recent speech , Colette Flesch , Director-General of DGX , said the EC should ‘ concentrate its co-operation and support on intelligent development of cultural projects integrated into national , regional , and local development policy ’ , rather than on financing a few big prestige projects , or simply subsidising the old Communist subsidies system which those countries can no longer afford to finance . |
| 15 | BRITISH competitors achieved their best results for many years in the French Olympic Classes regatta which concluded on Saturday at Hyeres . |
| 16 | Deane had a couple of fine shots at some thirty yards distance which went unfortunately wide . |
| 17 | This event brought together 30 practising women artists who were all actively involved in the production of paintings , photography , mixed media and sculpture . |
| 18 | From the scale above forty two minutes equals nought point seven hours |
| 19 | Another senior police officer who more than once captured the headlines , James Anderton , Chief Constable of Greater Manchester , decrying ‘ the rot that has now taken a firm hold in the fabric of our society ’ , was so moved as to describe crime as Britain 's ‘ Top Growth Industry ’ . |
| 20 | At best , it might produce a few working-class women psychologists who act as double tokens of both the discipline 's liberalism and its anti-sexism . |
| 21 | Thirdly , there is a divergent trend in contemporary social services departments which has implications for preventive work : diversion and minimum interventions for vulnerable families where child abuse is not an issue compared with net-widening and multidisciplinary interventions when child abuse is identified . |
| 22 | It could adopt an official human rights policy which prohibits torture . |
| 23 | One well known database is Major Hazard Incident Data Service ( MHIDAS ) global industrial hazards database which is currently being developed by the Safety and Reliability Directorate on behalf of the Major Hazards Assessment Unit of the UK Health and Safety Directorate . |
| 24 | The title had been in her family for generations , and her family appealed against the early Middle Ages ruling which bans women from being Freemen . |
| 25 | There is an introductory intensive skills course which begins on the Monday before the first week of term . |
| 26 | By contrast , a group representing European human rights organizations which had returned from a 12-day visit to Burundi , maintained the same day that at least 3,000 people had been killed in reprisals by the army and paramilitary groups after the rebellion . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it was officially reported that on Aug. 17 three Croatian police helicopters which had been dispatched to Gracac , a town near Knin where Serbs had taken over the police station and were distributing arms , had been intercepted en route by two Yugoslav air force jets and forced back to base . |
| 28 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 29 | A great adventure to two remarkable elderly women friends who met years ago teaching and then taught at a school for ‘ maddies and baddies ’ in Argyll funded by Strathclyde Region and then they developed and ran a world renowned restaurant on the Island of Luing . |
| 30 | Trent was crewing for Baccy , a six-foot-four Seventh Day Adventist black Customs officer who captained Belpan 's lone patrol boat when he was n't racing sailboats . |