Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 2 | To the Editor of The Times , 18 December 1990 : Sir , You said in your leader of 14 December , ‘ the highly political decision to enter the European exchange rate mechanism last October and at an exchange rate of DM2.95 to the pound looked like a mistake at the time . |
| 3 | Indeed , tighter financial targets increasingly conflicted with the consensual political decision to maintain a certain size of railway system . |
| 4 | A proportionate tax distributes these burdens as a ratio of income : each taxpayer contributes the same proportion of income in tax . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Major pharmaceutical companies often did not have the multi-disciplinary expertise to develop the necessary products and processes and Chiros was collaborating with several of them , Richards said . |
| 7 | She squinted at Madeleine 's thin ankles , arched foot swinging a high-heeled slipper . |
| 8 | This consists essentially of a group of nurses specially trained in diabetic care , and exclusively devoted to that specialty providing a seven days a week , 24 hour per day service . |
| 9 | The dock company in due course took a long lease of the area in question from the Secretary of State for Defence , although the ports authority insisted that the necessary planning consent be obtained before the lease was signed . |
| 10 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 11 | The second volume , however , had a number of letters as well as an unfinished play to make the required length . |
| 12 | Each coolie received a hundred blows , and only their muffled cries of pain punctuated the regular thud of the staves . |
| 13 | The motion , tabled when the government invoked a technical measure to pass the first reading of the 1993 budget without a division , failed when the Communist Party ( PCF ) deputies once again refused to back it , saying that they would not vote with the right . |
| 14 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
| 15 | If that provision precluded the permanent unit situated offshore from taking instructions from persons connected with the vessel who were in another member state , that would constitute an unjustified restriction on the freedom of establishment , contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 16 | The jury in that instance ordered the remaining defendants to pay $2.1bn in damages . |
| 17 | It was a matter of concern , she said , that no money was included in the council 's 1993/94 budget to continue the six units , at Bangor , Deganwy , Caernarfon , Llangefni , Pwllheli and Blaenau Ffestiniog , beyond August . |
| 18 | If economic weakness exposed the British to American leverage , it also gave them bargaining power , given the anxiety of the Americans to achieve certain objectives . |
| 19 | An intact skin protects the internal structures from water loss and assists in temperature regulation . |
| 20 | The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side . |
| 21 | Endoscopic sphincterotomy and basket extraction of the stones has been the most widely used technique having an overall success rate of 85% in clearing the ducts . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with an almost straight distal edge or may be rounded triangular in shape . |
| 24 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with a slight distal lobe . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , junior officers upholding the sanctity of Japan 's rural heritage led the physical attack on politicians and zaibatsu leaders in a series of assassinations . |
| 28 | Each component forms an independent contribution and nowhere are these drawn together to explain the operation of the market in any overall sense . |
| 29 | These allowances , plus a few others , are deducted from the total income to produce the taxable income . |
| 30 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |