Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 2 | Interest will be charged at the rate of 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 3 | We would levy the charge at 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 4 | Several quote 70 as the upper age limit for voluntary and statutory committees and the like . |
| 5 | NICK FALDO was scotched on the rocks but toasted a scintillating 70 for the halfway lead in the £1.8 million Johnnie Walker World Championship here yesterday . |
| 6 | He ca n't do very much short-term about the federal deficit , although he 's sharp enough to see that borrowing short-term cuts interest costs . |
| 7 | She said yesterday that it was not profitable for the new trust members to speculate on why the Scottish Office had not appointed a member of the medical school . |
| 8 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 9 | We liked this little scene for the corner of a patio : the cane chair is just right for the simple planting around it and extra interest is created by using a large limestone boulder , gravel and creeping plants such as thyme . |
| 10 | ‘ But at the time , I did n't think the four years I had spent at Westminster Hotel School , learning to make classic garnishes , was right for the Golden Egg . |
| 11 | But I like Danny Bascombe , and I believe he 's right for the changing face of Barbados . |
| 12 | The Junior Gaultier collection presents his ideas with more of a sportswear or street feel , more for club-goers and it 's just right for the new designer room we have opened at our branch at 362 Oxford Street in London . ’ |
| 13 | The time was right for the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to do so today , but they did not . |
| 14 | What was good enough to contain Al Capone , he could then assure the Prime Minister , should be right for the English yob . |
| 15 | I do not think that it is right for the hon. Lady to knock the national health service in that way . |
| 16 | Not the equipment manufacturer because he is interested in the commercial aspect of selling his own equipment whether it be right for the particular job or not . |
| 17 | As it happens , the concrete evidence about marriage in the " 1910 sample " analysed in Chapter 6 ( those women in the trade in 1910 ) very largely relates to women who were aged about 18–28 during the Great War , and it could reasonably be argued that the war played such havoc with the marriage chances of this generation that it will have contained an unusually high proportion of women who never married . |
| 18 | It is rich for the hon. Member for Dagenham to claim that he is worried about the complexity of our proposal ; that from the hon. Gentleman who suggests that there should be property valuations on four different bases and annual rolling revaluations on a banded basis — although he keeps rather quiet about it . |
| 19 | it 's not uniformed for the whole sentence |
| 20 | whitewashed West Indies in the one-dayers and were then routed 4–0 during the main business of that summer . |
| 21 | ‘ But I am depressed about the usual attitude in schools . |
| 22 | Tamar laughed with her and realised that she felt less depressed about the forthcoming confinement after this little spell of humour . |
| 23 | Alternatives to this usually provide only a palliative for the rural transport problem . |
| 24 | Drawing on an analysis of American inter-organizational relations Lindblom argues that it is simply not possible for the central state to impose its wishes on the local state . |
| 25 | Is it possible for the net return to capital to rise ? |
| 26 | Is it possible for the ordinary man in the street to become confident and competent in handling a computer system , whether it be in his office or in his home ? |
| 27 | It is of course possible for the unpaid seller to re-sell the goods in circumstances where he has no right to do so . |
| 28 | It should always be possible for the salaried partner to rely on the nature of his subordinate position to claim to be entitled ( at any rate by necessary implication ) to an indemnity from the full partners in respect of any additional liabilities to which his being held out has exposed him : but as a matter of good practice , every would-be salaried partner should insist on written terms which clarify his standing in the firm and effectually indemnify him against extraordinary expenses and liabilities . |
| 29 | Because none of these emotions is overtly expressed it is always possible for the offending partner to act the innocent and deny any hidden meaning . |
| 30 | Make it possible for the other person to change what they do . |