Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normal values encourage some patients to opt for less drastic treatments . |
| 2 | The Labour proposals to extend urban boundaries to take in surrounding suburban and rural areas in a pattern of unitary authorities threatened the traditional Labour dominance in the major cities in the non-metropolitan areas . |
| 3 | Work done outside normal hours means extra costs . |
| 4 | In so far as they encourage greater police intervention on picket lines or at demonstrations , and enable them to impose their authority on many aspects of community life , the 1984 and 1986 Acts have profound implications for the possibility of disorder . |
| 5 | Because chromatic notes have this power to create tension as they approach points of resolution , they are frequently used by improvisors to highlight the transition between two adjacent chords . |
| 6 | Mr Freeman last week told the committee of MPs considering the Railways Bill that they will not ask private operators to guarantee off-peak services in areas such as Strathclyde covered by passenger transport executives . |
| 7 | More stable groups have multiple goals and review and renew their goals , giving them greater permanency . |
| 8 | Similarly , professional groups possessing key skills can often rely on employers ' dependence upon them . |
| 9 | Finally , professional groups have distinct cultures , norms and values and these cultures may come into conflict . |
| 10 | From intensive trading arose changes in the life style , values and population structure of local communities , massive over-use of resources , and the need for new economic inputs to maintain northern communities at even a minimal standard of living . |
| 11 | The lower tiers have neat windows , but not one to each face of the octagon , while the upper tiers have windows in each face , beautiful windows with elegant marble columns . |
| 12 | Today the human species has the knowledge of past mistakes , and the analytical and technical skills to halt destructive trends and to provide an adequate diet for all using lands well suited for agriculture . |
| 13 | Britain 's political institutions need thorough-going reform : stable and representative government , elected Parliaments in Scotland and Wales , decentralisation of power to the English regions and to local government , freedom of information and a Bill of Rights . |
| 14 | For the future , research needs to address the extent to which these dimensions of organization imperatives do form coherent patterns ; the extent to which the coherent patterns form national clusters ; and the extent to which they relate to more common criteria of organizational analysis such as the Aston measures . |
| 15 | With all this intellectual philanthropy , a Russian intelligence gatherer needs no covert skills to extract valuable information . |
| 16 | The only evidence offered by the Israeli authorities to support this allegation was the accusation made by a Palestinian caught in possession of 150 PFLP leaflets . |
| 17 | Apparently there are no specific plans to recruit more scientists to do the job , according to a Pentagon official who oversees the defence department 's research grants to university scientists . |
| 18 | Then , around 1700 BC , the Minoans developed from the hieroglyphic script a new syllabic form , today called Linear A. When the Mycenaeans invaded Crete they adapted Linear A to produce a revised form , Linear B. Both scripts have been preserved on clay tablets , most of which are inventories ; however , only a few hundred examples of Linear A exist , whereas there are some thousands of surviving tablets bearing Linear B. |
| 19 | From palaeomagnetic evidence , it is alleged that the African and European continents moved vast distances during the Devonian and only began to approach each other during Carboniferous times . |
| 20 | Anticipating land reform , poor peasants and agricultural labourers occupied large estates in a number of southern provinces ; several villagers , as in Yeste ( Albacete ) , perished in the attempt at the hands of the Civil Guard . |
| 21 | But these foreign debts were only intermittently repaid and , as a result , in the 1830s and 1840s Thornton headed the committee of Spanish bond-holders urging British governments to intervene on their behalf . |
| 22 | Both carriageways were closed for eight hours causing huge tailbacks . |
| 23 | Second-year birds have black wing-tips , but without white spots . |
| 24 | These differences between American and European views have ominous implications for deinstitutionalization since , as already pointed out , many chronic patients are poor . |
| 25 | More likely , Sir Patrick 's business will be to continue Mr Peter Brooke 's painstaking attempts to find common ground among Ulster 's politicians . |
| 26 | A number of new political groups included pro-Yeltsin formations and an opposition " Civic Union " associated with Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi . |
| 27 | AMNESTY International 's unrelenting pressure on the Peruvian authorities to respect human rights , initiated by the Peru campaign launched in November 1991 , appears to have a direct effect in helping to reduce the number of people who have ‘ disappeared ’ by the security forces . |
| 28 | The aim will be to encourage discussion between leading professionals from medical and technical disciplines to identify related needs , technological achievements and scope for future exploration in this field . |
| 29 | Two other political phenomena deserve brief mention in this context . |
| 30 | The high and low notes require different embouchures . |