Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One significant point was noticeable : very few of the European deaf have any knowledge of a manual alphabet and the spelling on the hands by the British and American representatives caused many to pause and gaze with an added interest . |
| 2 | ‘ We struggled in our first season , were 11th last year and are hoping to continue our improvement with a top six finish this time , ’ said secretary Raymond Loughrey . |
| 3 | At the same time a further 10 state military governors were replaced and civilian deputy governors appointed to each state pending gubernatorial elections scheduled for 1991 . |
| 4 | Some 2200 receive free treatment through the national hormone and pituitary programme , in Baltimore . |
| 5 | Medium size Dover sole for £4 lb are the cheapest prime fish this weekend . |
| 6 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said the team would be looking for a top ten place next season . |
| 7 | He knew that in this berserk state those horns could open him up like a ripe melon . |
| 8 | Those in the top 50 include Allied Lyons , BTR , British Telecom , General Electric , Grand Metropolitan , Hanson , ICI , P & O , Shell Transport and Trading , and Unilever . |
| 9 | Grossing these responses up suggests that at least six million adults in Britain are carers and the majority , 75 per cent , are looking after a person aged 65 and over , 1.4 million adults provide care for more than 20 hours per week and 3.7 million have sole responsibility for the care of their dependant . |
| 10 | Seventy seven percent will survive five years , fifty eight percent survive ten years , and forty seven survive thirty years , and we are improving . |
| 11 | It will be seen that although the overall fit , at 84 per cent is good , only industry , dense residential and ordinary residential have significant regression constants . |
| 12 | As previously outlined , only one company undertakes detailed quantitative economic analysis ; the remaining three produce insubstantial outlooks which rely heavily on external published forecasts . |
| 13 | The stories of the remaining 77 make instructive reading . |
| 14 | In general the never-married elderly make greater use of statutory services including institutional care than others of the same age , so change in marriage and fertility patterns pointed out by Timaeus may have important implications for future service use . |
| 15 | When two or more creatures that are unrelated all evolve similar ways of coping with a particular circumstance , this is called convergent evolution . |
| 16 | While much of Siberia , Alaska and the western Canadian Arctic have well-developed shrub tundra , strong winds and low snowfall keep much of the central and eastern Canadian tundra almost free of emergent shrubs ( Savile , 1968 ) . |
| 17 | The remaining two use many sources and one undertakes its own detailed analyses which are done regularly not only for the planning process but for general economic surveys of geographical areas , industries etc . |
| 18 | This chapter and the following two examine this process . |
| 19 | Despite a relatively shortterm median follow up ( 5.7 years ) only three of 10 patients ( 30% ) with definite Crohn 's colitis have so far had their pouch excised , admittedly all were for fistulas , while the remaining seven have satisfactory function despite episodes of recurrent pouchitis in three . |
| 20 | After his return he was sent for by the Mamluk sultan who wished to learn from him the state of affairs in Rum ; and he entered Cairo on either 4 Safar 823/19 February 1420 ( Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi ) or Tuesday 4 Rabi'I 823/Tuesday 19 March 1420 ( al-Makrizi . |
| 21 | As far as the constant and variable capital is concerned the values which are replaced — — are clearly distinguished from the increments and , and these latter represent additional values and use-values . |
| 22 | These two put more companies out of business than banks . |
| 23 | These two have functional crossbows , but will attack with their filth-encrusted claws after one shot each . |
| 24 | The others will come out tomorrow shrieking for Briant 's blood , just as these two have this evening . |
| 25 | These two represent two extremes of difficulty : the first involves only initial letters , the second involves going to the fourth or fifth letter to decide on order . |
| 26 | Give them a bloody good shuffle this time ! |
| 27 | I 'll have a good old rummage this weekend cos I got stacks of stuff ! |
| 28 | All three deny joint charges of attempting to murder Mr Stokle and Mrs Leyshon . |
| 29 | All three claim local content of 60–80% , depending on the car . |
| 30 | All three use single-member constituencies and therefore have the common drawback that substantial minorities are not necessarily represented . |