Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conventional , unconventional : in the last half-hour of 1979 several of Liz and Charles Headleand 's guests attempted to formulate what , for them , had seemed to be the conventions of an eclectic , fragmented , purposeless decade ; some attempted to prophesy for the next . |
| 2 | Priced at just under £30,000 , however , the Alpine offers so much for so little as to question the morality of widening the scope of supercar ownership far beyond those dedicated few prepared to invest in the high level of training to drive one safely . |
| 3 | I appeal to the people of Burma to economise as far as possible in the consumption of rice and foodstuffs ; so that we may have some surplus to send to a hungry world . |
| 4 | A sensible compromise would be first to use medians to set aside atypical behaviour , and then to apply some form of mean analysis to the median smooth to round off the corners . |
| 5 | From 1993 , however , the departments will receive their money directly , after the fund has been top sliced to pay for the hospitals ' infrastructure costs . |
| 6 | Some continued to preach in the open air , in streets or in the fields . |
| 7 | Some continued to labour under the illusions of the populists . |
| 8 | It was painted a drab olive grey to look like a German staff car and even had the monthly enemy air recognition panel painted on the bonnet . |
| 9 | Egg-shaped leaves are dark or emerald green on the upper surface and light purplish to grey on the undersides . |
| 10 | Balanced growth requires that gross saving per worker just offsets depreciation and the capital-widening necessary to allow for the growth of the labour force . |
| 11 | It is common for some bruising to occur around the wound , base of the penis and testicles . |
| 12 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 13 | Why do you think it is that erm that the reputation of the flats has been er I suppose gone off and I mean early on back in the early seventies , erm the flats were quite an attractive place to come to , it was n't even that easy to get on the flats . |
| 14 | It would seem to follow from this analysis that the most appropriate content to ascribe to the duty to act in the interests of the shareholders is that the directors should attempt to maximise the present value of the company . |
| 15 | For such content to exist in the aesthetic realm , modern life must exist in the social realm . |
| 16 | The importance of parents ' participation in decision making is supported by the research , and the distinctions between those who go into social services , health or education resources , are revealed a shaving little to do with the children 's own needs . |
| 17 | The Judicial Committee held that the accused purported to deal with the companies ' property regardless of their rights . |
| 18 | Sabine tried to concentrate on the intricacies of the unfamiliar service , but all she could think of was Rohan . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , immediately after this programme , Scottish Questions addresses the issue of whether there are too many Scots likely to feature in the new team . |
| 20 | till you get to the top little sticky to fasten off the back |
| 21 | In conclusion , my Lords , it seems to me that , unless the procedure adopted by the moving party is ill suited to dispose of the question at issue , there is much to be said in favour of the proposition that a court having jurisdiction ought to let a case be heard rather than entertain a debate concerning the form of the proceedings . |
| 22 | Further , for the reasons which I have given , the action which the applicant has begun in the Bow County Court appears to me to be , in Lord Lowry 's words , ‘ ill suited to dispose of the question at issue . ’ |
| 23 | As Professor Goode has pointed out , the fact that the charge has crystallised will affect the relationship between the chargee and the company but it does not necessarily affect a third party since if the company is left free to deal with the assets in the normal course of its business then the chargee should be estopped from denying the company 's authority to do so . |
| 24 | On the majority view the defendant was actually left free to work for a subsidiary of GUS which was not involved in the mail order business in the United Kingdom even though that would have been in clear breach of the restriction . |
| 25 | However , this is all due to change with the proposed introduction of a new chain ferry which will be able to carry twice the number of cars . |
| 26 | We were all sorry to hear of the death of Richard Holt , who made a big mark in this House and put Langbaurgh on the map . |
| 27 | I should n't think it great easy to fall off a boat actually would you ? |
| 28 | This exhibits the powers of the human imagination but it is not at all easy to demonstrate in a book of this size . |
| 29 | Apart from the lock cottage , there are various other places where the towpath can offer a colourful assortment of vetch , convolvulus and purple lupins , the latter seeming to thrive in the vicinity of Salford Junction . |
| 30 | However , parliamentary debate on the bill was postponed until the autumn session since there was much public criticism of PS politicians many of whom were expected to be among the several thousand likely to benefit from the amnesty . |