Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before looking at local economic strategies in more detail we should point out that the decline of consensus politics at the national level does not inevitably lead to an increase in local political activity . |
| 2 | Many hon. Members on both sides of the House have cut their political teeth in local government and one would expect such Conservative Members to show more loyalty towards it . |
| 3 | Two solid hours in one evening and their charm wears thin . |
| 4 | The history of the succession of climates and vegetation and the relative changes in the levels of land and sea have been worked out on the basis of stratigraphical and botanical investigations in great detail by Godwin ( a simple account is given in Darby , 1938 , and a full account of the vegetation zones in Godwin , 1975 ) . |
| 5 | The polishing of basic technical skills in this way is well known ; but more work is needed to learn how to provide good problems for the development of higher-level problem-solving skills in all subject areas . |
| 6 | I was reading somewhere this morning where he 'd been with eight clubs in one season . |
| 7 | Some words ( particularly the pronouns numbered 10–14 below ) do occur in their weak forms in final position . |
| 8 | Use of the library resource centre means that the children would have immediate access to a much larger collection than can normally be gathered in a series of project or topic boxes , of the kind that were to be gathered for the use of the eight groups in this example . |
| 9 | Solicitors ' Practice Rule 16 expressly requires solicitors to observe the Code in relation to their professional contacts with EC lawyers ( except those in the UK ) and their professional activities in any part of the EC ( other than the UK ) whether or not the solicitor is physically present in that part . |
| 10 | The only relaxation presently available from the absolute prohibition against foreign lawyers ( other than those who duly obtain the professional qualifications necessary to become members of the legal profession in England and Wales ) undertaking the work of solicitors and barristers is that afforded under the European Communities ( Services of Lawyers ) Order 1978 which , as amended , has effect for the stated purpose of enabling an EC qualified lawyer to pursue his professional activities in any part of the UK by providing , subject to conditions , the services otherwise reserved to the local professions ( advocates , barristers and solicitors ) . |
| 11 | On Sunday he snatched victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix , breaking Ayrton Senna 's record of eight wins in one season . |
| 12 | Darlington had only eight wins in 31 League games , with the worst defensive away record in the four divisions . |
| 13 | Possible vegetables in this group include cabbage , cauliflower , onions , and sweetcorn . |
| 14 | Their publications would do credit to any university : Libertarian Conflicts in Social Choice , by UBS Phillips & Drew 's John Wriglesworth , The Role of Crack Resistance Parameters in Polymer Wear , by Williams de Broe 's Mustapha Omar and Stellar Winds ( which might conceivably be a volume of poetry ) by Robert Fleming 's Martin Murch are just a few of the titles that leap off the page . |
| 15 | Are they solely to do with consciousness ( in so far as they relate to ontological stakes or emotional investments in racist ideology which may be pre- or even un-conscious ) ? |
| 16 | The plight of the poor was ameliorated by the slowing down of population growth during the second half of the seventeenth century and by simultaneous improvements in agricultural production techniques and employment opportunities offered by rural industries . |
| 17 | In June 1990 , the Minister proposed to ‘ cap ’ nineteen Labour authorities in this way . |
| 18 | Even within the non-union camp , the British idea of a loose grouping of European states in close association with the United States faced opposition from those who argued for a ‘ third force , essentially a cooperative European security arrangement without American participation : General de Gaulle had already made it clear in 1946 that he favoured this path . |
| 19 | Considering that there ate 168 hours in each week , it becomes quite obvious that it is unlikely that staffing rosters could be arranged which would permit the employment of full-time staff only . |
| 20 | Sumner became the leading English exponent of the technique of sgraffito , a method of decorating walls by incising designs on coloured plaster ; he decorated eleven churches and several private houses in this way . |
| 21 | Probably the most disadvantaged researchers in this respect in the field of linguistic semantics are those who study ‘ dead ’ languages . |
| 22 | ICI Agricultural products in Cold Creek , USA , reduced the amount of liquid hazardous waste produced by the annual clean-out of one of its reactors by 87 per cent since 1991 . |
| 23 | Consistency of standards has achieved for Les Jones a reputation as one of the finest builders in this country . |
| 24 | IBM was not the first company to produce mainframe computers ( Remington Rand , Raytheon and Philco were all pioneers ) , but it was the first to make vast first-mover investments in integrated production , distribution and management for the introduction of its System 360 in 1964 . |
| 25 | After that we will be ready to look at specific policies in more detail . |
| 26 | Over and over again , maybe a hundred , hundred and fifty times in one match and they 'll make one mistake and usually like Coleman was there to c , I think Coleman backed up well and Gareth backed up well once or twice . |
| 27 | This was as true in England in early Norman times as in France ; and the importance of the feudal courts in this respect was only seriously challenged after the mid twelfth century , by the growing use of the right of appeal to a higher court and by the infiltration of the judges of the higher courts into the spheres of the feudal courts . |
| 28 | Others still In past wounds so haunt their waking world , they are continually finding emotional parallels in everyday experience , their anger and bitterness becoming recognisable as a definite and unattractive personality characteristic . |
| 29 | The former , which are open to full-time lecturers in further education establishments in Wales , lead either to the Post Graduate Certificate in Education ( Further Education ) or to the Certificate of Education ( Further Education ) and consist of two periods of eight weeks ' attendance at the Faculty of Education of the University College , interspersed with one year 's supervised teaching and tutorial sessions in the student 's own institutions . |
| 30 | I passed the intervening hours in growing apprehension ; morning parade , the march through the darkness to breakfast . |