Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The negligence aspect of it , if somebody is negligent and does n't , for example , keep the engine oil topped up and they drive their vehicle until the engine seizes , in fairness it 's not the insurance company 's responsibility to put that right if the customer has been negligent , and I do n't think any reasonable person would ask us to do that in that situation . |
| 2 | In the second half of the eighteenth century some progress was made , but it was the invention of the bobbin net machine by John Heathcoat ( see Tiverton ) in 1808 that provided the foundation for mechanical lace-making . |
| 3 | How is this possible if the art of persuasion is such a highly skilled task ? |
| 4 | Or perhaps authority may come from some prestigious so the domain of the practitioner , as when techniques are recommended on the grounds that they have the warrant of proven theory . |
| 5 | Accordingly , where the landlord proves an intention to redevelop not immediately capable of implementation , the court will order the inclusion of a break-clause exercisable when the landlord is ready . |
| 6 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 7 | What they see is three men — the Hebrew makes this clearer than the English . ) |
| 8 | Hilton interprets ‘ new mind ’ or ‘ new feeling ’ as the creation of contemplation , which now demanded far more than the old Benedictine ideal where the monk did not experience God in the achievement of higher states of consciousness but in the mundane details of daily life . |
| 9 | Of the observers whom Pope John had decided to invite , there were some forty present when the Council began . |
| 10 | She waited until the car vanished round the bend then waited some more until the whine of the engine was at last lost in the distance , then she slowly made her way into the house . |
| 11 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 13 | Once added , the amount can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy remains in full force until the end of the term . |
| 14 | Once added the amount can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy remains in full force until the end of term . |
| 15 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 16 | Nothing exemplified this more than the campaign for public economy which shook the government in 1921 . |
| 17 | Clumping of cones of the same type is apparent , but is this more than the chance aggregation that arises in any random distribution ? |
| 18 | No issue has confirmed this more than the environment , where public as well as legislative pressure has helped produce a surge in environmental programmes across industries , particularly in the US . |
| 19 | Even in the dreary beginnings of a rainy dawn the newly sprouting vines dotted the hillside with a green that was almost luminous , but the olive trees were the same ghostly grey as the fog . |
| 20 | Its first two blast furnaces employing 50 men were upgraded within four years to employ 300 more than the population of the whole parish . |
| 21 | All polymerases bind the T7 promoter with an affinity 10-fold higher than the lac promoter and 20 to 50-fold higher than the gal promoter . |
| 22 | One comes from revelation and inspiration , and is guided by a light higher than the light of human understanding , and a truth deeper than the truth of outward existence and accepts a changing reality that ultimately leads to freedom . |
| 23 | Try to avoid holding on back cyclic as the throttle is closed , since this will increase the possibility of a tailboom strike by the blades . |
| 24 | And his 59 League goals are still within our top five since the war , although all the others had rather longer Palace careers than he did . |
| 25 | Val Gardena often gives second-rank skiers a chance of top 15 because the sun pops out from behind the huge massif of Sassolungo and warms and quickens the piste . |
| 26 | Trivers argues that the chances of selection favouring altruistic behaviour in which individuals dispense a benefit to another greater than the cost of the act will be improved when many potentially altruistic situations arise in the population , when there are repetitive interactions of the same kind within a small group of individuals , and where symmetrical situations favouring the return of benefits are common . |
| 27 | Indeed it is questionable if an overall EEC policy in regard to the disadvantaged areas would be sensible other than the acceptance that problems exist , local schemes will be required and that financial assistance for support measures is essential . |
| 28 | Is that bigger than the Empire ? |
| 29 | A success both in front of the box and on the critics ' pages CHANCER created a vogue out of a rogue — the identity of Stephen Crane ( Clive Owen 's role ) catching the attention of the country and reflecting the social changes in the early 90's as the enterprise culture began to take a tumble . |
| 30 | Reid saw me examining the Eusol — an antiseptic used since the turn of the century — and chuckled . |